JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX on Friday obtained an incident report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office that was filed after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday night for an 8-month-old girl, who was originally reported missing by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
After a couple of hours, the young girl was found in Jacksonville in the custody of relatives, however, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said during a news conference that the search continued for the father late Thursday.
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But on Friday, the incident report from JSO revealed that the young girl’s father had brought the baby to her aunt’s house in Jacksonville, saying he needed to leave the infant for awhile — and then left. The report states that police showed up at the house and found the baby sleeping soundly.
The aunt told police the child’s father had just left, and the baby was returned to her mother in Clay County.
The report concludes: ”case closed, non-criminal.”