Amber Alert Issued in South Carolina for 14 Year Old Alexis Ann Deas Missing Since 1/30/15 in Jefferson, SC … Abducted by Step Father Harland Donnell Melton(Update: Alexis Ann Deas Safe, Stepfather Still at Large)

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has issued an Amber Alert for 14 year old Alexis Ann Deas missing since January 30, 2015 in Jefferson, South Carolina. Investigators state Alexis Ann Deas was last seen around 10 a.m. Friday at New Heights Middle School.  Authorities believe Alexis left with her stepfather, 43 year old Harland Donnell Melton. Chesterfield County Deputies say that Melton picked Alexis up from school on Friday, who was listed as an authorized individual to sign her out of class. The school reported that Harland Donnell Melton said he was taking Alexis to the dentist.

SLED states Harland Donnel lMelton may be driving black, 1999 Nissan Maxima with the South Carolina license plate IUF 593 and possibly headed to Texas.

SLED INFORMATION:

• Missing From: Chesterfield County Missing Date: 01/30/2015 Time: 10:00 am
• Child’s Last Known Location: New Heights Middle School in Jefferson, SC
• Information has been received that the child left with Harland Donnell Melton

MISSING CHILD

• NAME: Alexis Ann Deas
• AGE: 14
• RACE/SEX: W/F
• WEIGHT: 125 HT: 5’2”
• EYES: Blue HAIR: Brown STYLE: Shoulder length
• CLOTHING: Blue Jacket with Aeropostale on sleeve, blue jeans

SUSPECT INFORMATION:

• NAME: Harland Donnell Melton
• AGE: 43
• RACE/SEX: W/M
• WT: 150 HT:5’10”
• EYES:Green HAIR: Short STYLE: Full beard
• CLOTHING/OTHER: unknown

VEHICLE INFORMATION:

• MAKE : Nissan MODEL: Maxima YEAR: 1999
• COLOR: Black TAG#: IUF 593 STATE: SC
• DIRECTION OF TRAVEL: Possibly traveling to Texas

UPDATE I: Amber Alert canceled after teen girl found safe, stepfather still at large.

A nationwide Amber Alert has been canceled after police said they found 14-year-old Alexis Deas.

Officials told Channel 9 early Monday morning that Alexis was dropped off at a family member’s house in Lancaster County, but did not say when.

Investigators said they were still looking for Alexis’s stepfather, Donnell Melton.

AMBER ALERT Issued for 2 Year Old Tristan Blue Missing Since 12/23/14 in Raleigh, NC (Update: Father, Steven Daniel Blue Charged With Boy’s Murder)(Remains Found ID’d as Tristan Blue )

Raleigh, NC toddler missing on Christmas Eve …

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 2 year old Tristan Blue, who has been missing since Wednesday morning, December 23, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tristan was last seen Wednesday morning around 7:45 by his father at his home at the Arbor Creek Apartments off of Buck Jones Road in the 5400 block of Portree Place. The Amber Alert was issued for Tristan late Wednesday afternoon after he was reported missing at 1:15 p.m. Police initially said they believed the child may have wandered outside. The ground search for the boy was called off due to darkness, and will resume Thursday morning.

Description:

• light-complected black male
• 3 feet tall and weighing about 35 pounds
• 1-inch-long black hair and a faded scratch on his forehead.
• Last seen wearing a Batman shirt and black and gray sweatpants. It’s believed he may have had on a pair of yellow and gray sneakers. He also had a blanket with him.

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Tristan Blue, a 2-year-10-month old male, was last seen at his home around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday by his father at his home at the Arbor Creek Apartments off of Buck Jones Road. Police initially said they believed the child may have wandered outside.

Tristan is described as 3 feet tall and weighing about 35 pounds. He is a light-complected black male with 1-inch-long black hair and a faded scratch on his forehead.

When last seen, he was wearing a Batman shirt and black and gray sweatpants. It’s believed he may have had on a pair of yellow and gray sneakers. He also had a blanket with him.

An Amber Alert was issued for Tristan late Wednesday afternoon after he was reported missing at 1:15 p.m.

UPDATE I: Darkness suspends search for toddler missing from Southwest Raleigh apartment.

UPDATE II: Missing Boys Father, Steven Daniel Blue, Charged with his Murder.

The search for missing Raleigh 2-year-old Tristan Blue has now turned into a homicide investigation after Raleigh police charged Tristan’s father with murder.

Steven Daniel Blue, 31, has been charged with murder and has been transferred to the Wake County Detention Center. He is being held without bond.

Tristan’s mother, Briana Dangerfield, 25, has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse in connection with the case. Dangerfield was also transferred to the Wake County Detention Center and is being held under a $100,000 bond. Neighbors said the news was heartbreaking for the community.

Missing 2-year-old Raleigh boy’s father charged with murder.

Investigators have arrested the parents of a missing 2-year-old boy, charging his father with murder and his mother with misdemeanor child abuse, Raleigh police said Thursday morning.

“Investigative developments overnight by Raleigh Police Department detectives have led the Tristan Blue missing-person case in a new direction,” spokesman Jim Sughrue said in a statement.

Steven Daniel Blue, 31, and Briana Loriel Dangerfield, 25, both of 5416 Portree Place, #1, Raleigh, were taken into custody Thursday morning. Blue was being held in the Wake County jail without bond; Dangerfield was jailed under a $100,000 bond.

UPDATE III: Late Friday, detectives found human remains at Beaver Lake Dam.

Police launched an intensive search for Tristan, who was 2 years and 10 months old. By 6 a.m. Thursday, they charged the child’s father, Steven Daniel Blue, 31, with Tristan’s murder. Dangerfield, 25, was charged with leaving the child at home unattended while she went to work.

Late Friday, detectives found human remains at Beaver Lake Dam in connection with the investigation. Those remains were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for identification, police said in a news release. The detectives had help from the Apex Underwater Recovery Team.

Police have not said Tristan’s body has been found or what led to Blue’s arrest.

If anyone as seen or has any information regarding the whereabouts of Tristan Blue, please call 911 or the Raleigh Police Department’s tip line at 919-834-4357.

UPDATE IV: Remains found in lake belong to missing Raleigh toddler.

Police said Monday that, although a positive identity isn’t yet available, they have concluded that human remains found late Friday in a lake in northern Wake County belong to a Raleigh 2-year-old who has been missing since last Wednesday.

More tests are needed to confirm that the remains are those of Tristan Blue, but police said the remains, which were found in Beaver Dam Lake, “are consistent with those of a child of Tristan Blue’s age.

Amber Alert Issued for 6 Year Old Alexandria Delong Missing Since 12/20/14 in Austell, GA (Update: Found Safe, Returned Home)

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for missing 6 year old Alexandria Delong.  She was last seen on Saturday, December 20, 2014 in Austell, Georgia.  Alexandra DeLong was taken from her grandmother’s home in Austell by her biological father, 27 year old Robert Troy DeLong. Authorities have located the vehicle reportedly used in the abduction, a a 2012 Toyota Corolla, however, Alexandria and the bio dad were not inside.

Alexandria Delong

Police said Alexandra DeLong was taken from her grandmother’s Austell home by 27-year-old Robert Troy DeLong, the girl’s biological father.

According to investigators, Robert broke into the home and physically struggled with the grandmother and another woman inside before taking the girl.

Robert drove away in a 2012 Toyota Corolla with Ga. tag PIF 7877.

Alexandra is 4 feet tall and weighs 40 pounds.  She has brown eyes and brown, shoulder length hair. She was only wearing her pajamas when she was taken from the home.

If you have any information please contact the Cobb County police department at 770-449-3911.

UPDATE I: Kidnapped 6-year-old girl returned home safely.

Cobb County police say a 6-year-old girl who was kidnapped has now been returned home.

On Saturday evening, police issued an Amber Alert for Alexandra Delong after she was taken from her Austell home wearing just her pajamas.

Sunday, at about 9:15 a.m., police say the little girl was dropped off at her Austell home.

Police say they have also made contact with her father, 27-year-old Robert Troy Delong and continue to investigate.

AMBER ALERT: 5 Year Old Kenneth White Missing Since 12/18/14 in Berne, NY (Update: Boys Body Found 12/19/14) (Update: 19 Year Old Tiffany Van Alstyne Charged and Arrested in Boys Death)

ARREST MADE IN CASE OF MURDERED 5 YEAR OLD KENNETH WHITE …

On Thursday, December 18, 2014  the Albany County Sheriff’s Office activated the New York State AMBER Alert for missing 5 year old Kenneth White and began investigating the child’s abduction that occurred on Thatcher Park Road, in Berne, New York, at about 1:20 p.m. According to initial accounts, Kenneth White was being watched by the 19-year-old daughter of his legal guardians when the two men entered the house, pinned the woman to the floor and took the child.

Two suspects forced entry into a home and abducted a 5-year-old boy, police said.

They fled the scene in an unknown make, 2-door black pickup truck with an unknown license plate. The truck was last seen traveling on Thatcher Park Road, police said.

The child is identified as Kenneth White. He is described as a white male with short, brown hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 3 feet 5 inches and weighs about 45 pounds.

Kenneth was last seen wearing jeans and a checkered white short-sleeve shirt.

The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall. The suspect was last seen wearing black clothing, including a ski mask, black boots and black gloves.

There was a second suspect, unknown race, wearing similar clothing.

Anyone with any information on this abduction is asked to call the Albany County Sheriff’s Office at 866-NYS-AMBER or dial 911 to provide information on a report or sighting.

UPDATE I: AMBER ALERT canceled after 5 year old Kenneth White found dead.

The Amber Alert for Kenneth White, the 5-year-old boy abducted from his Albany-area home Thursday afternoon, has been cancelled after the boy was found dead, state police announced.

The Amber Alert was canceled at 11:46 p.m. Thursday. A police K-9 unit found White’s body near the trailer he was abducted from, WNYT in Albany reported.

Apple told the Times Union that authorities have a “person of interest” in White’s death. His death is being considered a homicide, CBS 6 in Albany reported.

UPDATE II: Arrest made in the death of 5 year old Kenneth White.

An arrest has been made in the death of 5 year old Kenneth White; however, it is not who or what was initially expected. It turns out the initial account by the 19 year old babysitter was a hoax. Tiffany Van Alstyne, the boys cousin, has been charged with second degree murder. She was arraigned today and plead not guilty. She is being held without bail.

Tiffany Van Alstyne

Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old woman in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy who police say was falsely reported to have been abducted from a home in upstate New York.

Tiffany Van Alstyne is charged in the death of Kenneth White, who authorities say was strangled and also suffered blunt force trauma to the head, reports CBS affiliate WRGB. The accused is a cousin of the victim. VanAlstyne’s parents have been the legal guardians of Kenneth, his twin sister and a 4-year-old sister since September.

Babysitter’s Story of Masked Intruders Unravels as She’s Charged in Strangulation Death of 5-Year-old.

Police began to question Van Alstyne – the daughter of Kenneth’s legal guardians. As cops interviewed Van Alstyne, they say her story began to fall apart. “Reports of the masked men and the black truck, those are false,” Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple told reporters on Friday morning. “We caught some contradictions in two different statements that were taken, so a few flags had popped. It’s a horrific case. We lost a 5-year-old child, a senseless death, who left behind a twin sister and a 4-year-old sister.”

Police believe that Van Alstyne killed White in the house and dumped him outside. “He was basically thrown away like a piece of trash,” said Sheriff Apple. “It is sinful and it is sad.”

On Friday, police charged Van Alstyne with second-degree murder as her mother, Brenda Van Alstyne, looked on. During the arraignment, Brenda Van Alstyne said that her daughter suffers from bi-polar disorder, The Times Union reported. Tiffany Van Alstyne pleaded not guilty and was sent to the county jail with no bond.

Amber Alert Issued 12/13/14 for Missing 4 Year Old Ricardo Alekzander Lara after Mother Found Dead at a Denton, TX Business … POI, 23 Year Old Ricardo Lara Martinez

An AMBER ALERT was issued Saturday night, December 13, 2014 for missing 4 year old  Ricardo Alekzander Lara after his mother, Maria Isabel Romero Medina, was found murdered at a Denton, Texas business. The 4 year old boy has not been seen since 12/12/14.  Police are looking for the boy’s biological father, 23 year old Ricardo Lara Martinez, in connection with his disappearance and Martinez is also a “person of interest” in the death of 27 year old Maria Isabel Romero Medina.  She was killed inside her workplace Saturday night at Sanchez Tax and Insurance at 1111 East McKinney Street shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday after a customer found the door locked. The Amber Alert was issued due to fears that the child could be in “grave danger.”

Police believe that the two may be on foot and still in the Denton area. However, no details were provided on where or when he was last seen in Denton.

 Ricardo Lara Martinez Description:

• 23 year old Hispanic male
• brown hair and brown eyes
• 5′-5″ tall and weighs 150 lbs. Police did not say what he was wearing, and no vehicle information was available.

Ricardo Alekzander Lara Description:

• three feet tall, weighs 55 lbs.
• brown hair and brown eyes.
• He may have been wearing a blue shirt and shorts.

Left, Ricardo Lara Martinez – right, Ricardo Alekzander Lara

Police were seeking the boy’s biological father, 23-year-old Ricardo Lara Martinez, in connection with his disappearance. Martinez was said to be a “person of interest” in the death of 27-year-old Maria Isabel Romero Medina.

She was killed inside her workplace Saturday night, Sanchez Tax and Insurance. Police won’t say how she was killed, but did say that Medina and Martinez were in a custody battle.

Denton police said Sunday that someone reported seeing the child and his father at a Houston convenience store. Martinez is also said to have ties to Chicago, Springfield, Missouri and Mexico City.

If you have information on the child or suspect’s whereabouts, contact the Denton County Sheriff’s Office  at (940) 349-8181 or 911.