Amber Alert Canceled For Missing Child, Mother After Muskogee Stabbing

Amber Alert Canceled For Missing Child, Mother After Muskogee Stabbing

Officials said the suspect at the center of an Amber Alert has been found. 

Police ended the Amber Alert just before 6 a.m. Wednesday. 

Officials said the 2-year-old girl and her mother are safe in Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

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Police said they have taken the child's father, 32-year-old Derek Perez, into custody. 

Officers said Perez stabbed his manager at a McDonald's Tuesday afternoon in Muskogee and then took off.

Muskogee police said Perez forced his wife, Brenda, and their 2-year-old daughter to go with him after the stabbing. Police said Brenda told a family member that Derek would not let her or the child out of the car.

Officers said the stabbing victim, James Coble Jr. was treated and released from a hospital.