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Two children ages 3 and 5, are picked up by their father for weekend visitation. He
is under court order to return the children to their mother at the end of the
weekend, but fails to appear. The mother calls police and they obtain
information that the father is preparing to flee the country with the children.
There is no history of inappropriate behavior by the father, and no indication
that the children are in any danger. This scenario would NOT qualify for an
AMBER alert. Although there is sufficient descriptive information available
of the victims and the suspect, the suspect's actions place him in violation
of a custody order, and the children may be taken out of the country, there is
no reason to believe the children are in imminent danger of serious bodily
harm or death.
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