The Texas Department of Safety has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 11-year-old girl, Svannah Hurley who was kidnapped by her drug addicted mother, Shelly Jean Hurley. Found SAFE: "Mother & Grandmother in police custody".

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11/20/2012: TEXAS AMBER ALERT: Drug user mother had a violent confrontation with social worker: The Texas Department of Safety has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 11-year-old girl from the Houston area.

NOTE: AMBER ALERTS are NOT ISSUED unless authorities believe the child is in eminent and immediate danger of great bodily harm or death.

The Texas Department of Safety has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 11-year-old girl was abducted by her mother, Shelly Jean Hurley.

The Trinity County Sheriff's Office said Shelly Jean Hurley took the girl from a Child Protective Services worker. Authorities said Hurley, a known drug user, had a violent confrontation with the CPS worker.

An Amber Alert in the Woodlands area was canceled earlier Monday, but the Trinity County Sheriff's Office said it had requested the alert be reissued for North Texas because the mother and daughter may be on their way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

An Amber Alert for the DFW area had not been issued as of 10 p.m. Monday.

DPS later issued a statewide Amber Alert for Savannah Hurley at about 10:25 p.m., but the alert did not mention North Texas.

Savannah Hurley is 11 years old. She is white, is about 4 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.

Authorities said the girl may be traveling with her mother in a 2006 Ford F-150 single cab with the license plate 58NZM4.

SUMMARY:

If you have information, contact:
Trinity County Sheriff's Office
Call: 936-642-1424
Missing child

Savannah Hurley
Age now: 11 years old
Sex: Female
Skin: White
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 4 feet 10 inches
Weight: 120 pounds
Description: The child has a small gap in between her front teeth and pierced ears.

Suspect
Shelly Jean Hurley
Age now: 46 years old
Sex: Female
Skin: White
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 110 pounds
Description: The suspect was last seen wearing a blue jeans, a brown belt, and a multicolor shirt showing her midriff.

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Trinity County sheriff’s deputies said Savannah Hurley was abducted by her biological mother, Shelly Jean Hurley, when Children’s Protective Services went to remove the girl from her mother’s custody.

Detectives said Hurley had a violent confrontation with the CPS worker at the time of the kidnapping. Hurley threatened to run over the CPS worker with her car, officials said.

Hurley is a known drug user and may be taking Savannah to Florida, deputies said. Investigators said they believe it also possible that Hurley and Savannah may be in Garland, Texas.

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UPDATE: Amber Alert Issued for 11-year-old Trinity County girl

Posted: Nov 19, 2012 8:24 PM CST
Updated: Nov 19, 2012 10:44 PM CST
By Leigha Hughes - bio | email

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
UPDATE: The Trinity County Sheriff's office has located the White Ford F150 truck and no longer think that's the vehicle the mother is driving.

The grandmother has been located and police are interviewing her at this time. Garland Police have been contacted to check the address of a family member.

Trinity County authorities have issued an Amber Alert for 11-year-old Savannah Hurley who was abducted by her mother Monday afternoon.

Police are in route to Garland where they think the duo might be.

The Amber Alert was issued around 7:45 p.m.

Any one with information about the suspect, child or vehicle should call the Trinity County Sheriff's office immediately at 936-642-1424

Here's a description of Savannah: White Female, approximately 4'10", 120 lbs

The suspect, her biological mother, Shelly Jean Hurley, is driving a White, 2006 Ford F-150, single cab truck with license plate: 58NZM4

Authorities say Savannah's mother, a known drug user, took her when CPS came to remove the child from her custody. According to the report, Shelly Jean Hurley had a violent confrontation with the CPS worked at the time of the abduction. Hurley threatened to run over the CPS worker with her car while leaving with Savannah.

Police believe Hurley may be taking the child to Florida.

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Color me confused. First, I am on page 4 of google looking for a pic of the mother. 2nd, she is no longer in the truck that was previously described. 3rd, the police are/were enroute to Garland, Texas but they think she may be headed to Florida??? If that is the case, they need to get on I-10 as it's a straight shot. This State is something else!!

Posted: Nov 20, 2012 2:25 PM CST
Updated: Nov 20, 2012 5:05 PM CST
By: Alice Wolke - email
By: Kevin Boie - email
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TRINITY COUNTY, Texas -
Police say an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her mother has been found safe in Trinity County and the woman has been taken into custody.

Lawmen in Trinity County, which is northeast of Huntsville, issued the Amber Alert Monday afternoon after CPS workers tried to take custody of Savannah Hurley. Police say the girl's mother, Shelly Jean Hurley, allegedly tried to run over the CPS employees and sped off.

Allegations of drug abuse caused Shelly Hurley to lose custody of the girl, according to Trinity County authorities.

Police first said Hurley and Savannah were in a white Ford pickup truck, but that vehicle was found abandoned overnight. Officers then said the two were in a red Subaru station wagon with Alabama plates.

The Subaru was found outside a home off I-635 and La Prada in Mesquite on Tuesday afternoon. However, police later said that Hurley and the child were never in that vehicle, but that it belonged to someone the woman knows.

Police said that person, along with two others in the home, all of whom know the suspect, voluntarily went to police headquarters for interviews but had nothing to do with the Amber Alert.

Shelly Hurley was apprehended in Trinity County.

According to several sources, officers also arrested Savannah's maternal grandmother in Trinity County on Tuesday. Patricia Rutledge, 64, is charged with interfering with child custody. No bond has been set yet.

Stay with FOX 4 News and myfoxdfw.com for further updates.

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Would like to hear from the father as I am ASSuming he had custody, or CPS had custody? Wondering how they got Savannah from the CPS worker. Reminds me of Josh Powell. And, if that grandmother isn't on drugs, I will jump off my roof. That poor kid!! They remind me of Billie Dunn's clan.

Update: Trinity County authorities have found 11-year-old girl abducted by mother, ‘and she is safe’

By Robert Wilonsky
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1:18 pm on November 20, 2012

Update at 2:16 p.m.: A spokesperson for the Trinity County Sheriff’s Department says Savannah Hurley has been located in Trinity County — “and she is safe.” Child Protective Services will take custody of the 11-year-old shortly. Authorities also say her mother has been arrested, but officials have not yet said if the girl and her mother were ever in Mesquite, or how the car got there.

Update at 1:18 p.m.: Sgt. Brian Parrish, spokesman for the Mesquite Police Department, says officers have located “a vehicle matching the description” of the one last seen being driven by Shelly Jean Hurley. “We have officers at the scene investigating,” he says. It’s not clear at the moment if Savannah or her mother were with the vehicle. Updates to come.

Original item at 6:36 a.m.: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 11-year-old Savannah Hurley, who was kidnapped Monday afternoon by her mother after a run-in with Child Protective Services down in Trinity County. The alert says “law enforcement officials believe this child to be in grave or immediate danger.”

According to Houston’s KTRK-TV, the Amber Alert was initially issued at around 7:45 last night, about six hours after Savannah’s mother, 46-year-old Shelly Jean Hurley, abducted the girl when Child Protective Services workers arrived to take custody of her.

Reports say Shelly Jean threatened to run over the CPS worker with her car, then took off with Savannah. Per KTRK, “Authorities say Shelly Hurley is a known drug user.”

Initially the Amber Alert said the mother was driving a white ’06 Ford F-150 with Texas plates; but the Houston ABC station says that vehicle was found down near The Woodlands, empty. The alert has since been revised: Officials say they’re now looking for a maroon 1996 Subaru Legacy station wagon with Alabama plates (48738AZ).

There are conflicting accounts concerning their possible whereabouts. KTRK says authorities believe Shelly could be headed to Florida with her daughter; but KHOU-TV’s latest update suggests she’s headed to Garland, which, confusingly, is where KXAS-Channel 5 is reporting the Ford was found just before midnight. But around 6:30 this morning Garland Police Deparment spokesman Joe Harn disputed that account via email: “No vehicle has been located in Garland in reference to an ongoing Amber Alert.”

KTVT-Channel 11 says the 11-year-old’s grandparents live outside Greenville. Her grandmother, Janice Hurley, told the station last night that “it’s awful to see her little picture on the news,” but begged media to keep showing it in the hopes someone might spot the girl with brown hair, hazel eyes and a small gap between her front teeth. Said Janice, “She was supposed to be up here starting today for Thanksgiving.”

According to officials, Shelly Jean Hurley is 5-foot-4, weights 111 pounds, has blond hair and brown eyes, and was last see wearing blue jeans, a brown belt and “a multicolor shirt showing midriff” at the time of the abduction.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office at 936-642-1424.

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