Amber Alert canceled after missing Red Lake boy found safe, suspect in custody

UPDATE 10:30 p.m.:

The Minnesota BCA announced that the child has been found safe. Jennifer Stately has been arrested.

The Amber Alert has been canceled.


The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) says an Amber Alert has been issued for a child reportedly abducted in northern Minnesota.

According to the BCA, the Red Lake Tribal Police Department is searching for a 3-year-old boy who was reported abducted.

Police say the boy is Native American, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Red Lake Tribal Police are also searching for 36-year-old Jennifer Marie Stately in connection to the abduction. She is described as 5’6″, with brown eyes and brown hair. Police have not detailed the relationship between the child and Stately.

Police say Stately was last seen driving a 2012 Black Chevy Equinox with a Red Lake Tribal license plate number 33509.

Anyone with information about either Stately or the child is asked to call the Red Lake Tribal Police Department at (218) 679-3313 or call 911. Police stress that anyone who sees them contact police immediately and not take any other action.