Overview
- Wautoma Police said the child was found safe in Nebraska and the Amber Alert was canceled.
- Police arrested 44-year-old Joseph Nicpon Jr., who they say is a registered sex offender on supervised release who removed his GPS tracking bracelet.
- Investigators said the girl's mother, Betty Lentz, took her to meet Nicpon despite a ban on contact with both her and the child.
- Authorities had warned the group might be in a 2005 blue Buick Terraza with Wisconsin plate BCU3028 and a Monster Energy sticker, last seen westbound on I-90 near Sparta at 12:55 p.m. Friday.
- The FBI supported the search alongside the Wautoma Police Department, the Adams County Sheriff's Office, and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation.