Six missing siblings found safe after endangered child alert issued in Tennessee
‘We are very glad to report that the six Johnson and Parks children have been located and are safe!’
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Your support makes all the difference.Six missing siblings have been found safe after an endangered child alert was issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) amid an FBI search for the children.
The alert was issued around 7am local time on Monday morning, with the six missing kids named as Anarielle Johnson, Cayden Parks, Jayden Parks, Cordarius Johnson, Cormarion Parks, and Chase Johnson.
The siblings were last seen at home around 2.30pm on Sunday.
“We are very glad to report that the six Johnson and Parks children have been located and are safe! Thank you to everyone who stayed alert and shared their information!” the TBI tweeted at 11.22am on Monday.
Anarielle, 10, is four feet tall, weighs around 70 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes, and was wearing an orange shirt, blue shorts, and grey Converse at the time of her disappearance.
Cayden, 8, is also four feet tall and weighs about 70 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He suffers from a medical condition and was reported to be without his medication before being found, according to the TBI.
Jayden, also 8, has a similar physical description as that of his siblings. It’s unclear what he was wearing before his disappearance.
Cordarius, 6, is three feet tall and weighs around 50 pounds. With black hair and brown eyes, he was last seen wearing a black shirt and grey shorts before being located.
Cormarion, 5, is described similarly to Cordarius. He was last seen wearing a black Spiderman shirt with shorts and Paw Patrol shoes.
Chase, 4, also shares the physical description of his brothers and was last spotted wearing a shirt, shorts, and Paw Patrol shoes.
The alert was issued on behalf of the Bartlett Police Department, located northeast of Memphis in the southwestern part of the state.
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