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Boy safe; police search for truck thief

  • The Wichita Eagle
  • Published Friday, Sep. 10, 2010, at 12:02 a.m.

The 2-year-old Garden City boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert early Thursday morning was found alive and safe not far from where he was abducted, police said.

Issiah Martinez was found in his mother's Dodge Durango by a relative at about 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Garden City police Sgt. Mike Reagle said. The truck had been abandoned in an alley about 10 blocks from where Issiah was taken.

The Durango was parked in a nearby alley, he said.

"There appears to be no obvious signs of injury" to Issiah, Reagle said.

Issiah's 19-year-old mother had left the Durango running as she went into an apartment at 12:30 a.m. Thursday to pick up her 10-month-old son. When she returned, the Durango was gone.

It's possible the abductor stole the Durango without realizing the child was in the back seat, asleep in his car seat, Reagle said.

"It's too early" to determine whether the boy's mother will be charged in connection with the incident, Reagle said.

"Our main focus was finding the child," he said, "and now it's finding who took the child."

Reach Stan Finger at 316-268-6437 or sfinger@wichitaeagle.com.

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