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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- Police in Rock Island, Illinois said last week's Amber Alert for an allegedly abducted child was a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 4-year-old Rock Island girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert earlier this month was never abducted, and was safe at home the entire time, police said.

The Rock Island Police Department announced that 4-year-old Blessing Aoci, who was the subject of an Amber Alert after her ...

UPDATE: The Amber Alert has been canceled after Blessing J ... of several car thefts reported overnight in Rock Island, Chief Timothy McCloud said during the press conference.

Rock Island police revealed the 4-year-old girl at the center of an Amber Alert was never abducted—her mother repeatedly lied and hid the child during the search.

A 4-year-old girl who was reported missing by her mother earlier this month, prompting a massive search in the Quad Cities, was safe inside her home during the entire search, Rock Island police ...

Rock Island Police Chief Timothy McCloud said the alleged abduction of Blessing ... had been stolen after she left it running ...

(KWQC/Gray News) – An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 4-year-old ... Earlier in the day, Rock Island Police Chief Tim McCloud said the girl’s mother put her in a booster seat in a running ...

A 4-year-old Rock Island girl who was reported missing after an apparent kidnapping during an auto theft, triggering a statewide Amber Alert, was never missing, police said at a press conference ...

Rock Island Police Chief Timothy McCloud said Blessing's mother had left the car running while she went inside her home when the car was stolen. "I would caution everybody to not point fingers at ...