FINAL UPDATE:
Good news in the search for two missing kids from McDonald County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has cancelled the Amber Alert for Genesis Padron and Samuel Padron, saying the kids were found safe in Miami, Oklahoma just after midnight Friday morning.
A suspect is in custody.
2ND UPDATE:
Authorities have notified the press that both vehicles have been found and the woman and children are now believed to be on foot in the Tulsa area.
Troopers say the woman assaulted another woman who was watching the kids in McDonald County earlier Thursday and took the kids with her.
The woman, described as the mother of the children in the tweet below, does not have custody of the kids.
BOTH SUSPECT VEHICLES INCLUDED IN EARLIER UPDATES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN ARE NOW BELIEVED TO BE ON FOOT IN THE TULSA, OK AREA. pic.twitter.com/MUyOhXgZAo
— Missouri State Highway Patrol Alerts (@MSHPAlerts) July 10, 2020
Update:
The Highway Patrol says authorities have found the vehicle that was part of an Amber Alert involving two kidnapped children in Oklahoma.
But the kids and the woman who reportedly took them from a home in McDonald County are still missing.
Troopers say the woman does not have custody of the eight-year-old girl and four-year-old boy.
She reportedly assaulted a woman who was watching them and took them with her.
Authorities are now looking for a creme color Kia Soul.
GRANDMOTHER AND VEHICLE LOCATED IN STROUD, OKLAHOMA. THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN ARE BELIEVED TO NOW BE IN A DIFFERENT VEHICLE – CREAM KIA SOUL UNKNOWN OKLAHOMA REGISTRATION pic.twitter.com/5UvPOTjCPr
— Missouri State Highway Patrol Alerts (@MSHPAlerts) July 9, 2020
Original Story:
An Amber Alert has been issued in McDonald County for a woman wanted for assaulting a woman and kidnapping the children she was watching.
The Highway Patrol says the woman took an eight-year-old girl and four-year-old boy.
Troopers say the woman was driving a red 2009 Ford Flex SUV.
The Amber Alert says the woman’s mother may also be in the vehicle, which could be headed south to Mexico.
