Police searching for 2 men they say abducted woman, prompting Amber Alert
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A blind, non-verbal woman who was abducted Thursday night is safe and unharmed, but police were still searching Friday for two men accused of stealing the vehicle she was in.
A blind, non-verbal woman who was abducted Thursday night is safe and unharmed, but police were still searching Friday for two men accused of stealing the vehicle she was in.
An Amber Alert was issued at 8:27 p.m. after 40-year-old Cindy Tin was taken in a minivan near 118 Avenue and 91 Street about an hour earlier.
Police said the vehicle is a white 2013 Toyota Sienna and her caregiver left Tin inside, seated in a wheelchair, while they briefly went into a store.
She was found "safe and unharmed" in Fort Saskatchewan about a half an hour after the alert by an off-duty RCMP officer who saw it, police announced Friday.
Tin was taken to hospital by paramedics "purely for precautionary reasons," police said, and the alert was cancelled just after 9 p.m.
An RCMP police dog was called to the scene but the suspects were not found.
"We’re extremely grateful to the community and our RCMP partners who located the stolen vehicle and helped bring this woman back to her family safe and unharmed," said Staff Sgt. Andrew Larson.
