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13-Month-Old Girl Found In Shed By Deputies After Amber Alert In Antelope Valley

Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Information Bureau.

A 13-month-old girl was found Saturday evening in a shed by Lancaster and Palmdale deputies after an Amber Alert was issued in the Antelope Valley.


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Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputies were called to the Lake Los Angeles area on Saturday, July 18, at about 6:30 a.m., to contact a reported sexual assault victim. When they arrived, they learned of a possible child abduction related to the sexual assault.

Preliminary information at the scene led Lancaster Sheriff’s Deputies to initiate an Amber Alert, identifying a named male adult and his brown BMW, as a person and vehicle of interest in this case.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau investigators responded to lead the investigation.

Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau investigators were also called to assist.

Detectives determined the male adult and his vehicle named in the Amber Alert were not actually involved in the reported incident.

The investigation led detectives to identify a male adult as a person of interest in the girl’s abduction, as well as the vehicle he was last known to be driving, a blue, Ford Contour. This information was given to sheriff’s patrol deputies in the Antelope Valley.

Patrol deputies from Palmdale Sheriff’s Station found the vehicle and its occupants, at approximately 2:50 pm, including 35-year-old Suspect Brandon Wynn and a male juvenile, near T-8 Street and Avenue 40th East, in Palmdale.

Leads gained by deputies led Lancaster sheriff’s deputies to search for the baby in a shed near T-8 Street and Avenue 43 East, in Palmdale.

Lancaster and Palmdale deputies found the missing 13-month-old girl, at approximately 3:05 pm in a shed alone and unattended for an undetermined length of time.

A neighbor was also found to be investigating the sound of crying coming from the shed.

Los Angeles County Fire Paramedics were called to the scene, and the baby was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment for symptoms from exposure. Her medical condition is not life-threatening.

Suspect Brandon Wynn and a juvenile companion were arrested for attempted murder charges and booked at Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.

The investigation is on-going and additional charges are anticipated.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Major Crimes Bureau Detective Staley at (562) 522-1070. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at [email protected].

KHTS AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio

13-Month-Old Girl Found In Shed By Deputies After Amber Alert In Antelope Valley

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About Heather Harbin

Heather grew up in the Santa Clarita Valley and graduated from West Ranch High School in 2012. She recently graduated from College of the Canyons with an Associate's Degree in New Media Journalism. She was involved in College of the Canyons' "Cougar News" for two years, where she became the senior producer. She will be studying for her Bachelor's Degree at Cal State Northridge in the spring. Heather became a staff writer at KHTS AM-1220 following her internship in the newsroom. She has been writing news and feature articles for the KHTS website since May 2015.