From Tribune staff reports
WALKER COUNTY — A kidnapped 9-month-old has been found alive and the Amber Alert cancelled. Original story follows:
The child is believed to be in extreme danger, according to law enforcement officials.
“The Parrish Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency ask for your assistance in locating Harlow Darby Freeman, white female, 9 months of age with brown hair and blue eyes,” police said in a statement.
Harlow Freeman was seen on July 10, 2023, at approximately 6:50 p.m. wearing a tie dye onesie and light pink shorts in the area of Crest Avenue.
The subjects may be traveling in a white 2009 Lexus RX350 bearing Alabama plate 3880AR8. If you have any information regarding this missing child, please contact the Parrish Police Department at (205) 686-9991; or call 911.
According to a social media post by the child’s mother, Bethany Smith, the girl was in the back seat of her car when it was stolen.
She pleaded for her daughter’s safe return and said there was damage to the back right side of the vehicle.