Amber Alert cancelled for 3 Year Old Tennessee girl
Posted: Thursday December 7 2006: 5:36 PM CST
Updated: Thursday December 7, 2006: 9:26 PM CST

The TN Statewide AMBER Alert issued by the Gatlinburg Police Department has been canceled. At approximately 8:00 p.m. Central time, the TBI and the Gatlinburg Police Department were able to establish that Andrea Montoya is in the custody of her father who picked her up at the motel this afternoon without permission. The mother has communicated with the child, and has indicated that she does not believe the child to be in any physical danger.

The Gatlinburg Police Department had issued a Tennessee Statewide AMBER Alert for a child who was abducted on Thursday afternoon.

Andrea Montoya is a 3 year old white female. She has light brown hair and brown eyes. She is 3 feet tall and weighs 35 pounds. She was last seen wearing a purple coat and gray jogging pants.

Andrea was last seen at the River Terrace Hotel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee at 2:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in the hotel’s laundry room. Andrea is originally from the state of Florida and is on vacation with her mother and grandmother.

There is no suspect information available at this time.

A newer model, white Jeep Cherokee with Florida Sunshine State tags may be involved in the abduction.

If you have seen Andrea, please contact the Gatlinburg Police Department at 1-865-436-5181 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or dial 911.