CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities have issued a statewide AMBER Alert in Indiana for a baby girl who is missing from Merrillville, and believed to be in extreme danger.
According to Merrillville Police, 7-month-old Xeniyah Sanders was last seen at 5:35 a.m. Monday, when her mother told police 35-year-old Leandre Nutull entered their home through a window, took Xeniyah without permission, and fled through a window.
Xeniyah Sanders (Source: Indiana State Police)
Xeniyah is a 7-month-old Black girl, 2 feet tall, 25 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white shirt with a watermelon on the front and the words “Grandpa is one in a melon,” a diaper, and no shoes.
Nutull is a 5-foot-9, 150-pound Black man with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black coat and black jeans, and driving a silver 2006 Acura TL with Illinois license plates CU62616. Police believe he is in Illinois.
Leandre Nutull (Source: Indiana State Police)
It was not immediately clear if Xeniyah and Nutull are related.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact Merrillville Police at 219-660-0028 or 911.
