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What's New An Amber Alert has been issued for a 5-year-old boy in Florida by the state's department of law enforcement. Jace Saunders was last seen in the area of the 1000 block of Wells Avenue in Tavares on December 15. He is approximately 3 feet tall, weighs 55 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
It is believed that the child may be in the company of 50-year-old Kelly Day-Dasilva, and that they may be traveling in a black Honda Accord. Newsweek has reached out to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement via email outside of normal working hours for comment. Why It Matters An Amber Alert is issued when a child is believed to be in imminent danger.
Individuals are urged to immediately contact law enforcement if they see Jace or Day-Dasilva, or the vehicle they may be traveling in. Either call 911 or the Tavares Police Department. Police have urged individuals not to approach them.
What To Know Authorities have shared that Jace was last seen on Sunday, wearing a long-sleeved black shirt, with a multicolored graphic print and dark colored pyjama pants. The photo in this article shows Jace in the clothes he was wearing when he disappeared. It has been reported that Day-Dasilva may be the child's grandmother, but this is unconfirmed.
The Tavares Police Department have said that Jace is semi-verbal and is autistic. The officers also said that he is supposed to be in the custody of the State of Florida, but his family took him during a Department of Children and Families investigation. Jace's mother and his father were arrested for interference in child custody.
What People Are Saying Local Floridians are concerned about the missing child. People have taken to the police's Facebook announcement of the Amber Alert to share their concerns and their prayers for the young boy. What Happens Next The Amber Alert system is used widely in the U.
S., with 82 plans in place to help recover children after they have been determined missing. The system enables some missing child reports to be resolved.
These alerts can be issued either on a statewide or local scale and more than one child can be involved in the case. The number of children saved directly by the Amber Alert system has been consistently low in recent years, with the highest number of resolved reports being in 2006 at 53 cases out of the 261 reported. The number of cases of missing children added to the AMBER system has also been lower every year since 2006 to 2023.
In 2023, 49 of the 185 cases reported were resolved directly through the Amber Alert system; in 2022, this was lower, with 16 cases resolved after 181 were submitted. Do you have a story Newsweek should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact [email protected].
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