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Public Information Statement

1039 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2003

***amber alert***amber alert***amber alert***amber alert***

This is an Amber alert. Iowa law enforcement has determined that three children have been abducted and the lives of these children are in danger.

The children were abducted on December 10th, 2003 at 7:27 PM CST at 305 east 11th street in Spencer, Iowa. The suspect vehicle used in this abduction was a Gray Ford Ranger pickup bearing a Georgia license plate number. The number was not available. The suspect vehicle was last seen traveling possibly to Georgia.

The name of the first abducted child is Ryan lee Pardue. He is a white male...10 years old. Ryan is 3 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 60 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has chronic asthma...needs inhalers...and is on prescription antibiotics for strep throat. He is wearing a red sweatshirt and possibly blue jeans...no shoes or socks...and no jacket or hat.

The name of the second child abducted is skyla arzula Mumper. She is a white female...6 years old. Skyla is 3 feet tall and weighs 66 pounds. She has beyond shoulder length blonde hair...blue eyes and a fair complexion. She is wearing white halter top with blue flowers...red Bell bottom stretch pants with tie down...no shoes or socks...and no jacket.

The name of the third child abducted is starla Marie Pardue. She is a white female...12 years old. Starla is 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 150 pounds. Her hair is blonde with brown and short. Her eyes are blue. She has a cracked front tooth...tonsillitis...an infection in the right ear...a bad cough...and is taking amoxicillin. She is wearing a red short sleeved shirt with writing on the front...pajama bottom pants with blue flowers...no shoes and no jacket.

The suspected abductors name is Samantha Pardue. The abductor is a white female 30 years of age. The abductor is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. The abductor has Auburn hair with a light reddish tint and blue eyes. She wears her hair up...has a tattoo of a cross on her Left Hand...and has tattoos on one leg. She is wearing blue jeans...tennis shoes...and a thin jacket with white.

All Amber alert abductors should be considered dangerous.

Repeating...the suspect vehicle was a Gray Ford Ranger pickup truck bearing a Georgia license plate. The number was not available. The vehicle was last seen traveling possibly to Georgia.

To report information regarding this abduction dial 911.

I thought these Amber Alerts are not supposed to be issued when the parents are the abductors?

[Mr. Bird]

Hmm..the most important piece of info, why the parents lost custody, is missing.

[Skooz]

Just on the surface, we have a case of the state taking children from their parents and the parents taking reasonable action to get their children back.

Now, if the children have been maliciously mistreated and there is an urgent doubt about their safety in the custody of the parents, I say go get 'em and rescue them and put the parents in jail.

But, if this is a case of some overzealous state agency or judge deciding to interpose the state's interest over those of the family, I say screw 'em. Leave the family alone.

[D-fendr]

I thought these Amber Alerts are not supposed to be issued when the parents are the abductors?

That's true; this seems to be an obvious misuse of the system.

[trussell]

Missing Children ping.

Please pray for their safe return. Georgia FReepers be especially aware.

Blessings,
trussell


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[AppyPappy]

It only mentions a "parent".

[newgeezer]

I thought these Amber Alerts are not supposed to be issued when the parents are the abductors?

If I'm not mistaken, that's been the case in most or all of the few alerts we've had in Iowa.

When this Amber Alert was broadcast at 11 PM last night, my first thought was to guess it's a(nother) non-custodial parent. Then, this morning, I heard that was indeed the case (both parents, even).

If the system continues to be used this way, the "Amber Alert" will one day be generally perceived as nothing more than a boy-who-cried-wolf annoyance, rather than the search-and-rescue tool it was intended to be. If there's not a policy against using it when a parent "abducts," there should be.

[curlewbird]

One reason I heard on the radio (local story here) was that they took them away due to denial of critical care and substance abuse. That came from the police chief. The grandparents only got custody on the 3rd of December.

[Yeti]

I went to Weather Underground(pretty good site), but I couldn't find anything about Amber alerts. Do you mind if I ask you where you found it?

[Bob J]

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