Authorities cancel Amber Alert for 11-month-old in Texas

The child was turned over to the Department of Family and Protective Services office in Tyler, Texas, at around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.(NCMEC)
Published: Jul. 18, 2023 at 9:32 PM CDT|Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 10:03 AM CDT

TYLER, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) - A missing child that was the subject of an Amber Alert and statewide search has been found safe, according to authorities.

According to a press release by the Tyler Police Department, authorities were notified that the suspect, Tarhondia Jackson, turned over the abducted child to the Department of Family and Protective Services office in Tyler at around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.

Jackson is currently under arrest for a separate drug offense unrelated to this incident and is being booked into the Smith County Jail, authorities said.