Amber alert

Okay, I thought the purpose of Amber Alerts was to provide prompt notification of a missing child.

Well, I do watch "24" on local FOX and I usually watch "Nightly News" on NBC. Today's show was interrupted by an Amber Alert.

A teenage girl in Wilcox was reported missing. She had reportedly received death threats.

She was last seen at 6:30 AM on her way to school.

Yup, that's 11 hours.

In less than an hour, she can be taken into Mexico.

If the death threats are true, she could be dead and dumped in the middle of desert hours before the Amber Alert was issued.

Maybe they're working on their New Year resolution to get the word out in a timely manner.