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Amber Alert Canceled After Selah Tillary Found Alive

8/21/2026

Summary

Police Locate Selah

U.S. authorities canceled the Amber Alert after 4-year-old Selah Tillary was found in Los Angeles.
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Selah was last seen around 11 a.m. near Manchester Avenue and Hoover Street.
Police said 23-year-old suspect Donnel Paige allegedly abducted the boy.
Police located Selah at about 8:15 p.m. but did not disclose where he was found or if Paige was arrested.

Summary

Police Rescue Children

Lakesha Brown waived her first court appearance Tuesday before Atlanta police released body-camera footage of the rescue.
Investigators used FBI cellphone-ping technology to locate Brown’s phone on a locked tow trailer on Sylvan Road.
Officers broke into the trailer with bolt cutters, rescuing two children held in 97-degree heat without air-conditioning.
Brown remains detained at Fulton County Jail on multiple kidnapping and cruelty-to-children counts after a 2021 Alabama kidnapping charge.

History

Historical Context

After 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted in Arlington, Texas, in 1996, the United States created the AMBER Alert system to broadcast imminent-danger child abductions. The model inspired the UK’s Child Rescue Alert in 2002 and France’s Alerte Enlèvement in 2006, establishing a global network of rapid public notifications for missing children.

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Police Locate Selah

U.S. authorities canceled the Amber Alert after 4-year-old Selah Tillary was found in Los Angeles.
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Selah was last seen around 11 a.m. near Manchester Avenue and Hoover Street.
Police said 23-year-old suspect Donnel Paige allegedly abducted the boy.
Police located Selah at about 8:15 p.m. but did not disclose where he was found or if Paige was arrested.

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