Hope they find him safe.
Posted on 09/24/2005 10:22:19 AM PDT by Abathar
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing boy from Franklin. Officials said the boy is in extreme danger.
Police said Thomas Rivera, 11, was believed to have been taken by his father, Gabriel J. Rivera.
Thomas Rivera was last seen just after 2 a.m. at 48 South Crowell Street in Franklin.
Thomas Rivera is described as a male child, 4 feet 8 inches tall, with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing basketball shorts and carrying a green blanket.
Police said Gabriel Rivera entered the home of the child's mother by force and took the child.
Gabriel Rivera is described as an Hispanic male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 185 pounds, with short brown hair.
Gabriel Rivera was last seen driving a gray 1990 Buick four-door, with license number 41 E 9384.
Police Rivera left Franklin on Interstate 65. They believe he was on his way to the north side of Indianapolis.
Anyone with information about Rivera's whereabouts is asked to call Franklin Police at (888) 58-AMBER.
Hope they find him safe.
I do too. I wonder what the story is?
susie
Amber Alert canceled for 11 Year Old Indiana Boy
Updated: Saturday September 24, 2005 12:13 PM CT
The Franklin City police Department and the state of Indiana has canceled the Amber Alert after the child was found safe and the suspect taken in to custody.
I thougt Amber Alerts werent supposed to be used in parental cases?Also why does everyone assume a child wouldnt be safe with his father?Maybe there is more to the story,,Fathers Have Rights Too!
I thougt Amber Alerts werent supposed to be used in parental cases?Also why does everyone assume a child wouldnt be safe with his father?Maybe there is more to the story,,Fathers Have Rights Too!
I join in urgent prayer for his safe return!
He's been found, and his abductor has been captured...see post 4.
That's why I suspected there was more to the story than the father simply taking the child.
susie
Praise God.
susie
Praise God.
susie
I'm not the one who runs the Amber Alert site, so I couldn't tell you why they run some that are parent abductions.
I would guess that they use the Amber Alert system for those children who are considered to be in danger. There may be a history of abuse and a restraining order against the father...at any rate, he ran off with the kid...if he were a good father, he wouldn't have done that.
This father overstepped his boundaries, and will probably lose any rights he had.
Obviously youve never been part of a custody dispute.Mothers make fake charges all the time to stop children from being with thier fathers,and the courts do absolutely nothing.We dont know all the circimstances in this case,but to say the father is no good without also knowing the facts is just as bad.
I didn't say the father was no good...I just said he was wrong to run off with the kid.
You couldn't be more wrong about me never being part of a custody dispute. I had to fight hard to get my kids back when their father took them and told lies about me.
He has most recently ruined his chances to take the kids for visits because he admitted in open court, under oath, that he is living with a convicted/registered female sex offender.
Maybe the mother was beating the child. The mother always gets the benefit of the doubt.
I know cases where the mother didn't get custody, and didn't get the benefit of the doubt. I don't think any of us know the details of this case so it's difficult to do more than look at what is written and try to make suppositions.
I suppose in a perfect world the courts would never involve themselves in custody issues, in fact, there would never BE custody issues since all people who decided to have a child would act like ADULTS, stay together and raise the child together. Ah...for a perfect world.
His father is mental ill and not on his medication. Any father who must break in to the mothers home in the middle of the night and scare a child is wrong.
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