An Amber Alert has been issued for a six-year-old boy taken from his mother’s vehicle in Pearland, police say.
An AMBER Alert was issued for Amari early Friday after witnesses saw a woman grab him from his mother’s vehicle and drive away. Investigators say it happened just before 8 p.m. at the Westside Event Center at 2150 Country Place Pkwy.
Amari Baylor, 6, was last seen in the 2100 block of Country Place Parkway in Pearland around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday.
Pearland police say the FBI has joined the investigation into the Thursday night kidnapping of 6-year-old Amari Daniel Baylor Now, they’re trying to find the child’s father to see if he has any information that could help locate his son.
According to Pearland PD, the boy’s mother reported that she went to Westside Event Center with her three children to ask about cheerleading and football programs for her kids during a football practice that was taking place.
The caller reportedly exited her vehicle with her daughter while the other two children stayed in the vehicle.
Police say two witnesses that were at the practice saw a black female in her late 20’s early 30’s, with long straight black hair, standing 5’9 and possibly weighing 180 pounds, wearing an orange shirt taking a child from a white Chevrolet Malibu’s driver side rear window. Two witnesses reported the woman left with Amari in a silver or gray SUV headed southbound on Country Place Parkway, according to Pearland Police.
The woman is described as having long straight black hair. She is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds and appears to be around 30 years old. Witnesses were not able to get her license plate but said she was wearing an orange shirt. Her vehicle had an orange license plate and a triangle-shaped decal on the rear window, according to police.
Amari is 4 feet 6 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a white Adidas shirt, black Nike pants and red Nike shoes.
The police department says they are working in conjunction with the FBI and are pursuing all possible leads.
Pearland PD detectives believe Anthony Lamont Baylor Jr. is Houston or the surrounding area.
Anyone with information about Amari or his father is asked to contact the Pearland Police Department at (281)997-4100.
Police say the mother went inside with one of the children to ask about events for kids, and left Amari and her other child in the car.
