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.
Crandall Police have discontinued an AMBER Alert for a 12-year-old and his mother.
The two were located and in good health, according to police.
Over the weekend, Police issued an AMBER Alert for the boy who was last seen with his mother on Oct. 30 at The Shops at Park Lane in Dallas and police said they believe the child may be in grave or immediate danger.
The initial AMBER Alert by Crandall police said the 12-year-old boy was last seen in the 1800 block of Lolita Way in Heartland, which is an unincorporated community in Kaufman County about 25 miles from Dallas.
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NBC 5 reached out to Crandall police to ask why the AMBER Alert said said was last seen July 4.
Crandall police said it received a call from an AT&T employee on Oct. 30, advising the child's mother texted concerning messages regarding her mental health. When officers went to her home in Heartland, no one appeared to be home. Police said Kaufman County "pinged" her phone which showed to be in the area of Park Lane and North Central Expressway in Dallas.
Police said that on Nov. 2, the mother's 24-year-old daughter arrived at the Crandall Police Department to file a missing persons report on her mother and two siblings ages 19 and 12.
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Crandall police said late Saturday night that the mother's car was located at a hotel in Dallas.
The AMBER alert was activated for 39 counties, most in North Texas. Now Dallas police are assisting Kaufman County and asking anyone who sees Connor and Dorcas Young to call 911 or the police department at 214-671-4268.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
