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The mother of missing 5-year-old Jacksonville girl Taylor Williams is now a person of interest in the little girl’s disappearance, authorities said Monday.

Taylor’s mother, Brianna Williams, is not cooperating with investigators and has not spoken to authorities since Wednesday, the day Taylor was reported missing, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at a news conference on Monday.

Brianna Williams was the last person to see the little girl, he said.

PHOTO: The Jacksonville Sheriffs Office released this photo of Taylor Rose Williams who was reported missing on Nov. 6, 2019.Jacksonville Sheriffs Office
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released this photo of Taylor Rose Williams who was reported missing on Nov. 6, 2019.

“We still need her cooperation,” Sheriff Williams said Monday.

Taylor Williams was reported missing Wednesday morning.

She was allegedly last seen in her home in Jacksonville around midnight on Wednesday when her mother put her to bed. Brianna Williams said when she woke up around 7 a.m., she said she noticed the back door to the home was unlocked and Taylor wasn’t in her room, authorities said.

PHOTO: Sheriff Mike Williams gives an update on missing 5-year-old Taylor Rose Williams, Nov. 7, 2019, in Jacksonville, Fla.Will Dickey/AP
Sheriff Mike Williams gives an update on missing 5-year-old Taylor Rose Williams, Nov. 7, 2019, in Jacksonville, Fla.

The search has now expanded to Alabama and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has deployed 38 people to the neighboring state. Williams said his office’s homicide unit and missing person unit have also sent teams to Alabama.

Anyone who has seen Brianna and Taylor Williams in the last two weeks between Jacksonville and Alabama is asked to contact authorities, Sheriff Williams said. Investigators believe Brianna Williams was driving a black 2017 Honda Accord.

Federal authorities are also helping.

“We will do anything we can to bring her home,” said Rachel Rojas of the FBI’s Jacksonville office.

“We absolutely hope to find her alive,” Williams. added.

PHOTO: Law enforcement investigators with the JSO mobile command center in the Southside Villas apartment complex off Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 6, 2019.Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP
Law enforcement investigators with the JSO mobile command center in the Southside Villas apartment complex off Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 6, 2019.
PHOTO: Law enforcement investigators in dry suits search the small retention pond near the entrance of the Southside Villas apartment complex in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 6, 2019.Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP
Law enforcement investigators in dry suits search the small retention pond near the entrance of the Southside Villas apartment complex in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 6, 2019.

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