PHOENIX An Amber Alert has been issued for a young girl who was abducted by a stranger from a North Phoenix apartment complex on Christmas Day.
Police say 5-year-old Natalie Rose Flores was taken from the Saddleback Mountain Apartments in the 12400 block of N. 19th Avenue at approximately 2:15 p.m.
Other children told police they were all playing outside when a man began taking pictures of them and then forcefully grabbed Natalie and put her into his truck.
Natalie is Hispanic, approximately 4 feet tall and 50 pounds, with shoulder-length red hair and freckles. She was wearing a pink shirt, blue stretch pants and pink and white shoes.
The suspect is a 30- to 40-year-old white male with blond or gray hair, 5-feet-8- to 5-feet-9-inches tall, 180-190 pounds, wearing a gray shirt and peach knee-length shorts.
He was driving a newer model gold/brown four-door pickup, possibly a Ford Ranger, with an AZ license plate similar to 3HG377 or 3HG774. The truck may have had a ladder holder on the top and a flag in the back window. He was southbound when leaving the complex.
