A 12-year-old boy who was the subject of an AMBER Alert in Texas was found safe on Tuesday.
The Dallas Police Department located Connor Young and his mother, 42-year-old Dorcas Young Tuesday morning in the Preston Hollow area of Dallas.
They both appeared to be in good health, the Crandall Police Department told Newsweek.
The AMBER Alert was issued on November 2 when their family reported Young and his mother missing in the Heartland area.
The family told Crandall PD that the last time they physically saw the mother and son duo was July 4.
What is an AMBER Alert?
AMBER Alert is a nationwide alert system used to notify the public of missing children under the age of 18.
The alerts are broadcast across radio, TV, road signs, cellphones, and other data-enabled devices.
As of last year, 1,200 children were found because of the AMBER Alert system and 180 children were rescued as a result of the emergency alerts.
The disappearance has to meet certain criteria for an alert to be issued. An abduction must have occurred, the child must be at risk of serious injury or death, and there has to be descriptive information about the child, the suspect or the suspect's vehicle.
"Every child featured in an AMBER Alert has been reported missing to law enforcement. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of a missing child," Alan S. Nanavaty, Executive Director of Special Programs for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, told Newsweek.
Nanavaty said on average, there are generally fewer than 200 AMBER Alerts issued each year. The AMBER Alert system is being used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Indian country, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Active AMBER Alerts
There is currently one active AMBER Alert for a child in Tennessee.
Sebastian Rogers, 15, was last seen on February 26. He went missing from his mother and stepfather's home in Sumner County, Tennessee. He is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 120 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes, and he wears glasses. He was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a black sweatshirt.
Anyone with information about Rogers is being asked to call the Sumner County Emergency Communications Center at 615-451-3838 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Do you have a story Newsweek should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact LiveNews@newsweek.com
English (US) ·