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ARCHIVED ARTICLE: Amber Alert Issued For Minot Girl - 5/23/2006

Amber Alert Issued For Minot Girl
May 23 2006 12:00AM
http://www.kxmb.com/

Troopers have issued an Amber Alert for a three-year-old girl missing from Minot.

Troopers say Reachelle Smith has been missing since May 16th. The girl was last seen at her home in Minot.

The girl is white, about three-and-a-half feet tall and weighs about 40 pounds. She has brown eyes and straight, light brown hair.

Authorities believe she may be with 22-year-old Leigh Cowen. He's white, five-feet-nine inches tall, weighing 220 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of a Chinese symbol on his neck.

Authorities say Cowen claims to be the girl's father but he's not.

Minot Police say the girl's mother does not have legal custody of the child. They say the girl lives with her mother's sister.

Police say Cowen had been living with the child's aunt and she's the child's legal guardian.

Officials say the two may be traveling in a stolen 1995 teal van with North Dakota tag number H-A-Y-5-4-8. The van has minor front end damage.

Troopers say the vehicle may be heading to Kansas possibly the Wichita area. Authorities say that's where Cowen's mother lives.

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