AMBER ALERT: THREE CHILDREN MISSING IN DALE COUNTY

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Amber Alert issued for Dale County Children

Alabama Department of Public Safety

12/14/04

The state of Alabama has issued an Emergency Missing Child AMBER Alert.

The Dale County Sheriff's Department and the Alabama Department of Public Safety ask for your assistance in locating Amanda Nicole Hines, white female, 8 years old, 3'6", 50 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair; Mindy Lee Taylor, white female, 13 years old, 5'6", 170 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair; and William Taylor, white male, 15 years old, 5'10", 160 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

The three children and their mother, Victoria Hines, 5'7", 170 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, were abducted at gunpoint from their home in Ariton, Alabama, Monday evening, December 13. They are believed to be in extreme danger. Their abductor is believed to be Victoria Hines's ex-husband, Max Otis Hines, 6'1", 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. They may be traveling in a white 1983 Dodge D-150 pickup truck, bearing Alabama tag No. 26C969J.

If you have any information regarding these missing children, please contact the Dale County Sheriff's Department at 334-774-2335; Alabama Department of Public Safety at 334-242-4128; or your local police department.

Information is available at the Department of Public Safety's Web site, www.dps.state.al.us.

http://www.al.com/specialreport/?amberalert/121404amber.html

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ARITON, Ala. (AP) — A man sought following the abduction of his ex-wife and three children from their home in southeast Alabama was arrested Tuesday at a fast-food restaurant in Eufaula, and all four victims were reported safe.

The Alabama Department of Public Safety said Max Otis Hines was captured around 9 a.m. CDT in Eufaula, located on the Chattahoochee River at the Georgia line.

An Amber alert issued by the state said Hines was suspected in the armed abduction of ex-wife Victoria Hines and children Amanda Nicole Hines, 8; Mindy Lee Taylor, 13; and William Taylor, 15. The four were taken from their home in the Dale County town of Ariton, about 30 miles from Eufaula, according to the alert.

Authorities said the woman was with the man when he was arrested and the children were found at a residence in Georgia.

"The children are OK, she's OK, and he's in custody," said Dale County Chief Deputy Walter Ford. "It was a terrible situation and it ended great."

Ford said Hines and his wife have been divorced about two months. He showed up at his ex-wife's home about 7 p.m. Monday and fired three shots at a man believed to be her boyfriend, Ford said.

"After the shots were fired, he told them to get in the truck or he'd kill them," Ford said.

Ford said Hines was being charged with kidnapping and attempted murder. Hines previously served 20 years in prison in a homicide, Ford said, but details on the case were not immediately available.

Good news for all involved. Link to article

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Great to hear!

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