NH Amber Alert: Child Found Safe By Police

MANCHESTER, NH — Police on Friday triggered an Amber Alert after they said a Raymond woman kidnapped her 2-year-old son at the Mall of New Hampshire then fled to Massachusetts. Erica Wallace, 26, was caught in Tewksbury, Massachusetts a few hours later and her son was found safe, according to police.

The ordeal started at about 3:45 p.m. when police said Wallace ran off with the boy during a supervised visit. The boy has been in state custody, police said. Wallace fled in a white Chrysler Town & Country van, police said, and authorities then issued an Amber Alert. At about 7 p.m., Tewksbury police said an officer noticed the vehicle on Interstate 495, pulled it over and took Wallace into custody without incident.

The Amber Alert system is a nationwide alert process for child abductions. It stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. The system was created in 1996 in memory of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was murdered after she was kidnapped in Arlington, Texas while riding her bicycle.

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