Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Amber Alert Deactivated, Baby Girl Found Safe

The girl was last seen about 9 a.m. with her grandmother, who family members said had a history of mental illness.

Update 8: 11 p.m.:  

California Highway Patrol officials have deactivated an Amber Alert issued this evening for a 6-month-old girl from Huntington Beach. 

"The child was safely located," an alert from the CHP stated. 

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The alert had been in effect for Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange counties. 

Original story as follows: 

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An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for a 6-month-old Huntington Beach baby girl believed to have been taken by her grandmother.

Police were told about the missing girl -- Laylani Mosley -- about 12:25 p.m., according to Huntington Beach police Lt. Mitch O'Brien.

The girl was last seen about 9 a.m. with her grandmother, 57-year-old Carolyn Ferguson, who family members said had a history of mental illness and depends on medication, O'Brien said.

The family suspects the child is with Ferguson, who was seen in Fontana about 10 a.m. in a 2007 PT Cruiser, which has front-end damage and a license plate of 5UQZ701, O'Brien said.

Ferguson is white, about 5 feet 7 inches and 175 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. Laylani weighs about 15 pounds, has dark hair and was dressed in a pink, one-piece outfit.

The Amber Alert was issued for Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange counties. 

Anyone with more information was asked to call police at (714) 960-8825 or 911.


--City News Service contributed to this report. 
 


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