Category Archives: AMBER Alert

Search continues for boy swiped from grandmother’s arms

By doris | Published: January 22, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A car pulled from a California canal Friday night was not the same vehicle a witness claimed he saw being driven into the water with a young boy trapped inside, the Stanislaus Sheriff’s Department said Saturday. Authorities are continuing to search the canal near the area where a 4-year-old [...]

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Amber Alert issued in Florida for missing Virginia girl

By doris | Published: December 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Florida authorities issued an alert late Wednesday night for a 12-year-old girl that police believe was abducted in Virginia by the boyfriend of her dead mother. The Amber Alert in Florida listed information about Brittany Smith and the man police believe abducted her. Authorities in Virginia launched a search [...]

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Cops: 3 boys missing after dad’s suicide bid

By doris | Published: November 29, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MORENCI, Mich. — Authorities used planes and search dogs to scour areas along the Michigan-Ohio border Sunday, hoping to find three Michigan boys who were reported missing the same day their father tried to hang himself. Police in Morenci, about 75 miles southwest of Detroit, said they fear the boys are [...]

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California police find missing 3-year-old boy

By doris | Published: October 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 3-year-old California boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe and sound, authorities said Sunday night. The boy, Dylan Kurihara, had been missing since Saturday after he attended a wedding with his father. A man who had heard about the missing boy found [...]

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Second 2-year-old boy missing in Arizona

By doris | Published: August 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — A second 2-year-old boy has gone missing in 10 days from Yavapai County, Arizona, authorities said Tuesday as they announced a major search effort under way for the toddler, identified as Emmett Trapp. Emmett’s disappearance is believed to be unrelated to the case of Sylar Newton, another 2-year-old who [...]

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Couple suspected in child’s kidnapping arrested in Arizona

By doris | Published: July 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A man and woman suspected of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy from Missouri were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, an FBI spokesman said. The boy — Devon Denman — was found unharmed Monday in the back seat of a stolen vehicle after a high-speed police pursuit in New Mexico [...]

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Abducted 4-year-old girl found in car wash

By doris | Published: July 7, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ST. LOUIS — A 4-year-old girl taken from her Louisiana, Mo., front yard has been found alive 80 miles away near St. Louis, NBC News reported late Tuesday. Alisa Maier was dropped off at a car wash, NBC said. She was being treated at a hospital but there was no word [...]

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