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Amber Alert canceled for Cape Girardeau child

An Amber Alert was issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol for a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her “non-custodial mother.”
Missouri State Highway Patrol
An Amber Alert was issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol for a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her “non-custodial mother.”

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Amber Alert was canceled late Wednesday by the Missouri State Highway Patrol for a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her “non-custodial mother.”

According to an update from the Highway Patrol just after 10:30 p.m., the child is safe and the suspect is in custody.

The alert states that Kelsi Wheeler, 5, was taken by Markeila Williamson at 7:06 p.m. from the 2800 block of Wagner Street in Cape Girardeau. The alert says Williams took Wheeler from her legal guardians.

The alert said that the two were likely traveling in a gray Nissan Sentra with Arkansas license plates reading ACKRITE. The vehicle was allegedly heading westbound on Themis Street from Hazel Drive.

Wheeler is described as a Black girl with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black “Easter outfit.”

Williamson is 5-feet-11-inches tall, 165 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. It is not known what clothing she could be wearing, the alert says.

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