AMBER ALERT NORTH CAROLINA: 3-year-old taken from apartment, police say

GASTONIA, N.C. – UPDATE 2:05 P.M. Police have arrested the man accused of abducting a 3-year-old from a Gastonia apartment Sunday morning.

The United States Marshals Service at the intersection of Remount Road and Toomey Avenue, the scene of this car crash. US Marshals have one suspect in custody, and Destiny Boykin is being reunited with her mother. @wsoctv https://t.co/pH66YVXdXP

– Stephanie Tinoco (@ STinocoWSOC9) November 11, 2018

ORIGINAL STORY:

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have located the car police said was used Sunday morning to abduct a 3-year-old girl from a Gastonia apartment.

Channel 2 Action News' sister station WSOC-TV Channel 9 was on scene at Interstate 77 and Westinghouse Boulevard in West Charlotte.

The abandoned Honda Accord matches the early Sunday morning, PJF2122.

BREAKING AMBER ALERT UPDATE: CMPD find abandoned car; search continues for toddler, suspect. Now Nissan Altima with NC license tag number DBL4139 -> https://t.co/0k6yJZkgwr pic.twitter.com/6hrYTfxsKA

– WSOCTV (@wsoctv) November 11, 2018

An Amber Alert was issued for the night of the night by the police said a suspect 57-year-old Maurice Knox.

They said they were heading to a residence on Wingate Avenue in Charlotte. Channel 9 drove by the location but did not see a scene.

Boykins was last seen wearing a pajama pants with pink pictures and pink socks.

She is described as being 3 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 30 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

Knox is described as being around 6-feet tall, weighing 200 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing red rim glasses, a red shirt, red pants, and red shoes.

Channel 9 spoke with neighbors who said to have a man who fits the description around the area before.

"He wears red all the time." I do not know if it's his favorite hockey team, but I've seen him quite a bit, "Barbara Clisby said.

Police said they are now looking for a brown 2015 Nissan Altima with North Carolina tag number DBL4139.

This article was written by our sister station in Charlotte, Channel 9 WSOC-TV.

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