Three children missing from Roanoke County have been located.
Update #2: A Roanoke County spokeswoman says the three missing children have been found in South Carolina, along with their mother.
Update #1: Roanoke County police sayt the children's father, John Allison, turned himself in. The children and their mother, Ruby Allison are still missing.
Here is the updated information from Roanoke County police:
On April 21, the Roanoke County Police Department was contacted by the Roanoke County Department of Social Services for assistance with serving a child removal order in North Roanoke County.
• Social Services personnel attempted to serve the order on John Allison, 34, the father of the children
• The order assigns custody of Emma Allison, Cameron Allison, and Colin Allison to the DSS
• Mr. Allison refused to reveal the location of the children or arrange for them to be turned over to DSS
Concerned that the parents may be taking steps to remove the children from the state, felony abduction warrants were obtained for John Allison and Ruby Allison, 35 (Emma and Colin’s mother and Cameron’s step mother).
An Amber Alert was issued last night for the children and law enforcement agencies across the eastern half of the United States have been alerted.
At shortly after 10 am this morning, John Allison turned himself in to Roanoke County Police at his attorney’s office (Aaron Houchens in Salem). He did not have the children and, at this point, has not assisted in locating them.
We continue to search for Ruby Allison, the mother of the children, as well as Emma, Cameron, and Colin.
Based on the arrest of Mr. Allison, we are focusing on the maroon Chevy Suburban with VA tag VVU-3796, which may be operated by Ruby Allison. The amber alert is being updated to reflect this.
We are receiving assistance from a variety of law enforcement agencies including the Virginia State Police, United States Marshals Service, FBI, Roanoke Police Dept., Danville Police Dept., Franklin County Sheriff, and Smyth County Sheriff. We thank them for supporting our efforts to locate Emma, Cameron, and Colin.
Here is the original information from Roanoke County Police:
Roanoke County Police are searching for three children believed to be abducted by their parents and possibly endangered.
The children are identified as:
•Colin Allison, 1 ½ year old white male, 2 ft. tall, approximately 30 lbs., with dirty blond hair.
•Cameron Allison, 6 year-old white male, 4 ft. tall, approximately 50-60 lbs., with light brown hair and brown eyes.
•Emma Allison, 6 year-old white female, 4 ft. tall, approximately 50-60 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes.
The parents are identified as:
•John Allison, white male, 5'9”, 175 lbs., with blond hair and brown eyes. He is charged with 3 counts of Abduction (18.2-47).
•Ruby Allison, white female, 5'3”, 160 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. She is charged with 3 counts of Abduction (18.2-47).
They may be traveling in the following vehicles:
2006 maroon 4-door Cadillac with tag number VMV 8238
1999 maroon Chevy Suburban with tag number VVU 3796
Roanoke County Social Services was attempting to serve a Court ordered child removal for the children when John Allison refused to give their location or allow CPS access to the children. Through further investigation it is now believed John and Ruby Allison may have taken the children outside of Virginia.
Anyone with information is asked to call 540-777-8798 or 540-777-8799
