By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)

UPDATE: Amber Alert cancelled

Sep 16, 2018 | 11:11 PM

UPDATE 7:45 a.m.: The Amber Alert has been cancelled. Latest details here

NORTH BATTLEFORD —  RCMP have extended an Amber Alert for a young North Battleford girl to Alberta.

The child was abducted from outside of a strip mall at in North Battleford around 5:20 Sunday evening. The vehicle she was in was believed to have been stolen.

The victim is a six-year-old caucasian girl named Emma O’Keeffe. She has brown jaw-length hair, is 3 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 44 pounds and was last seen wearing a navy blue long sleeve t-shirt, black jeans, pink socks, no shoes, and she was wearing a diaper.

 Police stress this is ‘not a parental abduction.’ The vehicle had been left running with the girl inside and it was stolen.  

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Emma non-verbal and unable to walk.  She suffers from epilepsy and autism and requires medication every 12 hours.  Missing a dose could lead to extreme medical distress.

At this time, police have no description of the suspect who is believed to be driving the stolen dark gray 2010, Mercedes Benz GL350 Bluetec SUV with Saskatchewan license plate 897-HMX.

Investigators were alerting gas stations across western Canada to be on the look out for this stolen SUV.  The vehicle will require gas and may attempt to stop and fill up at some point.

If you have any information about this abduction, please call 9-1-1 or your local policing authority, or 1-877-SOAMBER or 1-877-762-6237. 

Do not attempt to approach or apprehend the suspect. Call police immediately.

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