UPDATE : Four juveniles and an 18-year-old man have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl who later was found safe, according to a news release from Rock Island Police.
Shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday, a brown Saturn Outlook was stolen from the 1300 block of 14½ Street with 4-year old Blessing Aoci still in the back seat, police say. Officers responded to the area within minutes and started a search.
About 14 minutes later, the stolen SUV was found unoccupied in the area of 8th Street and 15th Avenue. Immediately, information and a picture were posted about the missing child on the Rock Island Police Department’s Facebook page, which was shared just under 43,000 times, the release says.
Illinois State Police were contacted to issue an Amber Alert, which was later sent to cell phones by the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…