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UPDATE: Amber Alert Cancelled For 4-Year-Old Marlon Torres

 Chelsi Zash    Created:  6/30/2009 7:21:47 AM  Updated: 6/30/2009 8:39:56 AM
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Sampson County, NC -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a child police believe was abducted.

The Sampson County Sheriff's Office is looking for 4-year-old Marlon Roman Torres. He was last seen wearing a black shirt with red flashing lights and green shorts.

The child is thought to be abducted by 31-year-old Jose Ramon Torres-Ventura. he was last seen wearing jeans and a beige shirt with cartoons on the front.

The child was taken from his home in Autryville, east of Fayetteville. The vehicle is a dark blue 1998 Ford Mustang GT with NC license tag number YTJ9175.

The man's pregnant girlfriend, Nalleli Taxilaga-Olea, told Sampson County deputies that he got into a fight and assaulted her. He also allegedly beat her 8-year-old son Monday night at their house. Taxilaga-Olea is 21 weeks pregnant with Torres-Ventura's child.

She says after the fight, Torres-Ventura broke all the phones in the house and told her he would kill their 4-year-old son if she called police.

If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Sampson County Sheriff immediately at (910) 592-1151, or call 911.

UPDATE: The Amber Alert for Marlon Torres has been cancelled. The child was found safe. No additional details are available.

WFMY News 2/WRAL



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