Amber Alert: Why mobile phone users got urgent missing-child texts

There is a statewide search for a toddler who was reportedly abducted Friday morning.

Though a vehicle involved in an alleged kidnapping attempt was found Friday, an Amber Alert remained active for a missing 2-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his father in Boyle Heights. A 2-year-old boy was 

a Times staff writer. Cellphone and smartphone users across Southern California received Amber Alert. Here are some facts about the Amber Alert system. Mobile phone users across Southern California received an Amber Alert for a missing boy on Friday.

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Ontario's provincial police (OPP) have launched an Amber Alert Twitter account, to alert the public about missing and abducted children. Amber Alerts were first used in 1996, following the abduction and murder of 9-year-old