Parents plead for return of Saskatchewan girl
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BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The family of a six-year-old girl from
Saskatchewan who is the subject of an Amber Alert is pleading with
her alleged abductor for a safe return.
Police
issued an Amber Alert on Sunday night for Emma O'Keeffe, a girl
with autism who is non-verbal and who her parents say needs
medication for severe epilepsy.
"We
just want her home so please bring her back or just call someone
and let her know where she is," the girl's mother said through
tears in a video posted to the RCMP's Facebook page Monday morning.
RCMP
said the girl was in the back of her family's SUV when it was
stolen outside a strip mall in North Battleford.
The
vehicle was taken Sunday around 5 p.m. after the girl's mother left
it running and went inside, according to police.
The
suspect is believed to be driving a dark grey 2010, Mercedes Benz
GL350 Bluetec SUV with Saskatchewan license plate 897 HMX.
"We
know you didn't try to abduct her," said the girl's father.
"We know. We know. We just need her back."
The
girl has brown, jaw-length hair and was last seen wearing a
navy-blue, long sleeve T-shirt, black jeans, pink socks and no
shoes. She was also wearing a diaper.
Police
said they do not know the identity of the suspect, but believe it's
an abduction by a stranger.
The
girl needs medication for epilepsy every 12 hours, police said, and
missing a dose could lead to "extreme medical distress or
possibly death." She needs help eating and has a stomach tube
to take in fluids and medication.
Her
parents say she has difficulty walking and needs help getting in
and out of the SUV.
Police
said the SUV has a keyless entry system that once the suspect shuts
off the vehicle, it cannot be started again.
RCMP
are asking the public to keep an eye out for the SUV, but they do
no not know which direction it went.
Police
want the person who stole the truck to drop the girl off at a
hospital so she can get treatment.
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