A 9-year-old autistic boy abducted from his mother's car in Miami on Thursday has been found dead. The Amber Alert issued for the child has been canceled.
The boy, Alejandro Ripley, was taken by two unknown black males driving an unknown light blue four-door sedan during an incident near the intersection of SW 158th Avenue and Kendall Drive in Miami.
Authorities said one of the abductors was wearing all black clothing with a black bandana as a face mask and may have cornrows in his hair.
According to investigators with Miami-Dade Police Department Special Victims Bureau, Missing Persons Unit, the mother was with her son in her car while driving westbound on SW 88 Street from 157 Avenue when she noticed she was being followed by an unknown vehicle.
She told investigators that the driver of that vehicle attempted to sideswipe hers, which forced her to veer onto SW 158 Avenue in front of a Home Depot parking lot, after which the suspect vehicle blocker her in while the passenger of the car got out of his vehicle and demanded drugs from the victim.
"After stating she didn't have any drugs, he then stole her cellular phone and abducted her son, fleeing southbound in the unknown vehicle," a police report said.
Police stated that they did not think the two men were armed and that the mother did not recognize the men.
