UPDATE: An AMBER Alert for a missing 3-year-old Worcester girl has been canceled after the girl was found safe. Read more here.
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WORCESTER (WHDH) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 3-year-old girl from Worcester.
Ella Abbott, 3, is described as a light-skinned black female. She was last seen wearing a purple or dark-colored top.
Police believe Ella is with her mother, Lee-Ann Abbott Rickheit. Rickheit is a white female who stands 5 feet 11 inches tall. She has dirty blonde hair and blue eyes and has a large build.
State Police said Rickheit took Ella at around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday and made threats to harm the child.
Rickheit and Ella are possibly traveling in a blue 2007 Hyundai Sonata with the Massachusetts license plate 4PG 367.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Worcester Police at 508-799-8606 or call 911.
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