The national Amber alert program began in 1996 after the slaying of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Texas and has spread to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The national Amber Alert Symposium is this week in Tampa and included a candlelight vigil Tuesday. The program is designed to coordinate the efforts of law enforcement, transportation officials and the media. In the past three years, organizers said, there have been more than 50 cases in which the abductor heard about the Amber alert and released the child. ...more

October 28, 2009

Nearly all Amber Alert cases result in the child's safe return, an official with the national program said today. ...more

October 27, 2009

Not long before she was killed, Jennifer Johnson made a 911 call from the trunk of her own car as it traveled along Interstate 4 through Plant City. ...more

December 17, 2008

Nathan Lee, husband of slain North Port mother Denise Lee, is scheduled to appear on the Dr. Phil show today to discuss a mishandled 911 call that might have saved Lee's life, and already the show is generating controversy. ...more

December 12, 2008

A Missouri teenager who was kidnapped and held for four years said he figured his days were numbered when his abductor decided to take another boy, according to transcripts from a television interview released Wednesday to The Associated Press. ...more

September 25, 2008

NORTH PORT - A witness called 911 and said she saw a woman banging on the window of a Camaro and screaming for help as a car made its way down U.S. 41 on Thursday night, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Amber Lee. ...more

January 23, 2008

A motorist called 911 Thursday after hearing a woman screaming from the backseat of a car on U.S. 41, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Lee that night. ...more

January 23, 2008

You can find Angie Arnst, 29, at the downtown YMCA, where she is the wellness director. This certified fitness specialist has been with the Y for about four years and has been a personal trainer for five. ...more

November 30, 2007

A 21-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Clay Moore after she turned herself in Wednesday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 22, 2007