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 boy last seen in East Texas.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 1-year-old Jamar Ross was last seen at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon along the 800 block of W. Mims Street in Tyler.
According to the Tyler Morning Telegraph, CPS was expecting to take Ross into custody Friday afternoon but that the child was not at home and is believed to be with his mother, 26-year-old Tarhondia Jackson.
Jamar is described as Black with black hair and brown eyes. He is about 2 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 45 pounds. Jackson is described as Black with black hair and brown eyes. She stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds.
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Police did not provide any clothing or vehicle description and did not say whether they believed the pair were still in the Smith County area or if they'd traveled elsewhere.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Tyler Police Department at 903-531-1000.
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
