Central Florida Amber Alert!! FOUND!!!

[elgerber]

I think they were saying that the mother was at the police station along with the other kids from the bus stop, I think they just worded it oddly.

 

[ducklite]

Original printable flier

To post the image above on another web site, the image URL is: http://www.flamingolegs.com/dis/amber0207.jpg

Anne

 

[allicat]

Awful, kids arent safe anywhere anymore-makes my stomach in knots. I was confused too when I read the article-wasnt sure of the mother was at the bus stop. I think its just worded funny.

 

[MinnieFan4ever]

any updates?

 

[Luckymommyx2]

This is every parent's worst nightmare. Please keep us updated with any news. Prayers that they find him safe soon.

 

[ducklite]

any updates?

Nothing, they are stopping every red truck in a several county radius and searching it.

Theya re now saying that the abductor might have been a deeply tanned white male, rather than Hispanic. They are describing the moustache like "Tom Selleck/Magnum PI"

Anne

 

[Sandy22]

This is just horrible. Prayers said for his safe return.

I don't worry as much about kidnappings now that my son is a teen. This is a reminder to all parents to keep talking to your kids about the dangers of being approached by strangers. Teens tend to feel invincible when they're in groups. Obviously they're not.

 

[horseshowmom]

Taken from the article linked above: The man is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and was last seen driving a red or burgundy pickup truck toward Interstate 75.

I-75 could take him a long way in this amount of time, but I'm sure they've probably had air surveillance on it, so maybe he's still in the area. Bless that child's heart, he has to be so scared.

 

[kerrynic78]

This breaks my heart. The poor boy must be so scared. I pray they find him and he is safe.

 

[ducklite]

If you have Myspace, here is the code to post a bulletin:


<img src="http://www.flamingolegs.com/dis/amber0207.jpg">

Original printable flier here: <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/MCICSearch/FlyerPrintableFormat.asp?Case_Id=20046">CLICKHERE</A>


Please keep your eyes open! He was kipnapped at the bus stop where he was waiting with a dozen other kids by a stranger.

<b><font size="3">Please forward this to all of your friends!!!!!!!!</font></b>


Somebody's got to have seen that truck, and probably doesn't even realize that they are looking for it. The more people who know about it, the more eyes there will be out there looking. I just printed the flyer and gave it to one of the guys I work with who drives to Gainesville every weekend, and sent the link to DH who will be driving to FL from NJ this weekend.

Anne

 

[Nala2007]

Oh God this is horrible, I hope you are all praying like I am this very second!!


BUMP BUMP BUMP

 

[lillygator]

FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Abducted Manatee child reportedly found safe and well


STAFF REPORT




NORTH MANATEE – Manatee police have found 13-year-old Clay Moore safe after he was missing for nearly five hours after being abducted at gunpoint at a school bus stop.

Moore was reportedly found in a farm field in far East Manatee off of State Road 64, with only minor scratches.

He was about to be reuinted with his parents soon.

Here are details from the story this morning, prior to the latest news that the boy is safe:

The FBI hadbeen called in to help local police search for a 13-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint this morning as he waited for a school bus in the Kingsfield Lakes subdivision in rural North Manatee County. A statewide Amber Alert has been issued in the case.

Police at noon updated the description of the suspect, now listed as a tanned white man, or possibly Hispanic man, in his 30s with a distinctive, bushy mustache who was last seen driving a red or burgundy Ford Ranger pick-up truck.

The victim, 13-year-old Clay Moore, is white, 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, and was last seen wearing a red-and-green Manatee School for the Arts school jacket. He has a birthmark on his forehead that turns dark red when he is scared or angry. The boy was waiting to board a bus for the Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto.

Moore was taken by the gun-toting man around 8:50 a.m. The teen’s mother and 15 other students who were waiting for the same bus are safe at a police command center in the Kingsfield Estates subdivision where they are working with police.

The Manatee School for the Arts was reportedly locked down for safety. Manatee district officials also issued a “soft” lockdown for three elementary schools in the area of the abduction -- Blackburn, Mills and Tillman elementaries. Administrators locked the doors to the schools near the bus stop, which is on Douglas Hill Place and Old Tampa Road.

Manatee Sheriff Charlie Wells said Friday that all possible law enforcement officers -- including state wildlife officers who were searching waterways, and even jail deputies -- have been called in to aid the search: “All of our deputies, all of the law enforcement officers in this region are dedicated to solving this and bringing Clay back home.”

Police have set up a command post in Kingsfield Lakes and launched a helicopter as a search continues. Wells said they hope the suspect is contained within the area, but he noted: "There's a lot of places to hide."

Police said an Hispanic man with a bushy mustache, similar to Tom Selleck in Magnum P.I., snatched the boy as he and a group of others waited for school in Kingsfield, a small community in north Manatee County.

The man is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and was last seen driving a red or burgundy pickup truck toward Interstate 75.

The children scattered from the bus stop when the man approached with a gun at about 8:50 a.m. School administrators are interviewing students, and a Palmetto police officer is stationed at the campus.


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[lillygator]

thank goodness!

 

[FINFAN]

OMG! Thank Heaven he is O.K......PLEASE POST ANY OTHER UPDATES YOU FIND!


Pam

 

[Steffi]

I'm so glad this boy was found unharmed!!! I hope they find the maniac that took the boy before he grabs another child!

 

[FINFAN]

I just read that he was (unharmed but w/some scratches) found in a field, and was able to use a "good samaritans" cell phone to call his mom. Abductor is still at large.


Pam

 

[floridafam]

Oh thank God.

I can't believe that we have to worry about our kids being taken right off the street in daylight.

They said he was crying as he was being taken. I just started crying when I heard that.

We have got to teach our kids to fight back and not let themselves be taken to a second location.

I swear to God that I would have GPS chips put in my kids if I could.

 

[FINFAN]

There are cell phones that have locator service....it is so hard to let kids become independant...sooooo hard.


Pam

 

[ducklite]

I wonder if the abductor let him go because he realized that there was a dragnet closing in on him, or maybe heard the Amber Alerts on the radio. I listen to the radio pretty much non-stop at work most days, and this is probably the third or fourth Amber Alert I've posted here in the past couple years that I've heard over the radio.

I'm so glad he was found realtively unharmed. The whole story is heartwrenching for everyone involved.

Anne

 

[Trish Bessette]

THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have chills. I am so happy for this boy and his family. What a wonderful job by everyone who was looking for him!!