UPDATE: Abducted 8-month-old Girl, Homicide Suspect Located

Jake Bauer

Jake Bauer

Published December 31, 2016 8:15 pm
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MERCER COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) — Police have located an 8-month-old child who was abducted from her Mercer County home Saturday afternoon.

The Pennsylvania State Police issued an AMBER Alert at 2:40 p.m. for 8-month-old Ariella Downs.

Sharpsville Police say Downs was taken from her 331 Canterbury Court home around Noon.

Downs was found in Reading, Pa. with her father — 36-year-old Antonio Velazquez-Rupert — who is also a suspect in the homicide of the girl’s mother.

The child was not harmed, according to police.

No further information has been released.

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