MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice launches a new missing child alert. Attorney General Josh Kaul was in Milwaukee Thursday to roll out the system which expands the criteria for issuing alerts.
“Having a child go missing is any parent’s nightmare. I think any parent would tell you that. And this alert system is one that will help us locate more missing kids in the state of Wisconsin,” Kaul said.
The new Missing Child Alert can be missing kids under 10 years old who don’t meet Amber Alert criteria, and those under 18 with disabilities that prevent them from returning home. It was inspired by 5-year-old Prince McCree of Milwaukee, and 10-year-old Lily Peters of Chippewa Falls, who both went missing and were later found dead.