Ivianna Jordan (left) was taken by her great-uncle Brodrick Hardman (right) on Thursday (Pictures: Arkansas State Police)
A missing four-year-old autistic girl is feared to be in danger after being taken by her great-uncle who is wanted for first-degree murder.
The Arkansas State Police issued an Amber Alert for Ivianna Jordan on Thursday after she voluntarily left with her great-uncle Brodrick Hardman around 2pm.
Hardman, 44, is accused of murder in connection to a body that was found around 1am the same day, a Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said.
‘Mr Hardman should be considered armed and dangerous,’ the spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
The Arkansas State Police issued an Amber Alert for four-year-old Ivianna Jordan on Thursday (Picture: Arkansas State Police)
‘If anyone sees or knows the whereabouts of Mr Hardman and/or Ivianna please contact the authorities immediately.’
Officers with the North Little Rock Police Department responded to reports of a missing child at Ivianna’s grandmothers home in Pulaski County shortly after 6.30pm on Thursday. Hardman and Ivianna were both gone.
Hardman and the grandmother were in contact but he would not disclose his location, KATV reported.
Police have been pinging Hardman’s cell phone every 15 minutes but it has remained at Cherry Street and Lincoln Avenue in North Little Rock.
Ivianna Jordan and her great-uncle Brodrick left her grandmother’s home on Thursday afternoon (Picture: Arkansas State Police)
Ivianna is three feet tall and weighs 40 pounds and has black hair. She was last seen wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and white and black leggings.
Hardman is described as six-feet-three-inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. There is an active warrant out for him.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the police department or 911.
The Amber Alert for Ivianna comes just a few days after an alert was sent out for a nine-month-old girl who was believed to have been kidnapped in her father’s car in a small Alabama town. The infant, Harlow Darby Freeman, was found on Tuesday morning in her dad’s SUV across the street from where his vehicle was reported stolen.
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Missing four-year-old Ivianna Jordan has autism.
