Portland police late Sunday located a 7-year-old girl who was missing for several hours after a car had been stolen while she was asleep inside it.
Police said the girl was found safe in the car near Laurelhurst Park, and officers were reuniting the child with her family at East Precinct.
Portland police announced at 11:27 p.m. Sunday that the girl had been found, about an hour after an Amber Alert was issued and more than four hours after the car had been stolen.
Earlier in the night, police had issued a plea to the public to be on the lookout for a 2011 black Honda Civic with no license plates stolen in Southeast Portland with a young girl, Yamilet Martinez, inside.
It was reported stolen Sunday in the area of Southeast 49th Avenue and Powell Boulevard. Police responded to the call just around 6:50 p.m.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the girl around 10:35 p.m.
Police did not indicate that any arrests had been made.
About 50 officers searched for the girl, and a command post was set up at East Precinct to coordinate the search.
“We received many tips from the community, and we are grateful for their help,” the Police Bureau said in a statement.
The Portland Police Bureau asks anyone with any additional information about this case to contact Detective Heidi Helwig at missing@police.portlandoregon.gov, referencing case # 22-252068.
