AMBER ALERT CANCELED: Suspect Arrested & Children Found

The Amber Alert is cancelled. The children were found and the suspect arrested.

On 06-05-2023, at approximately 1 pm the Topeka Police Department provided the following information to the KBI:

At 10:34 am, Au’Vae Riley, Da”avien Riley JR, Ty’rell Riley, and Aunila Riley were taken by their mother Dontresha Shabree Thomas. The suspects statements to the father indicate that all of the children are in imminent danger. The suspect left from 2105 SE Swygart in Topeka, KS travelling in a unknown direction in a silver 2009 GMC Acadia bearing KS temporary license plate number C953627.

Call 911 immediately if you have seen a missing child, suspect, or suspects vehicle. If you have other information on a missing child, call 911 or the Topeka Police Department at 785-368-9200.

Abductees

Au’ Vae Riley

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Missing Since: 6/5/2023
Age: 12 years
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4′ 10″
Weight: 90 lbs

Description:Unknown clothing description

Last Seen:2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Da’Avien Riley Jr

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Missing Since: 6/5/2023
Age: 10 years
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4′ 6″
Weight: 70 lbs

Description:unknown clothing description

Last Seen:2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Tyrell Riley

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Missing Since: 6/5/2023
Age: 7 years
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4′ 4″
Weight: 70 lbs

Description:unknown clothing description

Last Seen:2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Aunila Riley

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Missing Since: 6/5/2023
Age: 5 years
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 3′ 0″
Weight: 40 lbs

Description:unknown clothing description

Last Seen:2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Suspects

Dontresha Sabree Thomas

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Date of Birth: 8/27/1992
Age: 30 years
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5′ 1″
Weight: 110 lbs

Description:Last seen wearing a white T-shirt and gray shorts

Vehicles

~2009 Silver GMC Acadia

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License Tag: C953627
Color: Silver
Make: GMC
Model: Acadia
Year: ~2009

Description:Vehicle has a temporary KS tag. One of the exhaust pipes is hanging low. The windshield is cracked. Vehicle has a temporary KS tag. Has a dent in the rear hatch below the handle.

Derek Nester
Derek Nesterhttp://www.sunflowerstateradio.com
Derek Nester was born and raised in Blue Rapids and graduated from Valley Heights High School in 2000. He attended Cowley College in Arkansas City and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park studying Journalism & Media Communications. In 2002 Derek joined Taylor Communications, Inc. in Salina, Kansas working in digital media for 550 AM KFRM and 100.9 FM KCLY. Following that stop, he joined Dierking Communications, Inc. stations KNDY AM & FM as a board operator and fill-in sports play-by-play announcer. Starting in 2005 Derek joined the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network as a Studio Coordinator at 101 The Fox in Kansas City, a role he would serve for 15 years culminating in the Super Bowl LIV Championship game broadcast. In 2020 he moved to Audacy, formerly known as Entercom Communications, Inc. and 106.5 The Wolf and 610 Sports Radio, the new flagship stations of the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network, the largest radio network in the NFL. Through all of this, Derek continues to serve as the Digital Media Director for Sunflower State Radio, the digital and social media operations of Dierking Communications, Inc. and the 6 radio stations it owns and operates across Kansas.

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