Crime & Safety

Missing Mother, 3 Children Located Unharmed

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has canceled its Missing Child Alert for three children and their mother.

The Missing Child Alert was canceled.
The Missing Child Alert was canceled. (Pasco Sheriff)

PORT RICHEY, FL -- Three children and their mother were found safe by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office after being reported missing earlier today.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement had issued a Missing Child Alert for Dexter Kearnes, 13, Kraven Kearnes, 9, and Makayla Dyer, 5, and their mother, Amanda Fuller-Kegley, 35.

They were last seen at 9020 Chantilly Lane in Port Richey at the home of Fuller-Kegley's sister.

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Officials were concerned because Fuller-Kegley made statements about possibly harming herself and her children.

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