Authorities in Texas are asking for help in locating a missing girl and one adult female who police believe is connected to her abduction.
New Braunfels police announced in a Twitter post April 4 that they issued an Amber Alert for 8-year-old Kylie Marie Diaz from New Braunfels in Texas.
Kylie was last seen on Friday, April 3, around 9 p.m. in the 500 block of Starling Creek in New Braunfels and may be in grave danger, police said.
Authorities said Kylie is a white female weighing 50 pounds and is 3 feet 5 inches tall with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing pink Mickey Mouse pajamas the last time she was seen, according to police.
Lopez was last seen wearing a black shirt with white writing and black workout shorts. She also has a "sunflower with leaves" tattoo on her left arm. Lopez has brown hair and brown eyes and is approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 125 pounds.
Authorities said the pair were last seen driving a black four-door pickup truck with Texas license plate HVX1109.
New Braunfels is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in Texas, around 175 miles west of the Houston area.
Parental Kidnapping
According to the Polly Klaas Foundation, approximately 200,000 children are kidnapped each year by a family member.Child custody experts say that people kidnap their own children to force a reconciliation or continued interaction with the other parent, to spite or punish the other parent, or from fear of losing custody or visitation rights.
Common warning signs include the other parent threatening abduction, suspected abuse, or paranoid delusion.