UPDATE | MSHP has canceled the Amber Alert and says Washington was located safe inside of the vehicle. The suspect has not been located.
ORIGINAL STORY | Missouri State Highway Patrol has activated an Amber Alert for a child abducted in the St. Louis area.
2-year-old Amari Washington was unattended in a brown/dark purple 2012 Hyundai Sonata in a parking lot at 3399 Dunn Road in St. Louis, according to MSHP.
The agency says the vehicle was stolen by an unknown suspect around 2:42 a.m. and left in an unknown direction of travel.
Washington is described as 30 lbs and 2 feet tall. She is a Black female with brown hair and was last seen wearing a pink shirt and yellow pants.
The Sonata has a Missouri license plate reading CT9D6C and the left rear taillight has a hole in it.
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