Sad situation...but sounds SO familiar....

[Kitty C.]

This Amber Alert was just issued today:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE FRANKFORT KY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1257 PM EDT WED APR 6 2011

AT THE REQUEST OF THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE...THE KENTUCKY
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED TO ASSIST IN THE BROADCAST OF
AN AMBER ALERT.

AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED...REPEATING...AN AMBER ALERT HAS
BEEN DECLARED.

A CHILD WAS TAKEN FROM THE RIOVESTA APARTMENT COMMUNITY IN LOYALL
KENTUCKY...HARLAN COUNTY...ON TUESDAY APRIL 5TH AT APPROXIMATELY 445
PM EDT. THE NAME OF THE CHILD IS SHELLY BAILEY. SHE IS WHITE...SIX
YEARS OLD...HAS BROWN EYES AND SANDY COLORED HAIR...AND IS
APPROXIMATELY 48 POUNDS AND 40 INCHES TALL. THE CHILD WAS AT HER
AUNT/S APARTMENT AWAITING CHILD SERVICES PICK UP WHEN A MALE
SUBJECT...WHO IS LISTED ON HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS HER
FATHER...TOOK THE CHILD FROM HER AUNT. THE MALE SUSPECT/S NAME IS
LARRY BAILEY. HE IS A WHITE MALE...51 YEARS OLD...HAS BLUE EYES AND
BROWN HAIR...AND IS APPROXIMATELY 168 POUNDS AND 5 FEET 8 INCHES
TALL. HE ALSO HAS A MUSTACHE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS HAD CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT VIA CELLULAR PHONE.
SUSPECT ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET THE CHILD GO INTO
FOSTER CARE AND WOULD LET THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FIGHT OVER THE
CUSTODY OF THE CHILD. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASKED HIM TO RETURN THE CHILD.
THE SUSPECT MADE THREATS IN REFERENCE TO HARMING THE CHILD AND
REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. SUSPECT LIVES IN
ARKANSAS...AND MAY BE RETURNING TO ARKANSAS AFTER COMMENTS MADE TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT. HOWEVER THE ROUTE IS UNKNOWN.

THE VEHICLE DETAILS ARE FEW...BUT THE SUSPECT IS DRIVING A WHITE
VEHICLE WITH AN ARKANSAS LICENSE PLATE.


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Granted, we don't know the whole story here.  But one sentence really jumped out at me:

SUSPECT ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET THE CHILD TO INTO FOSTER CARE
AND WOULD LET THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FIGHT OVER THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD.

Really curious about 'the rest of the story'..........