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The Michigan State Police issued an Endangered Missing Advisory early Friday, with Monroe County in the requested announcement area. The advisory was canceled around 9:30 a.m.
The alert involved Samira Lynn Blackmon, 5 weeks old, who was last seen with her mother, Jakayla Shibrea Atchison Thursday evening in the Albion area. The police report said that Atchison had failed to comply with a court order to surrender Samira to Child Protective Services; and that the child is believed to be in danger.
The girl has been since found safe.
The Endangered Missing Advisory announcements are used in Michigan when a case does not fit the circumstances for AMBER Alert procedures.