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Why did it take them FOUR HOURS to issue the Amber Alert?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46804points) February 19th, 2014

At about 5:00 yesterday afternoon a 10 year old girl, Hailey Owens, was abducted by a stranger in Springfield, Mo. At 9:00 last night people’s phones started blowing up with the Amber Alert.

At around midnight they had a suspect in custody, and initial reports say they found her body. She’d been murdered.

Why couldn’t they get the alert out much earlier? It could have made all the difference in the world.

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