[sarcasm]

It seems that he is the father of the child.

[trussell]

Could be. There was one time I email Code Amber because I thought the perp was the father and it turned out to be the uncle.

They will put out an Amber Alert for a parental abduction if the child is considered to be in danger. The fact that he committed a murder makes them believe that she could be in danger of being harmed or killed.