Third boy missing as Amber Alert canceled for siblings in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two brothers have been recovered after an Amber Alert was issued Friday night by Columbus police.
Investigators were looking for two boys, a 9-year-old and a 3-year-old, but confirmed around 9:50 p.m. they had recovered both of them. Columbus Division of Police Sgt. James Fuqua said they had not found Lashanda Delores Wilder, the boys' mother named in the original Amber Alert as the last person they were seen with.
Columbus police had separately sent out an earlier advisory Friday afternoon about another missing child, 8-year-old Martonio Wilder, but did not escalate that case to an Amber Alert. While Fuqua said they had not found Martonio, he confirmed that Martonio was brothers with the other two boys recovered Friday night.
CPD said the incident involving the pair of brothers found safe happened in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood, in the 1000 block of Olmstead Ave. The division noted Martonio was last seen Thursday around 9:30 p.m. in the same area, but did not confirm if all three brothers disappeared in the same incident.
Lashanda Wilder, 32, is Black, 5-7 and 220 pounds. It's unknown what type of vehicle she may be traveling in.
Police asked anyone with information to call 911 or 877-262-3764.