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Associated Press - March 9, 2010 1:14 PM ET
PHOENIX (AP) - The mother of an 8-month-old Arizona boy missing for more than two months refused to go to court Tuesday, delaying the case.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan would have ruled on two motions had 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson not refused to leave her Maricopa County jail cell.
Ryan rescheduled Tuesday's hearing for March 17, when he's expected to rule on a couple procedural matters.
Johnson's son Gabriel was 8 months old when he was last seen in late December in San Antonio, and police don't know whether he's alive.
Police say Johnson drove the boy to San Antonio from Tempe, stayed about a week, then took a bus to Florida without him. She was arrested Dec. 30 in Florida and is charged in Arizona with kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference.
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