Overview

• New Castle County police called off the Amber Alert after investigators concluded the mother’s account of a gunpoint abduction was false.
• Maryland law enforcement is now leading a homicide investigation into the toddler’s disappearance with assistance from the FBI.
• Officials dismissed earlier descriptions of a white male suspect and a dark SUV that were provided in the mother’s initial report.
• Search teams had canvassed the Liberty Pointe Apartments area and nearby neighborhoods before authorities reclassified the case.
• Investigators continue to urge anyone with relevant information to call 911 to support the ongoing homicide probe.