AMBER ALERT: Four Topeka children in ‘imminent danger’

5 June 2023

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Police are looking for four children missing from the Topeka area in an amber alert.

An amber alert is active for four missing children, according to the Topeka Police Department (TPD). At 10:34 a.m., police say Au’Vae Riley, Da”avien Riley JR, Ty’rell Riley and Aunila Riley were taken by their mother Dontresha Shabree Thomas. Statements to the father of the children from the mother indicate the children are in imminent danger.

The TPD say the suspect left from 2105 SE Swygart in Topeka and is traveling in an unknown direction in a silver 2009 GMC Acadia with a Kansas temporary license plate number C953627.

Name: Au’ Vae Riley

Height: 4 feet 10 inches

Weight: 90

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 12 years

Gender: Female

Description: Unknown clothing description Last Seen: 2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Name: Da’Avien Riley Jr

Height: 4 feet 6 inches

Weight: 70

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 10 years

Gender: Male

Description: unknown clothing description Last Seen: 2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Name: Tyrell Riley

Height: 4 feet 4 inches

Weight: 70

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 7 years

Gender: Male

Description: unknown clothing description Last Seen: 2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Name: Aunila Riley

Height: 3 feet  inches

Weight: 40

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 5 years

Gender: Female

Description: unknown clothing description Last Seen: 2105 SE Swygart, Topeka, KS 66605

Suspect description:

Name: Dontresha Sabree Thomas

Height: 5 feet 1 inches

Weight: 110

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Age: 30 years

Gender: Female

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

Suspect vehicle description:

License: C953627

Make: GMC

Model: Acadia

Color: Silver

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.

Suspect vehicle.

Dontresha Shabree Thomas.

Call 911 immediately if you have seen a missing child, suspect or the suspect’s vehicle. If you have other information on a missing child, call 911 or the TPD at 785-368-9200. You can also call the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME.

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