An 11-year-old girl was snatched from just outside her Massachusetts home this week in every parents’ worst nightmare, but she was rescued hours later, thanks to the help of some keen-eyed bystanders who took action amid an Amber Alert.

An 11-year-old Springfield, Massachusetts, girl kidnapped was on her way home from school, then found safe hours later after an Amber Alert Wednesday. A man who spotted the suspect’s vehicle and followed it while waiting for police described the chase.

The man police say abducted an 11-year-old girl in Springfield appeared in court on Thursday.

A family that tailed the car wanted in a Springfield, Massachusetts, kidnapping Wednesday described the tense chase that eventually led to the girl’s recovery and her alleged abductor’s arrest.

“Every parent’s worst nightmare”: Charlotte Moccia of Springfield was abducted by a stranger after returning home from school, police said.

An 11-year-old girl abducted in Springfield was found safe and her alleged kidnapper arrested Wednesday evening after an Amber Alert was issued amid an hourslong search, Massachusetts State Police said.

Ansonia police continue to search for 1-year-old Vanessa Morales, who has been missing since Dec. 2, and they said Thursday that a child spotted in surveillance video from Bridgeport Hospital resembled the missing child but is not her. One-year-old Vanessa Morales was reported missing on Dec. 2 after her 43-year-old mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead in her Myrtle Avenue…

Ansonia police have released new information on the search for a missing 1-year-old girl and the investigation into the death of her mother, including several items they are looking for and details on a reward for information that helps them find 1-year-old Vanessa Morales.

Ansonia police have released new information on the search for a missing 1-year-old girl and the investigation into the death of her mother, including several items they are looking for and details on a reward for information that helps them find 1-year-old Vanessa Morales. One-year-old Vanessa Morales was reported missing on Dec. 2 after her 43-year-old mother, Christine Holloway, was…

A man suspected in the disappearance of his 1-year-old daughter and the death of her mother appeared in court Wednesday on unrelated charges from a case in New Haven. Jose Morales, 43, of New Haven, Conn., is the father of Vanessa Morales, a 1-year-old baby who was reported missing on Dec. 2 after her mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead…

Ansonia police on Tuesday named the father of Vanessa Morales, Jose Morales, as a suspect in the disappearance of the 1-year-old girl. Police had already called Jose Morales a suspect in the death of the girl’s mother, Christine Holloway, but until now had not named him a suspect in his daughter’s disappearance. Jose Morales has been in custody since...

A 16-year-old girl was grabbed off a Bronx street right in front of her mother Monday night — and police are investigating the case as a possible kidnapping, authorities say. An Amber Alert was issued at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The father of a missing 1-year-old Ansonia girl who is the subject of an Amber Alert has been named a suspect in the investigation into the homicide of the girl’s mother, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation confirm to NBC Connecticut.

The father of a missing 1-year-old Ansonia girl who is the subject of an Amber Alert has been named a suspect in the investigation into the homicide of the girl’s mother, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation confirm to NBC Connecticut.

The father of a missing 1-year-old Ansonia girl who is the subject of an Amber Alert has been named a suspect in the investigation into the homicide of the girl’s mother, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation confirm to NBC Connecticut.

Ansonia police continue to follow up on leads in their search for missing 1-year-old Vanessa Morales.

As the search for missing 1-year-old Vanessa Morales of Ansonia continued on Thursday, police said they are not giving up hope that she is still alive. Morales was reported missing on Monday, December 2, when police went to her Myrtle Avenue home to perform a welfare check and found her mother, Christine Holloway, beaten to death. Since an Amber Alert…

The search continues for a 1-year-old baby girl from Ansonia who has been missing for more than a week as family and friends get ready to come together today to mourn the death of the baby’s mother, 43-year-old Christine Holloway. Police said Holloway was killed and they are searching for whoever is responsible for her death. Police found Holloway’s...

There was a buzz of activity on Myrtle Avenue in Ansonia on Monday. Ansonia police said their detectives as well as Connecticut State Police were following up on their two investigations.