Missing kids found after ‘heavily armed’ man abducted them in Georgia, police say

Charles Duncan, Hayley Fowler
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Three children between 3 and 6 years old abducted Thursday in southeast Georgia and “believed to be in extreme danger” were found hours later in Indiana, police said.

Officials issued an Amber Alert for Autumn Leann Gentry, 5, Meadow Lin Gentry, 6, and Cole Arron Gentry, 3 after they were reportedly abducted by Marshall Arron Gentry, 26. They were last seen in St. Marys, Georgia, a town on the border with Florida near Interstate 95.

Police say the suspect was the children’s father, according to WMAZ.

The family was later found in Indiana, WTOC reported. Officials are investigating whether they left the Camden area voluntarily.

Police say Marshal Gentry may be “heavily armed.”
Police say Marshal Gentry may be “heavily armed.”

Investigators in Camden County and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation initially said they were searching for “a black 2019 Toyota Tundra with GA license tag RTQ7135,” according to the Amber Alert.

Marshall Gentry was believed to be “suicidal and heavily armed,” police said, according to WGXA.

Police told WMAZ that Marshall Gentry recently got divorced from the children’s mother and was living on base at Naval Submarine Base Kings.