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Children found safe, woman in custody after Amber Alert issued in Mid-Missouri

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today at 4:53 PM
Published 4:29 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman is in custody after a search was conducted by law enforcement after they issued an Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon.

The alert was canceled at 4:42 p.m. Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A spokesman Justin Ewing said troopers stopped the blue 2005 Lincoln Aviator and detained the woman. MSHP also confirmed in a followup alert that the children were found safe.

A social media post from MSHP says 24-year-old Joy Ariel Smith was with the children when they were found.

MSHP originally sent the Amber Alert at 4:18 p.m., looking for a Lincoln Aviator that was heading westbound on Interstate 70. The notification was sent out in the jurisdictions of MHSP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – and Troop A, whose coverage area is in the western part of the state.

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