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(UPDATE) Iowa Amber Alert cancelled

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September 20th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

(In an update to our story posted below, just after 4-p.m. Tuesday) – Authorities say an AMBER ALERT issued for three children out of northwest Iowa, was cancelled at around 9:20-p.m., Tuesday, after the three abducted girls from Spencer were found abandoned, but safe, in Sanborn, Iowa, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. No arrest has been made. Police were still searching for their mother 25-year-old Danica Arzaga — the girls’ biological mother and alleged abductor. The girls, who had previously been removed from her custody and placed into the care of a relative, were taken at around 7:30-a.m., Tuesday.

The Amber Alert was immediately picked up by broadcasters and other media yesterday, but officials say technical issues delayed delivery of text messages to cell phones for a few hours.

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A statewide Amber Alert has been issued out of Clay County, Iowa, for three children. Authorities are looking for a 2003 Maroon Cadillac CTS with Iowa tags 561 XEY driven by 25-year-old Danica Arzaga. She’s described as being 5’3″ tall, 135-lbs, black hair, brown eyes, and has a large eagle tattoo on her chest. It is believed they are traveling in northwest Iowa or Minnesota.

The children abducted are 8-year-old Lillian Enos-Johnson, 8-year-old Adia Johnson Enos and 4-year-old Oliva Arzaga. They were abducted on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. from Royal. Olivia was wearing a pink pajama sleeper with slippers.

If you see this vehicle, you are asked to call 9-1-1. All abductors should be considered dangerous.