AMBER ALERT: Infant dead, toddler believed abducted

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AMBER ALERT: Infant dead, toddler believed abducted

Posted: Apr 23, 2014 2:12 PM EST Updated: Apr 23, 2014 3:38 PM EST

Posted by Mary Grace Eppes - email

 

Allison Studdard and Donald Harris (Photo courtesy: Miss. Dept. of Public Safety)

 

Maliah Harris (Photo courtesy: Miss. Dept. of Public Safety)

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COLUMBUS, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing Lowndes County toddler.

Lowndes County Chief Deputy Marc Miley says they are searching for 2-year-old Malia Harris of Columbus.

The subjects who are believed to have abducted the toddler are 34-year-old Donald Boyd Harris and 31-year-old Allison Studdard.

They believe the couple and the child are traveling in a 2002 Pontiac Aztec, brown or black in color, with a Georgia license plate PGR7927.

Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant was called to the home where the family lived in the Caledonia area early on Wednesday morning.

He says a 7-month-old child was found dead in the home, but there were no visible signs of injury.

Officials say an autopsy will be performed Wednesday afternoon in Jackson, and Merchant says he hopes to know more once it was completed. 

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the child or the 2 adults is asked to contact the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department or Mississippi Highway Patrol at 1-855-642-5378.