California officials issued AMBER Alerts for two siblings who have been missing for over a week.
Wyman Bryant, 4, and Willow Bryant, 2, have been missing since August 14, according to the alerts issued by California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Officials said the children were taken by David Walker James and Tiffany Bryant. They were last seen driving a 2008 champagne-colored Buick Enclave with paper license plates.
Wyman Bryant is described as a white male with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is around 3-foot-5 and weighs around 34 pounds. Willow Bryant is described as a white female with blonde hair and brown eyes. She is around 2 feet tall and weighs around 20 pounds.
Wyman Bryant was last seen wearing a blue shirt, pink shorts and pink shoes. Willow Bryant was last seen wearing a blue shirt and gray shorts.
James is a 53-year-old white man with gray hair and blue eyes, weighing around 170 pounds. Tiffany Bryant is a 39-year-old white female with blonde hair and brown eyes. She is around 5-foot-4 and weighs around 100 pounds.
Anyone with information should contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department at 213-229-1700.
What is an AMBER Alert?
The AMBER Alert is a nationwide system to notify the public about missing children under the age of 18.
The alerts are shared on radio, TV, road signs, cellphones and other data-enabled devices.
As of last year, 1,200 children were found through the AMBER Alert system and 180 children were rescued because of the emergency alerts.
There are several criteria for the alert, including an abduction must have occurred, the child must be at risk of serious injury or death and there has to be descriptive information of the child, the suspect or the suspect’s vehicle.
Active AMBER Alerts
Two other AMBER Alerts are currently active for missing children in Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Sebastian Rogers, 15, has been missing since February 26, when he vanished from his mother and stepfather’s home in Sumner County, Tennessee.
He is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 120 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and he wears glasses. He was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a black sweatshirt.
Anyone with information about Rogers should call the Sumner County Emergency Communications Center at 615-451-3838 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Elijah Vue, 3, went missing from his mother’s boyfriend’s house on February 20 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
“He was last seen wearing gray sweat pants, long sleeve dark colored shirt and red and green dinosaur slip on shoes,” the Amber Alert said.
Anyone with information in this case should contact the Two Rivers Police Department at 844-267-6648.
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