The AMBER Alert was born in 1996 when local media teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system to find abducted children following the abduction and brutal murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, of Arlington. An AMBER Alert issued Thursday afternoon for a 15-year-old girl from North Richland Hills has been canceled.

Liam Smith, 9, was last seen in the area of 17700 block of Northwest 14th Avenue and may be heading north in a 2024 black Honda Civic.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old North Texas girl, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Ivanna Gonzalez, who is Hispanic, was last seen at 3 a.m. on April 18 in the 7900 block of Hunter Lane in North Richland Hills.