UPDATED @ 2:00 PM: AMBER ALERT ISSUED
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Mar 19 2015 11:12 AM
The State of Alabama has issued an Emergency Missing Child (Amber) Alert. The Union Springs Alabama Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency ask for your assistance in locating AALIYAH LINTON, Black Female, (5) years of age, 4’3”, 100 lbs, Black hair, Brown eyes.
AALIYAH was last seen at approximately 8:40AM at the Union Springs Elementary School in Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama, and is believed to be in extreme danger. AALIYAH was wearing a white shirt and blue pants. AALIYAH was abducted by (2) unknown black females. One of the abductor’s is believed to be in the mid to late forties. The second subject is unknown. The subjects may be traveling in a maroon colored van with North Carolina license plates.
If you have any information regarding this missing child, please contact the Union Springs Police Department (334) 738-3131; Alabama Law Enforcement Agency at 1-800-228-7688; or your local police department.
According to (WSFA)
Authorities are confirming to WSFA 12 News that the suspects wanted in connection to an active Amber Alert out of Union Springs, Alabama are the child's aunt and grandmother. Authorities are in the process of signing kidnapping warrants against them at this time, but the suspects and child are still missing.
Investigators say 5-year-old Aaliyah Linton was abducted from Union Springs Elementary School around 8:40 a.m. Thursday by two females possibly driving a maroon van with North Carolina license plates. Following the abduction the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency issued the Amber Alert believing the girl to be in extreme danger.
The girl's father, Alton Linton, is being identified by authorities but it's not clear what charges he may face. The Union Springs Police Department is working to get him to reveal the location of his daughter
UPDATED @ 2:00 PM
The little girl has been located and the Amber Alert has been cancelled.
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