CHILLIWACK (NEWS1130) - There were instantly thousands of extra eyes looking for a 12-year-old boy abducted from Chilliwack yesterday. Mounties feel an Amber Alert issued did exactly what it was supposed to.
Just a few hours after Daniel Sturm was taken from his grandparents house in a violent exchange, Corporal Lea-Anne Dunlop with Chilliwack RCMP says he was located thanks to the alert. "We received a 911 call from a female at the mall in Guildford, she was able to provide some information to police of a cab that the young male and his father were seen getting into. Our officers were then able to locate that taxi cab."
Dunlop explains having the messages posted everywhere made a huge difference. "Buses in Vancouver were notified there was an Amber Alert and of course encouraged people to listen to the radio. Technology that we have today with people Facebooking and Tweeting instantly on these types of things is a huge assistance to the investigation."
Thirty-four year old Kenneth Daniel Morey has been arrested and fortunately Sturm was not harmed.