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Amber Alert canceled after missing 12-year-old girls recovered in Indiana

An Amber Alert was issued for two 12-year-old girls in Atchison County, Missouri on Sept. 20, 2025.
Missouri State Highway Patrol
An Amber Alert was issued for two 12-year-old girls in Atchison County, Missouri on Sept. 20, 2025.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Amber Alert has been canceled for two 12-year-old girls in northwest Missouri.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Emily Harrington and Emma Sue Hale were last seen around 8:40 p.m. Friday at a football game at Rock Port Missouri High School in Atchison County. MSHP said around noon that both girls were safely recovered in Indiada.

The alert was issued around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday.

The girls were believed to have been with a white man named Alec or Alex, the alert states. The suspect may be from California.

Harrington has brown hair and was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt, light colored leggings, and cowboy boots, according to the alert. She has a birthmark on the front of her neck and often wears her hair in a bun.

Hale has very long, dark-blue hair, the alert says. She was last seen wearing a red Chiefs hooded sweatshirt and black leggings.

No details about where they were seen heading or a vehicle identification were provided in the alert.

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