> Columbus police provide details on missing 5-year-old boy at center of Ohio AMBER Alert
Columbus police provide details on missing 5-year-old boy at center of Ohio AMBER Alert
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An Ohio AMBER Alert has been issued for a 5-year-old boy who police say was taken by his foster mother early Wednesday in Columbus.
Authorities say the boy, identified as Darnell Taylor, was taken from the 900 block of Reeb Avenue around 3 a.m. According to the Columbus Division of Police, a caller told authorities that his wife, 48-year-old Pammy Maye, woke him up and made statements that made him believe their foster child, Darnell, had been hurt.
STORY: https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-amber-alert-issued-for-5-year-old-columbus-boy/530-226b23b8-53aa-4cd7-8a5d-f2247b032c57
The caller then told police that Maye had "abruptly" left the home in a gray 2015 Jeep Cherokee with OH license plate JIGGZII. The vehicle was found just before 6 a.m. by police in Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland. The woman and boy have not yet been located.
The boy is described as having black hair and brown eyes. Police say he may have been wearing Spider-Man pajamas and white boots at the time he was taken.
His foster mother, Maye, is described as 4 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 115 pounds and having brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a green floral nightgown with pink shoes.
Columbus police are searching for videos from the area of the home on Reeb Avenue and are working with federal and state authorities to find the boy and woman.
During a press conference, Columbus Police Deputy Chief Smith Weir laid out a timeline for the process of the investigation leading up to when the AMBER Alert was sent out.
Weir said police first received the call at 3:03 a.m. and officers arrived on scene five minutes later.
Officials said they searched the home for Darnell and by that time, it was 3:18 a.m. They then notified the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
Twenty minutes later, after a continued search of the scene, officials with the Special Investigation Bureau were asked to investigate alongside officers.
At 4:20 a.m., Columbus police escalated the situation and asked OSHP to send an AMBER Alert. The alert was sent out to phones around the state at 5:09 a.m.
Around 5:50 a.m., police in Brooklyn found the car abandoned.
Anyone with information on the location of the boy or woman is asked to call 911. You can also call 1-877-AMBER-OH (1-877-262-3764) or 911 to be transferred directly to the investigating law enforcement agency or to hear the alert information.