AMBER Alert canceled after child found safe, suspect in custody tied to possible Texas homicide
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An AMBER alert was canceled Saturday afternoon after a boy was found safe.
The Ozark alert was issued around 2:15 p.m. for a missing 4-year-old who was last seen in Texas.
Law enforcement took Raymond Isaac Carmona into custody around 2:25 p.m. after he was accused of taking Ephraim Juaquin Carmona around 2 a.m. on Friday in Mansfield, Texas. The 20-year-old is also the suspect in a possible homicide that took place there on Friday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
MSHP said it was looking for a 2009 Toyota Corolla. When the alert was issued, troopers said Carmona was last seen driving the car Saturday morning near Business 65 at North Third Street in Ozark, MO. around 8:15 a.m. Saturday.
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The 4-year-old is 4 feet tall with black curly hair and weighs about 60 pounds. He has brown eyes and is White and Hispanic, the alert said.
The AMBER Alert was canceled about 10 minutes after it went active. MSHP said the boy was found safe and the suspect was taken into custody.
