7 year old abducted from north Edmonton park
Update: She was found by the time I finished typing this post!
Police thanked the media for the strong and timely response to the Amber Alert.
Edmonton Police Chief Mike Boyd thanked all the officers involved in the investigation as well as the public. “Officers in the EPS and local RCMP detachments as well as members of the public should be congratulated for their great work in locating the missing girl so quickly,” said Boyd.
“But this investigation is far from over….the suspect remains at large, and we ask all members of the public to be vigilant and to call police if they have any information relating to him.”
An Amber Alert has been issued for Anastasia Marie Whetton, 7, as shown in this Edmonton Police handout photo:
FOUND
She was playing with her brothers when a blue SUV pulled up alongside them. According to The Canadian Press, a man approached the kids and asked if they wanted to see his truck. Anastasia agreed and got in the truck. Her brothers ran home to tell their parents.
Police immediately issued an amber alert.
Anastasia is four-foot-two and 55 lbs. She has brown eyes and hair, a big toothy grin, dimples deeper on the right side than the left. She was last wearing a peach colored floral dress and white runners.
The man is described as six feet tall, white, in his late 20’s or early thirties, balding and clean shaven.
