A 14-month old child was abducted and later found Wednesday morning in Garden City.
The child was not injured and no subject was taken into custody or located. The investigation is ongoing.
At approximately 5:15 a.m., Garden City Police Department officers were dispatched to 40101 E. Highway 50 Lot 379 in reference to a kidnapping.
Lt. Jason Chase of the GCPD said that the child was inside of a white 2011 Chevy Tahoe that was stolen from the driveway of a residence.
An Amber Alert went out and an immediate response to locate the child and vehicle was conducted with the assistance of the Finney County Sheriff s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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The Garden City Commission approved the creation of a computer forensic examiner position to be shared between the Garden City Police Department and Finney County Sheriff s Office at its regular meeting Tuesday.
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue said the position is vital to both departments when working a case that s involving a computer and a cellphone.
Garden City police Chief Mike Utz agreed. Almost every case we have, there s some type of computer or electronic device such as a cellphone that may be involved in the investigation, so this will just help us solving some of our investigations, he said.