Current case – Hollywood, Florida, covering Broward And Miami-Dade

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/AmberAlerts/elizabeth_lopez.html

The child was abducted at gunpoint by the abductor. Abductor forced the child to take another change of clothes that consisted of a blue t-shirt with a fish on the front, a long blue skirt and a white beach hat. The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=20342

http://www.nbc6.net/news/3445687/detail.html

Amber Alert Hollywood Florida Update Urgent
Grandparents sought after Amber Alert issued for missing Hollywood girl

HOLLYWOOD — Police now say the case of a little girl who was believed abducted last night could be a family affair.

Elizabeth Lopez Investigators have been talking to the mother of 5-year-old Elizabeth Lopez since late last night when she told them a man claiming to be a police officer abducted the child from her Hollywood apartment.

The whereabouts of Elizabeth Lopez remains unknown and police continue their efforts to find her.

Alicia Sylvia DeLopez, left, and Edgar Lopez (Hollywood Police) Jun 22, 2004

They now say the woman has told them her own parents may have orchestrated the abduction —perhaps hiring someone to abduct the child— in an attempt to take her daughter out of the country.

Police identified the child’s maternal grandparents as Edgar Lopez, 71, and his wife Alicia Sylvia DeLopez, 62, and said they want to question them.

Elizabeth went missing around 10:15 p.m. Monday.

The child is described as 3-foot5, 40 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing blue pants, a white shirt with “army” on the front and pink Barbie sandals that light up in front.

Here’s what police initially reported happening:

The child’s mother said a man knocked at the front door of their apartment in the 3500 block of Washington Street. When she answered, he showed a police badge, pointed a gun at her and forced himself inside the apartment. He asked for the child. The mother, fearing for their safety, went to the bedroom and brought the child to the living room.

The armed man forced the girl to take a change of clothes — a blue T-shirt with a fish on the front, a long blue skirt, and a white beach hat — before leaving, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The suspect the took the child and fled, according to the police report.

The suspect was described as a white male, 36 to 40 years old, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds with gray hair and hazel eyes, according to police. He was wearing a white short sleeve shirt, a blue pullover or vest, black jeans and black boots, and was armed with a handgun.

Police issued an Amber Alert shortly after they were alerted. It covers Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

The Amber Alert system uses the state’s emergency notification process to give the media a description of a missing child and of a suspect’s vehicle. That description is also displayed on electronic highway signs.

It is named for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in Arlington, Texas, in 1996 and have been instituted in the 48 contiguous states. Hawaii and Alaska are working on their systems.

Anyone with information should call the Hollywood Police Department (954) 967-4357 or Crime Stoppers (954) 493-TIPS.

Update – 6:46pm –

Amber Alert Cancellation
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:44:06 -0400

AMBER ALERT
CANCELLATION
ELIZABETH LOPEZ
DATE MISSING: 6/21/04
MISSING FROM: Hollywood,FL COUNTY: Broward
Abductor
Name: Unknown Age: 36-40 years of age
Race: White Height: 601 Weight: 220
Sex: Male Hair: Gray Eye: Hazel/Brown
NARRATIVE:
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT/ MISSING CHILDREN INFORMATION
CLEARINGHOUSE HAS CANCELED THE FLORIDA AMBER ALERT THAT WAS ISSUED ON
6/22/2004 FOR ELIZABETH LOPEZ. ELIZABETH HAS BEEN RECOVERED SAFELY.