FARMINGTON, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Illinois State Police has issued an Amber Alert for a 13 month old child, after he was abducted when the vehicle he was in was stolen.
According to a Child Abduction Emergency Alert from the National Weather Service in Lincoln, the Illinois State Police requested that an Amber Alert be issued for 13 month old, Bentley Dutz.
Dutz was in the back seat of a gold 2000 Ford Taurus, license plate AT70987, when the vehicle was stolen from the Circle K in Farmington.
Dutz has blonde hair and is wearing a Bob the Builder yellow and white onesie with a blue hood.
The Illinois State Police is also seeking three suspects.
They are described as:
- 24 year old, James T Jackson, an African American male, wearing a black tshirt and white jeans
- A second African American male wearing yellow Reebok hooded sweatshirt
- A third African American male wearing a white hooded sweatshirt
If you have any details regarding this case, contact your local law enforcement office.
We will continue to update this story as it progresses.
UPDATE 8:23AM 12-16-2018:
According to a briefing posted to their Facebook page, the Fulton County ESDA is releasing that the report of the missing child was fabricated.