Police in Delaware have canceled an AMBER Alert for a 3-year-old after her mother allegedly filed a false abduction report.
KKTV 11 reports that, Master Corporal Richard Chambers stated that the mother reported a man in his 40s pulling a gun on a woman and taking her daughter, Nola Dinkins, at around 7:15 p.m. after she pulled over in the 500 block of Gender Road in Ogletown.
The man walked up, took the child, and put her in the backseat of a car driven by a woman, according to what the mother told police, Chambers said.
According to Delaware Online, the FBI, in collaboration with investigators, initiated an “intensive investigation that continued through the night,” as stated by New Castle County Police Sgt. Andrea Botterbusc.
FOX 5 reports police subsequently canceled the alert Wednesday and the case is now a homicide investigation.
Sgt. Andrea Botterbusch stated, “The Amber alert is now canceled and there’s no danger to the public. Sadly, this incident is now being treated as a homicide investigation.”
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact 911.
The story is developing. Check back for updates.
[Feature Photo via New Castle PD]
