was issued Saturday night for four children from Independence, Mo. The suspect is the mother of the children.the mother was given an unsupervised overnight visit while the children were in the Department of Family Services custody. Shirley Riggs, 39, was supposed to return the children at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Missing are:
- Kelley
L. Riggs age 10, white male; dob: 2-5-98 5.01 tall, 67 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes - Raven S. Riggs, age 12, white female; dob: 11-5-95 5.01 tall, 67pounds, brown hair, brown eyes
- Rhiannon G. Riggs, age 7, white female; dob: 8-23-01, 4.02 tall, 45 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes
- Spencer D. Riggs, age 14, white male; dob; 9-29-93, 6.02 tall, 180 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes
Shirley Riggs, is described at 5.05 tall, 115 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes and may be driving a maroon 1992 Dodge Caravan with Missouri plate MB6-C8M. Police say she could be headed to Denver, Colorado or Oklahoma. This is the fourth time Riggs has left the state with the children. She has taken them to New Mexico and Oregon before. Police said she was scheduled for a custody hearing on Mon
day and was afraid she would lose her custodial rights.If you have any information on
this Amber Alert, call Independence Police or dial 911.
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Were the children in state's custody the first three times she took them out of state?
If so, why did they allow her the unsupervised overnight visit?
I feel bad for the children having to go through this. There is a reason this woman may be losing custody for her children. In my opinion, someone from the state screwed up big time by allowing the unsupervised visit.
This is another sad case of another family system stretched too thin.
And it's always the children that suffer.
It's unfortunate how the System works, and the children are always on the losing end.
Thanks again.
So sad.
* There is reasonable belief by law enforcement an abduction has occurred
* The abduction is of a child age 17 years or younger
* The law-enforcement agency believes the child is in imminent danger of seriousbodily injury or death
* There is enough descriptive information about the victim and abduction for law enforcement to issue an AMBER Alert to assist in the recovery of the child
* The child’s name and other critical data elements, including the Child Abduction flag, have been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer
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I am not sure how that works but it may have something to do with my mom's great aunt (Not sure about family terminology) saying their mother would never harm them.
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