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State police have issued a CODI Alert for a missing 2-year-old girl from Chesterfield last seen more than two weeks ago.

When 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef Jr. went missing last week, more than 1,000 volunteers arrived ready to help officials with their search.

The first community-wide notification dinged people's cellphones 5 hours after the family of a 6-year-old with autism ...

As the holiday season approaches, the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons is reminding all residents that leaving children unattended in vehicles, even for a moment, can have ...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is searching for an 11-year-old girl who has been reported missing.

Some mobile phone users run into a snag when trying to access information tied to Amber Alerts sent out in Tennessee when a ...

A woman accused of abducting a man's 7-year-old child from Lakewood was prohibited from contacting the man and had allegedly ...

A 7-year-old boy who authorities said was abducted by 26-year-old Crystal Denmon was safely located Monday afternoon, ...

Uriah Saye Jr, seven, has been found by police after he was seen in a car with a suspect described as "armed and dangerous." ...

At about 1:40 p.m. the Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a message explaining 7-year-old Uriah Saye Jr. may be with the ...

Summit County deputies wrongfully releasing an inmate this June. After we first reported the incident, the state launched an ...