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.
An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing 16-year-old girl out of West Tawakoni in Hunt County.
Law enforcement officials say Jordan Maceachran was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with AC/DC on the front, black pants, and black and white shoes. She is described as having brown hair, blue eyes and 5'2" in height and weighing 179 lbs.
She was last seen at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, in the 600 block of Wild Valley in West Takakoni.
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Officials believe this child may be in grave or immediate danger.
Anyone with information regarding this missing child should contact the West Tawakoni Police Department at 903-447-3605.
This is a Local AMBER Alert activation originating from West Tawakoni, TX. The Local AMBER Alert has been activated for the following Texas counties: Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Camp, Morris, Cass, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Rains, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Johnson, Ellis, Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Smith, Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Harrison, Hill, and Freestone.
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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
