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 issued by the Texas Department of Safety for a 6-month-old girl from Rockwall has been discontinued.
Rockwall Police released a statement a few hours after the AMBER Alert was issued saying the child was located in Missouri.
Missouri Highway Patrol located the vehicle reported in the AMBER Alert at approximately 11 a.m. and found the child unharmed, according to the statement.
In a post on X, police said the child's biological parents had recently lost parental rights to the child.
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Both parents have criminal charges pending, Rockwall Police said.
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
