An Amber Alert issued in Knoxville, Tennessee, recently has been credited with leading to the safe recovery of a missing boy and the arrest of two suspects wanted in connection to that disappearance.
According to WTVC, Davontae Maurice Clark was found at a shelter in Nashville by police officers.
The statewide alert was issued Tuesday for the boy and a woman, Ashlee Clark, named by authorities as a suspect in his disappearance.
AMBER ALERT: We have upgraded the effort to locate five-year-old Davontae Clark to an statewide AMBER Alert.
Please RT to help us spread the word! Spot these individuals? Call 911 or 1-800-TBI-FIND!
MORE DETAILS: https://t.co/fSGhDi4wg4 pic.twitter.com/RSerMoLWkN
— TBI (@TBInvestigation) December 26, 2017
Just over an hour later, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Davontae Clark had been located.
AMBER ALERT UPDATE: Davontae Clark has been safely located in Nashville and the suspect in this case is in custody.
Thank you for helping us to spread the word! pic.twitter.com/Jcukf2rVmM
— TBI (@TBInvestigation) December 26, 2017
A subsequent update by Knoxville police indicate two adults were in custody as part of the ongoing investigation.
Davontae Clark, child from Knoxville Amber Alert, found safe at Nashville shelter by North Precinct officers. Two adults being detained here to further Knoxville investigation.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) December 26, 2017
According to initial reports, police believe Davontae Clark was at his aunt’s Knoxville home on Monday when his mother, who does not have custody, took him.
Authorities confirmed a warrant had been obtained for Ashlee Clark’s arrest. Police thought they knew what type of vehicle she was driving, but they did not know where she was headed with her biological son.
The Amber Alert has been credited with helping officers find Maurice Clark. When the TBI became involved in the search on Christmas Day, it was classified only as an East Tennessee Endangered Child Alert.
EAST TENNESSEE ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT: We need your help to find this missing five-year-old out of Knoxville!
Have you seen Davontae Clark? Call 1-800-TBI-FIND!
Please RT to spread the word!
MORE DETAILS: https://t.co/1kdO19F1xX pic.twitter.com/Gb0x1rMWdD
— TBI (@TBInvestigation) December 26, 2017
Organizations including the Missing Pieces Network also circulated information about the missing boy across social media platforms on Monday.
Along with news the following day of a suspect in his disappearance, the TBI announced the case had been upgraded to a statewide Amber Alert.
[Featured image: Davontae Clark/Tennessee Bureau of Investigation]
