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Amber Alert Leads to Safe Recovery of Iowa 12-Year-Old in Michigan as 23-Year-Old Is Charged

The case highlights the alert system’s power to trigger rapid, cross-state police action.

Overview

  • Waterloo police requested a statewide Amber Alert after a 12-year-old from Waterloo was reported missing.
  • Within about an hour of the alert, investigators got word that a suspect vehicle was in Coloma Township, Michigan, where officers found the child in the car and safe.
  • Police arrested Daniyal Khan, 23, of Ann Arbor, and booked him into the Berrien County Jail.
  • Khan faces counts of second-degree kidnapping, indecent contact with a child, and sexual exploitation of a minor.
  • Authorities say the investigation remains active and they are not releasing more details at this time.