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State police have issued a CODI Alert for a missing 2-year-old girl from Chesterfield last seen more than two weeks ago.

When 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef Jr. went missing last week, more than 1,000 volunteers arrived ready to help officials with their search.

The first community-wide notification dinged people's cellphones 5 hours after the family of a 6-year-old with autism ...

Some mobile phone users run into a snag when trying to access information tied to Amber Alerts sent out in Tennessee when a ...

A woman accused of abducting a man's 7-year-old child from Lakewood was prohibited from contacting the man and had allegedly ...

A 7-year-old boy who authorities said was abducted by 26-year-old Crystal Denmon was safely located Monday afternoon, ...

Uriah Saye Jr, seven, has been found by police after he was seen in a car with a suspect described as "armed and dangerous." ...

At about 1:40 p.m. the Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a message explaining 7-year-old Uriah Saye Jr. may be with the ...

Summit County deputies wrongfully releasing an inmate this June. After we first reported the incident, the state launched an ...

On Monday at 3:51 p.m., the CBI said a 7-year-old boy was found safe after an AMBER Alert was issued Monday afternoon in ...

It was a joyous feeling for Stephanie Vaughn-Green and the rest of her family when they learned Colorado State Patrol found 7 ...