Three-year-old located following Amber Alert

Published 4:33 pm Sunday, February 7, 2016

A three-year-old girl was safely recovered after an Amber Alert was issued by the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Missing Children’s Clearinghouse on Sunday.

“The Virginia Amber Alert was terminated at 6:20 p.m. Sunday. The child was safely recovered,” state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.

The Amber Alert for a reported child abduction on behalf of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office in Scottsville was issued Sunday afternoon.

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The sheriff’s office was looking for 3-year-old Haven Melina Moses. Police say the child was believed to have been in extreme danger.

James Moses III

James Moses

The abduction allegedly occurred Saturday night.

Police say that child was likely abducted by 25-year-old James Arnold Moses III, a white male, standing 5-feet-4-inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with brown eyes and straight black hair.