Demonstrating the critical impact of rapid vehicle identification, the Sherburne County (Minnesota) Sheriff's Office successfully recovered a missing 7-year-old girl just 90 minutes after issuing a statewide AMBER Alert. While hundreds of volunteers braved freezing conditions to search local ice castles and outbuildings, the alert proved decisive when Albert Lea Police intercepted the suspect’s vehicle on Interstate 35, nearly 130 miles from the abduction site. The investigation revealed a social media tie, reinforcing the need for parents to have open lines of communication with their children about social media use.