Update: The Amber Alert has been cancelled after the child was found safe Tuesday evening. The previous story from Tuesday morning follows, with the names removed for privacy reasons.
THUNDER BAY — City police are searching for an eight-year-old who is believed to have been abducted and could be headed to Saskatchewan,
Thunder Bay police issued a news release Tuesday morning, saying eight-year-old is believed to be with his 28-year-old father and the two were last seen around 11 p.m. Monday night.
Police said the man is from Prince Albert, Sask., and that's where the pair could be headed.
A province-wide Amber Alert was issued just after noon, shortly after this was first published.
The child is described as white, about four-feet in height and weighing 70 pounds with a thin build, brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing black and red shoes with velcro straps.
Police described the suspect as a white man, standing about five-foot-nine in height and weighing about 190 pounds with shoulder-length bleached blond hair that is sometimes worn in a ponytail. He was last seen wearing black-rimmed glasses, a white baseball cap, white shirt, grey shorts and a grey sweater.
A warrant is being sought for the suspect's arrest on charges of failing to provide the necessities of life, abduction, unlawful confinement and breach of release.
Anyone who sees the suspect is urged to immediately contact 911, and not confront or approach him. Police are still seeking details about a vehicle, and anyone with information about the vehicle he is driving is also asked to call 911.
