Amber Alert issued for 2 children missing after Tennessee fire
Published September 29, 2012
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for two Tennessee children missing since a fire burned down their home five days ago, saying there is no evidence they were victims of the blaze.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the alert Friday evening. Investigators earlier in the day had returned to the scene of the Shelbyville house fire in which two bodies were found, tentatively identified as the children's step-grandparents.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that multiple fire experts had gone through the debris and were unable to find evidence that 9-year-old Chloie Leverette and her half-brother, 7-year-old Gage Daniel, died in Sunday's fire.
The agency issued an endangered child alert for the children Wednesday after they could not find their remains
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/investigators-children-believed-dead-in-tenn-fire-now-considered-missing-remains-not-found/2012/09/26/ef8e6ae4-0837-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html
Here's the two children pics:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/29/amber-alert-issued-for-2-children-missing-after-tennessee-fire/
Are Amber Alerts different per State? I'm glad they issued one, so that hopefully the kids will be found safe, I'm just confused why Amber Alerts are sometimes used, when there is no vehicle/suspect, and sometimes not used.
I read that their mother does not have them, she has been spoken to, and that DHS investigated the kids parents previously but never took custody of the kids or placed them in their step grandparents home. (I can link it, but it will be from my mobile, I couldn't figure out how to view the regular, non-mobile site).
http://www.amberalert.gov/guidelines.htm
I'm not familiar with state-by-state Amber protocol. It's weird in some missing children's cases, Amber Alert was not done (like in Ayla Reynolds). Not sure how it all works.
I know if LE is notified that a motor vehicle is involved in Missing Child in CT then Amber Alert is up and Highway Signs have Amber Alert info on them (car description, etc.).
Was Amber Alert issued because they suspect that whoever started the fire who killed the step grandparents took the children?
Just wondering. Not knowing.
Yes, usually there is a vehicle and suspect when an Amber Alert is issued. I know LE specifically said that's why they didn't issue one for Ayla.
I assume they must suspect the kids were taken by whoever started the fire, even though no cause of the fire has been stated as of yet.
Anyway, regarding the Amber Alert. I'd rather have one issued, than not, so I am glad they issued one. I'd rather have a "false alarm".
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