• Amber Alert issued in B.C. for 3-year old Alvin Barnet (in effect as of 5:07 PM PST, 11/15/12)
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[url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/15/bc-amber-alert.html[/url] [quote=CBC News]The search for a three-year-old boy from southeast British Columbia has gone international, with authorities on both sides of the border saying they believe the child is in the United States with his father. Police issued an Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon for Alvin Barnett, who they believe was abducted by his father, 39-year-old Robert Barnett, in the Elk Valley area near Sparwood, B.C., before they crossed the border and into the U.S. Jennifer Viets, Montana's Amber Alert co-ordinator, said the vehicle the father and son are believed to be travelling in crossed the border near the city of Eureka at around 3 p.m. MT. "We're pretty worried about the safety of the little boy, so that's why we're using every possible resource to try to find him," she said. "If anybody sees anything or has any information, they should call 911, especially if they see him. They should not approach the vehicle or the gentleman. We do consider it a dangerous situation." According to officials on both sides of the border, the pair may be travelling in a 2002 blue Subaru Outback with B.C. licence 347 SBL. Alvin is three-feet-two-inches tall and 35 pounds, wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, while his father is described as five-foot-five with green eyes, reddish blonde hair and a scar over his right eyebrow. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said he doesn't know whether or not Barnett holds dual nationality with Canada and the U.S. "Information was disseminated to our counterparts at the Canadian Border Service Agency and U.S. border crossing points in the Elk Valley area, and at this point in time we do remain in contact with our U.S. law-enforcement counterparts," he said. Moskaluk said the child and father were together during a supervised parental visit, indicating the father had limited access to his child, and as a result the incident met the criteria for an Amber Alert. He said he didn't know why the father may have been on a supervised visit. Viets said as soon as officials in her state were notified of the Amber Alert by the Mounties, the criminal justice system broadcast to all state and local police and sheriffs agencies the information and to be on the lookout for the vehicle, child and suspect. At the request of the Elk Valley RCMP, officials then issued the Amber Alert, notifying the public and press. "We have shared out Amber Alert with the state of Idaho and they're re-broadcasting it there," she said. "We've also done a multi-state broadcast to all the western states like Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada so that other states are aware of it in case they pass through Montana undetected." She said Montana is a big state that takes several hours to cross but because Barnett is believed to have crossed in the afternoon it's possible he could have made it into another jurisdiction. "We're getting tremendous support from law enforcement everywhere, trying to help with this," she said. Eureka is a small city with a population of about 1,037 people according to the 2010 census, said Viets. She described the area surrounding Eureka as mountainous, with lots of trees, campgrounds and cabins. It is rough territory, especially if the suspect plans to head off road. "And we do have snow in that area right now. It's another complication."[/quote] Child Abduction Emergency in effect for the entire state of Montana: [quote=Montana DOJ via NWS]THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AMBER ALERT IS BEING POSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHILD ALVIN BARNETT WAS ABDUCTED BY BIOLOGICAL FATHER ROBERT BARNETT IN ELK VALLEY BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHILD IS 3 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE AND IS 3 FOOT 2 INCHES AND 35 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. VEHICLE WAS SHOWN CROSSING THE BORDER IN EUREKA MONTANA AT APPROXIMATELY 3 15 THIS AFTERNOON. CHILD IS BELIEVED TO BE IN IMMINENT DANGER. VEHICLE IS A BLUE 2002 SUBARU OUTBACK. BRITISH COLUMBIA LICENSE PLATE 3 4 7 S B L . DO NOT APPROACH. CALL 9 1 1.[/quote]
Damn, I have not heard of an Amber Alert thing in bc for like 5 or so years. Hope the kid gets found.
[QUOTE=nomad1;38468253]Damn, I have not heard of an Amber Alert thing in bc for like 5 or so years. Hope the kid gets found.[/QUOTE] What about that amber alert a few months back where that Burnaby/East Van (I think?) kid went missing only to turn up a week or so later?
[QUOTE=nomad1;38468253]Damn, I have not heard of an Amber Alert thing in bc for like 5 or so years. Hope the kid gets found. Alive[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38468768']Damn, I have not heard of an Amber Alert thing in bc for like 5 or so years. Hope the kid gets found. Alive[/QUOTE]If it's his father who took him, it's most likely a dispute over custody. Why would the father kill his own child? And seriously, stuff like this happens all the time, why is this a thread.
I'd bet it's not [i]actually[/i] an abduction, but instead a father so desperate to see his kid despite the results of a custody case that he'll do anything. If this is the case the only thing that should come out of it is a look into how custody laws can get so fucked up that a parent would risk being able to pay the rent for the rest of their lives to see their kid. one never knows, though.
[QUOTE=Ybbats;38468829]Why would the father kill his own child?[/QUOTE] It happens quite alot.
Child Abduction Emergency is in effect for Montana, with other states on alert if they pass through undetected. [editline]16th November 2012[/editline] The child was located safely in Montana.
3475BL License plate? That's a fucking veterans License plate (In Alberta at least), why the fuck would you disgrace your country by abducting your child? [editline]16th November 2012[/editline] No it's not, it's a standard license plate. Read the Montana alert fully but not the article.
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