UPDATE: Oregon State Police has been notified the suspect and child who were the subject of Wednesday morning's AMBER Alert in The Dalles were both located. The child, Skylar Meldin Coulcer-Jarding, age 5, is reported safe and the suspect, Brian Lester DePriest, age 36, is in custody.
More details will be released later when authorized by The Dalles Police Department.
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THE DALLES, Ore. (KMTR) -- The kidnapping of a 5-year-old boy early Wednesday morning in The Dalles has triggered an Amber Alert in Oregon.
Oregon State Police say the missing child is Skylar Meldin Coulcer-Jarding. He is a white male, 3’6” tall, weighing 45 to 50 pounds with sandy brown hair. He wears thick glasses, is cross-eyed and has a speech impediment.
Investigators say the boy was taken about 5:40 AM Wednesday from a home in The Dalles when a man identified as Brian Lester DePriest, 36, of The Dalles, entered the home, assaulted someone with a hammer and took the boy to a waiting stolen car and left.
DePriest is 6’4” tall, weighs 210 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was said to be wearing a black hoody sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The car police are looking for is a bluish-green 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier with Oregon license 229 BUK. The car is said to be in fair condition and has a dolphin sticker on the trunk area.
Anyone who sees the vehicle, the suspect or the child is asked to call 911 or (866) 5AMBER5.
