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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Suspect Sought In Child Abduction- AMBER ALERT


UPFDATE: Suspect(s): Angel D. Duprey, 30-year old Hispanic male of Philadelphia, PA. 6'2", 165lbs., brown hair, last wearing no shirt, blue jeans, and has tattoos around his neck (photo attached)

Victim: 5-year old Zion Duprey, black hair, brown eyes, last wearing blue jean shorts to the knees and a blue shirt with white designs. Approximately 25lbs and 2'3" (photo attached)


Location of Incident: 8315 Collet Lane, Lincoln, DE

Date of Occurrence: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 12:28

Suspect(s): Angel D. Duprey, 30-year old hispanic male of Philadelphia, PA. 6'2", 165lbs., brown hair, last wearing no shirt, blue jeans, and has tattoos around his neck (photo will be released shortly)

Victim: 5-year old Zion Duprey, black hair, brown eyes, last wearing blue jean shorts to the knees and a blue shirt with white designs. Approximately 25lbs and 2'3"

Delaware State Police are investigating a child abduction which has activated an Amber Alert.

On Saturday, June 27, 2009 at approximately 12:28pm, the suspect (victims father) drove to the 8300 block of Collet Lane in Lincoln, where his 3 children were residing with their mother and their grandmother. The suspect entered the unlocked front door without notice and walked to the rear of the residence where the grandmother and 4 (3 of which are his) children were located. The suspect grabbed his 5-year old son, Zion Duprey, suprising the grandmother. The victim's grandmother tried to take the victim back, but the suspect swung at her with back of his hand. The suspect did not strike the grandmother but was able to exit the home with the victim. The grandmother tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the boy all the way out of the house and to the car, but the suspect was able to flee from the home with him on his lap in the front seat. At the time, Zion Duprey was dressed in blue jean shorts to the knees and a blue shirt with white designs.

The suspect has an active protection from abuse order, issued on June 19, 2009 from Pennsylvannia which prohibits him from contact with his girlfriend or their three children.

The suspect was last seen in a blue 1995 Buick Lasabre with a white top possibly bearing PA registration number HFH0835 or a partial PA number of HDM87, last seen heading south on Rust Road, possibly heading in the direction of Philadelphia.

Anyone with information pertaining to this investigation is asked to contact investigators at Troop 4 at 302-856-5850, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333

More information will be provided as it becomes available

1 comment:

Moon Willow said...

The sad thing is that this man ran off with his son probably less than for love of the child and more to cause turmoil for the child's mother.