KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Amber Alert for two Nebraska boys who were "forcibly taken" in Nebraska has been canceled after the boys were found safe in Kansas.
JUST GOT WORD! The boys are SAFE and the suspect has been apprehended in Kansas.
— Nebraska State Patrol (@NEStatePatrol) April 20, 2020
Will provide more details when possible, but wanted to share the good news immediately.
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The Nebraska State Patrol announced that the boys were recovered "and the suspect has been apprehended in Kansas" at 11:17 a.m. on Twitter.
"Will provide more details when possible, but wanted to share the good news immediately," the post read."
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation had issued an Amber Alert for two children “forcibly taken” from Tekamah, Nebraska, earlier in the day at the request of the Nebraska State Patrol.
Authorities were searching for 4-year-old Isaac De La Garza and 7-year-old Marco De La Garza, who were allegedly taken by 30-year-old Tanner Joel Leichleiter.
Nebraska law enforcement believed he was headed south on U.S. 81 from Nebraska into Kansas.
Officials said Leichleiter is known to carry a hand gun and should be considered armed.
