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Alberta RCMP Issue Amber Alert For Missing Two-Year-Old Girl

The Canadian Press, 14 Sep, 2015 02:01 PM

BLAIRMORE, Alta. — RCMP have issued an Amber Alert for a missing two-year-old girl in southwestern Alberta.

Police say Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette was abducted early Monday morning from the town of Blairmore.

Mounties say they don't know who took the child.

The suspect fled west in a newer model white van with a large rear antenna, with a flag attached.

Hailey is described as white, with light brown, straight hair with bangs, and brown eyes.

Blairmore is south of Calgary in the Crowsnest Pass near the B.C. boundary.

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