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AMBER alert canceled after 4-year-old Newport ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ girl found

An for a 4-year-old girl from Newport ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, Virginia, has been canceled, the town’s police department said.

Police believe Autumn Williams was taken by her father Eliejah Chalid Hasani Williams around 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Newport ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ police said Autumn Williams has been safely located and Eliejah Chalid Hasani Williams is in custody.

The girl had last been seen near Ayrshire Way in Newport ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ at the address of the mother. Police said Eliejah Chalid Hasani Williams used a weapon and force to take the child from the residence where she was living.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.

Laura Spitalniak

Laura Spitalniak joined the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ edit desk at the beginning of 2020. She previously worked at WAMU, ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ and CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½. She is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the daughter of a librarian.

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