An AMBER Alert was issued in Colorado on August 12, 2016, at 12:42 a.m. for a 5-year-old girl alleged to have been abducted. The girl was found later in the morning, and her mother was taken into custody on kidnapping, child abuse and other charges. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations emphasized the AMBER Alert is an important tool to find both suspects and children and encouraged the public not to silence emergency notifications during the nighttime hours. This case proved that those who receive or hear these late-night alerts can provide lifesaving witness and identification information on both children and suspects involved in these critical incidents
