Police Say Stepmother Abducted Child

WHEATLAND, Ind. -- Police have issued an Amber Alert for a child who they believe was taken from Wheatland, about 45 minutes north of Evansville.

Perla Hernandez, 14, is Hispanic. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. Hernandez has brown, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.

Hernandez was last seen at about 5 p.m. Monday at 700 East Old Highway 51 in Wheatland, in Knox County.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Department said Perla might have been taken by Anita L. C. Hernandez, her stepmother.

Anita Hernandez, 45, is 5 feet 4 inches tall and 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Police said she drives a tan 2006 Nissan Maxima with Indiana license number 49 C 3885.

Police said Anita took Perla without the permission of her father sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday.

Officials said Perla had been staying at a home of other people she knew in Knox County.

Police said Anita Hernandez was believed to be headed to Mexico with Perla.

Police asked anyone with information about Perla Hernandez to call the Amber Alert Hotline at (888) 58-AMBER.