Amber Alert issued as Cary police search for missing woman, 5-year-old daughter
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Cary police are searching for a woman and her 5-year-old daughter after finding a vehicle the mother was driving, according to a news release.
An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday night after Cary police said they’re looking for Crystal Walston, 38, and her daughter, Amani Jada Bruce. They were last seen in the 100 block of Rosedown Drive, a street not far from the intersection of NE Maynard Drive and Harrison Avenue.
At 5 p.m., police said Walston was believed to be driving a stolen vehicle — a 2019 Ford Escape with UNC Rex Hospital markings on it. At 6:11 p.m., police said the UNC Rex vehicle was found but that Walston and Amani remained missing.
According to an Amber Alert, Walston was last seen driving a silver 2011 Lexus toward downtown Sanford. The license plate is JKC-6112.
Amani was last seen wearing purple pajamas with a unicorn on front.
Walston is wearing a black v-neck scrub top, black scrup pants and blue grip socks.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
