Update: State Wide Amber Alert For Missing Poplar Bluff Child
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - Law enforcement officers in southeast Missouri are looking for a 5-year-old girl they believe was abducted from her bedroom by a convicted sex offender.
An Amber Alert says the girl was taken between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday in Poplar Bluff. The girl, whose first name is Abigail, has a medium complexion, with black hair and brown eyes.
Police believe she's with a 45-year-old man who was arrested in 1990 for the abduction, rape and sodomy of a 12-year-old girl in Fort Hood, Texas. He is reportedly driving a silver 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with Missouri license PJ8Z5M.
Poplar Bluff Police Capt. Dave Sutton told KAIT-TV the suspect and child are not related, but were seen leaving together on the street where the girl lives.
Story from earlier...
Police in Poplar Bluff has issued an Amber Alert for a bi-racial five year old girl authorities believe may be in eminent danger.
Abigail Berthoff may be traveling with a man driving a silver 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with Missouri license plate P-J-8-Z-5-M.
Jeffery Shelton is described as white, with brown hair and green eyes, six feet tall and 175 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Poplar Bluff Police at 573-785-5776.
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