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before his rescue last week from an atlanta - area home , the boy had been physically assaulted that day , clayton county police chief gregory porter
 
those details and others in the case emerged during a press conference at clayton county police headquarters .
joanne southerland pulled back a piece of wood from the back of a linen closet and uncovered a hidden space between the garage and the attic .
porter said the boy 's mother , who lives in orlando , florida , called her local 911 and was routed to the 911 center in jonesboro just before 11 p.m. friday .
the first thing gregory jean jr. told officers after they found him he was inside a hidden compartment , behind the linen closet , police said monday , was " thank you . "
( photo : wxia - tv , atlanta ) jonesboro , ga. — it was just past midnight saturday when clayton county police sgt .