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Quick-Thinking Sanitation Workers Use Trash Truck to Block Kidnapper's Car, Helping Save Girl
A 10-year-old girl kidnapped from her New Iberia, Louisiana neighborhood Sunday is back with her family thanks to the quick actions of two sanitation workers
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Two Children Forcibly Abducted From Foster Home in Upstate NY Found in Alabama
Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing boy and girl from the Rochester area who they believe were abducted by two men wearing ski masks who broke through a window
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Questions About Amber Alerts Abound After 2 Missing Boys, 2 Different Outcomes
At 7:28 p.m. Sunday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert with a description of a 9-year-old boy whose parents had reported him missing that day, NBC News reports. The boy, Jordan Gorman, was last seen in a wooded area near his home in Ashland City, roughly 20 miles from Nashville, the agency said. Less than 24 hours later,…
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Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Abducting Two Daughters From Home Where Two Boys Found Dead
Donny Jackson, 40, was arrested after allegedly abducting his two daughters, who were later found safe. It is unclear what his relationship is to the two dead boys.
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Brooklyn Mom Found Safe After Going Missing Along With Her 3 Young Children
The NYPD said that a mother who disappeared from her Brooklyn home, along with her three young children, has been found safe. Crystal Johnson was reported missing on Friday, after being seen with her children at their home on Van Siclen Avenue in East New York, police said. Her children — two sons Devine, 6, and Sincere, 5, and their…
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Two Separate Amber Alerts Canceled After Children Found Safe
A young girl from Pennsylvania who officials said was abducted by her own father were found safe in New York City. Meanwhile, Brooklyn mother who was last seen with her children was found nearly 11 hours later at a New Jersey hotel. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.
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Cheltenham Girl Found Safe After Amber Alert, Alleged Abduction
The 7-year-old was taken from a home on Montgomery Avenue near the Cheltenham Township border with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state police said.
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Amber Alert for Abducted NYC Boy Canceled After 7-Hour Search
An Amber Alert issued for a 15-year-old boy abducted near 46th Avenue in Queens early Wednesday was canceled around 3 p.m., seven hours after he vanished. It wasn’t immediately clear if the boy had been found safe or where. The alert system described Ahsan Ali as “an unknown race male,” about 15 years old with brown hair and brown eyes….
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NYPD Issues Amber Alert for Teen Abducted By Brother
A 15-year-old boy abducted near 46th Avenue in Queens early Wednesday remains missing more than three hours after the NYPD issued an Amber Alert, saying he may be at imminent risk of serious harm or even death. Gaby Acevedo reports.
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AMBER Alert Issued for 15-Year-Old Boy Abducted in Queens
Police are looking for Ahsan Ali, who was taken from 46th Avenue early Wednesday morning.
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Amber Alert Issued for Missing 9-Year-Old Boy in Upstate New York
A 9-year-old boy is believed to have been taken in the early hours of Friday in upstate New York, prompting an Amber Alert to be issued. Gustavo Oliveria was taken from Tallow Wood Drive in Clifton Park, New York, around 1 a.m. Friday, according to New York State Police. He’s about 4-foot-8, 100 pounds and has short black hair and…
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Authorities Await Autopsy in Tennessee Missing Girl Case
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results after remains of a missing 15-month-old girl were believed to be found in Tennessee
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Joyful Reunion Follows Florida Kidnapping of 3-Year-Old Girl
Father reunited with 3-year-old daughter hours after she was snatched from their Apopka, Florida front yard, then later rescued by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. WESH’s Kelsi Thorud reports.
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11-Year-Old Girl Abducted by Stranger in Mass. Found Safe After Amber Alert
An 11-year-old girl abducted in Springfield was found safe and her alleged kidnapper arrested Wednesday evening after an Amber Alert was issued amid an hourslong search, Massachusetts State Police said.
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Man Describes Chasing After Accused Kidnapper During Amber Alert: ‘He Tried to Evade Me'
A family that tailed the car wanted in a Springfield, Massachusetts, kidnapping Wednesday described the tense chase that eventually led to the girl’s recovery and her alleged abductor’s arrest.
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Ansonia Police Search for Items Linked to Missing Baby; $10K Reward Offered for Information in Case
Ansonia police have released new information on the search for a missing 1-year-old girl and the investigation into the death of her mother, including several items they are looking for and details on a reward for information that helps them find 1-year-old Vanessa Morales. One-year-old Vanessa Morales was reported missing on Dec. 2 after her 43-year-old mother, Christine Holloway, was…
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Father Suspected in Daughter's Disappearance, Her Mother's Death
A man suspected in the disappearance of his 1-year-old daughter and the death of her mother appeared in court Wednesday on unrelated charges from a case in New Haven. Jose Morales, 43, of New Haven, Conn., is the father of Vanessa Morales, a 1-year-old baby who was reported missing on Dec. 2 after her mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead…
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Sources: Detectives Looking Into Whether 16-Year-Old Staged Kidnapping
A 16-year-old girl was grabbed off a Bronx street right in front of her mother Monday night — and police are investigating the case as a possible kidnapping, authorities say. An Amber Alert was issued at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Teen May Have Staged Bronx Kidnapping, Sources Say
It looked like a parent’s worst nightmare, a child being snatched off the streets. But sources say police are looking into the possibility the kidnapping was staged, and the girl was helped in the play by her boyfriend. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Amber Alert Issued for Teen Kidnapped in NYC
An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for the 16-year-old girl was grabbed off a Bronx street right in front of her mother Monday night — and police are investigating the case as a possible kidnapping, authorities say.