Decatur police have issued an Amber Alert after two young boys, one of them a 1-month-old infant, who were abducted this afternoon. Authorities said that J-Amarcus Upchurch and Terry Antonio Smith were taken by two men in the 1900 block of East Cantrell Street at about 3:30 p.m. They were last seen in a silver passenger car with the partial Missouri license plate U D G, turning on to a side road off Cantrell Street.
J-Amarcus is described as a 1-month-old African-American boy, wearing a blue one-piece jumpsuit, weighing 8 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Terry is a 4-year-old African-American boy about 3-foot-6, 60 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans. The boys were taken by two African-American men, one about 5-foot-8 and wearing dark clothing.
The alert didn’t indicate whether either man was believed to be a parent or relative. The Amber Alert lists the baby’s first name as J-Amarcus, but the Decatur police list the boy’s name as Jamarcus. Police could not explain the discrepancy, Anyone with information is asked to call Decatur police Det. James Wrigley at 217-424-2738.
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