The AMBER Alert was born in 1996 when local media teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system to find abducted children following the abduction and brutal murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, of Arlington.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says an AMBER Alert for a 13-year-old Princeton girl last seen early Saturday morning has been discontinued.
The girl had last been seen at around 2:40 a.m. Saturday.
The statewide AMBER Alert was discontinued late Saturday night, with the DPS saying she had been found.
Because she was found, the child's name, description, and image have been removed from this story.
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TEXAS STATEWIDE ALERT PROGRAMS
Eight kinds of alerts can be issued for missing or endangered people in Texas. Below are links to articles with more information about each type of alert.
- Active Shooter Alert
- AMBER Alert & Athena Alert
- Blue Alert
- Silver Alert
- CLEAR Alert
- Camo Alert (no longer operational)
- Endangered Missing Person Alert
- Power Outage Alert
