Maryland State Police Denies Hoggle Request for Amber Alert (VIDEO)

The Maryland State Police Superintendent Marcus L. Brown responded to the Hoggle family’s request for an Amber Alert in the case of their missing toddlers Tuesday, saying the alert was not applicable in this case.

You can read the full letter here.


Sarah, 3 and Jacob, 2 have been missing since early September. Their mother, Cathering Hoggle is facing charges of obstruction and hindering, child neglect and detaining a child within the state. Police said the children were last known to be in the company of their mother, who has refused to tell police the children’s whereabouts. Catherine Hoggle was taken into custody on Sept. 12. Search teams so far have turned up no evidence of the children.

The Hoggle family and the children’s father Troy Turner asked Gov. Martin O’Malley Monday for an Amber Alert to be issued to help spread the word about the children’s disappearance.

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One Response to “Maryland State Police Denies Hoggle Request for Amber Alert (VIDEO)”

  1. On October 1, 2014 at 8:51 pm responded with... #

    WHY WHY WHY – HAVE YOU NOT ASKED THE FBI TO COME IN??? WHY ARE YOU DENYING THIS AMBER ALERT! SOMETHING IS VERY OFF AS TO WHY THERE IS NOT MORE BEING DONE TO FIND THESE BABIES! They are BABIES!!! WHYYYYYY

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