A 4-year-old girl has been found safely on Thursday after an Illinois Amber Alert at the request of the Rock Island Police Department.
Police made the request after a vehicle was stolen with the girl inside.
Just before 3 p.m. Thursday, police announced that Blessing J. Aoci had been found safely and reunited with her mother. She will be evaluated by medics, but no further information was available.
Blessing was in a booster seat in the back of her mother's car when the vehicle was stolen at about 6 a.m. near the intersection of 14th 1/2 Street and 13th Avenue in Rock Island, police said.
Police said Blessing's mother left the vehicle running and went inside the residence. The car was stolen with Blessing inside, police said.
Police found the vehicle "a short time later" at 9th Street at 14th Avenue in Rock Island, but the child was missing from inside.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Rock Island Police Department at 309-732-2677.
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