Contact: Julia Jarema 
Date: May 2, 2007
Phone: (919) 733-5027 x231 

AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM CHATHAM COUNTY

RALEIGH -- The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued an AMBER Alert over the Emergency Alert System for Jose Angel Fitzpatrick who was is missing and believed to be in imminent danger. 

Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for an eight-year old Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. Jose is four feet tall and weighs 80 pounds and has poison ivy around his face. Authorities do not know what he was wearing.   

The abductor, Kenneth Paul Fitzpatrick, is described as a Hispanic male, 5' 11” tall, weighing approximately 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and dark blue jeans. There is no vehicle information.

The Siler City Police Department contacted the Center after Chatham County Social Services tried to obtain custody of the child and was told he was no longer there. 

The alert has also been entered into the National Criminal Information Center and into the state DCI system for law enforcement. 

Anyone with information should call the Siler City Police Department at 919-742-5626.

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