Emma has “returned home safely and is unharmed at this time,” the department says on their website. The post does not say where she was found or how, but police say they will offer additional information after they have the chance to speak to her.
Media reports indicate she was located at a home in Indianapolis.
UPDATE @ 8:22 p.m. March 2: One of the siblings has been found, unharmed, but his sister is still missing, Indiana media outlets are reporting.
Aaron Blackwell, 16, was found in Detroit by police during a high-speed chase, IMPD sources tell WTHR-TV.
Detroit police have told WDIV-TV in Detroit that they have three people in custody stemming from the Indianapolis-based Amber Alert. Police have not identified the people arrested.
UPDATE @7:06 p.m. March 2: Media outlets in Indiana are reporting that Detroit police confirm they have one person in custody in the Indianapolis-based Amber Alert for two siblings that was activated this afternoon.
Police have not identified the person arrested, WTHR.com is reporting.
The two teens were reportedly abducted at gunpoint in the middle of the night. They are now believed to be in the Detroit area.
Officer Christopher Wilburn has said Aaron Blackwell and Emma Blackwell, 16 and 13, are believed to be in grave danger. They were last seen at 3 a.m. Monday at their home at 1215 Lasalle St. on the east side of Indianapolis.
WTHR-TV is reporting that Stanley Pernell, a relative of the two teens, was being brought in for questioning when he reportedly jumped from a police transport van in the area of Harding and Minnesota. He was arrested after a search.
Pernell said he jumped from jail van to help search for his missing brother and sister and that their abduction has to do with the theft of $47,000.
Police have not confirmed Pernell’s claims that he was allowed to speak by phone to his missing brother and that the captors have threatened to hurt his sister if they don’t hear from family soon.
Wilburn said investigators don’t believe a parent is involved in the abductions but also that the crimes were not random. He said investigators believe they were committed by three black men driving a black Dodge Charger or black Cadillac Escalade.
The teens’ father said he believes the abduction could be connected with a relative possibly stealing from people in Detroit.
FIRST REPORT
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for two siblings who were abducted from their home early Monday, according to a press release.
Both victims are black with fair skin. The male is Aaron Blackwell, 16, who weighs about 180 pounds and is 5-foot-11. He has black hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black bathrobe, according to the release.
His sister is 13-year-old Emma Blackwell, weighs 150 pounds and is 5-foot-5. She has black hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing pink and white pajamas.
Both were last seen at 3 Monday morning when they were abducted at gunpoint from their home on Lasalle Street in Indianapolis, according to the release. The siblings are believed to be in danger.
They were likely abducted by a male who goes by the name of Jay, and is described to be 5-foot-11 and weighs 250 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes.
If you have any information on these children, please contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department at 1-888-58AMBER or 1-888-582-6237.
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