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 AMBER Alert issued for an 11-year-old out of Henderson County was discontinued, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Texas DPS said the girl was found late Friday night. No details surrounding her return have been made available.
On Friday morning, Police issued an AMBER Alert for the 11-year-old girl, who was last seen at about 8:25 p.m. Thursday near her home in the 6200 block of County Road 3925 in Athens. She was reported to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office as a runaway juvenile later that night.
Henderson sheriffs believed she left her home voluntarily and was picked up by someone.
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Police have not released any additional information at this time.
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
