Found Safe NC - Anthony Manuel Diaz, 12, kidnapped, Mount Airy, Surry County, Jan 2019

[cybervampira]

WRAL TV

AMBER ALERT CANCELED: We are working to confirm that Anthony Manuel Diaz was found safe this afternoon.

 

[cybervampira]

Amber Alert canceled for missing 12-year-old Mount Airy boy

Officials canceled the alert for Anthony Manuel Diaz just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

 

[Sillybilly]

Please Alert when more info comes out subsequent to the Amber Alert being cancelled so we can update the thread title accordingly. Hopefully the answer is that he was found safe.

Thanks.

 

[cybervampira]

One big mess! BBM

Spectrum News North Carolina

UPDATE: The FBI has ordered the Amber Alert for Anthony Manuel Diaz to be canceled. Mount Airy Police Department says Anthony Manuel Diaz is still missing and does not know why the alert was canceled.

 

[perfectingpink]

One big mess! BBM

Spectrum News North Carolina

UPDATE: The FBI has ordered the Amber Alert for Anthony Manuel Diaz to be canceled. Mount Airy Police Department says Anthony Manuel Diaz is still missing and does not know why the alert was canceled.

So the Amber Alert was cancelled (probably because this case did not meet the criteria) but he is still missing.

 

[Darling136]

Amber Alert issues for missing Mount Airy boy | Mt. Airy News

An amber alert issued earlier Sunday has been canceled, but the child is still missing, according to the Mount Airy Police Department.

There was already some discussion in the beginning that the case does not meet the criteria, i think i read something

 

[cybervampira]

Amber Alert issues for missing Mount Airy boy | Mt. Airy News

An amber alert issued earlier Sunday has been canceled, but the child is still missing, according to the Mount Airy Police Department.

The original alert was issued Sunday morning as authorities began searching for 12-year-old Anthony Manuel Diaz, who had been reported missing from the 900 block of Willow Street. However, the alert was canceled because “he no longer met the criteria for an Amber Alert,” an official with the city police department said.

She went on to explain police no longer believe he was abducted, thus he fell short of the full Amber Alert criteria. However, she said police still consider him a missing person and are actively searching for him. Authorities say Anthony is 4’7”, weighs 78 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

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[Darling136]

Amber Alert: 12-year-old boy Anthony Manuel Diaz abducted in Mount Airy

What is really going on here? I clicked on your link and found the following:
Correction
Abduction is not suspected in the missing persons case of Anthony Manuel Diaz. Previous versions of this story were incorrect.

This is what i meant

 

[Darling136]

Please Alert when more info comes out subsequent to the Amber Alert being cancelled so we can update the thread title accordingly. Hopefully the answer is that he was found safe.

Thanks.

I will take the prefix back to NC, i hope he is found soon!

 

[HayLouise]

Found

BREAKING NEWS: Anthony Manuel Diaz has been found and is ok. Police are taking him home. He was found on HWY 89 near Independence @SpecNewsTriad

Caileigh Peterson on Twitter

 

[margarita25]

12-year-old NC boy found safe, Amber Alert canceled

 

[watcher9]

Found

BREAKING NEWS: Anthony Manuel Diaz has been found and is ok. Police are taking him home. He was found on HWY 89 near Independence @SpecNewsTriad

Caileigh Peterson on Twitter

I am assuming Independence VA. Going straight up HWY 89, it would be about 40 miles and an hour driving.
I would think that would be a little far for a 12 y/o to travel. Maybe he had a ride and that was what was confusing about the Amber Alert?

 

[Rweikel]

In Mt Airy, there is an Independence blvd that intersects Highway 89 in town

 

[JerseyGirl]

Details emerge in missing-boy case | Mt. Airy News