An Amber Alert Friday morning led to the safe recovery of two young girls in Keene and their father’s arrest for murder.Dustin Duren, 37, surrendered to police in Keene, and his daughters, 1 and 4, were found unharmed several hours after state police issued the alert. Duren was later charged for allegedly shooting and killing the girls’ mother, Caitlyn Naffziger, in Berlin.”The public helped in this case and they most definitely provided information to law enforcement,” said Janell Rasmussen, the National Amber Alert Administrator. The Amber Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program is the organization that coordinates and trains first responders on how to trigger Amber Alerts. “We train everyone in those areas, and it does make a difference because when a child is abducted or missing, time is of the essence,” Rasmussen said. “We have to get the information out to the public quickly, we have to ask for their help.” According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, more than 1,100 children have been found safe since the Amber Alert System was introduced in the 1990s.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<For an alert to be triggered, the missing children must be younger than 18 and in imminent danger. “(Law enforcement) are going to look into a number of investigative resources they have available to them, but when they feel it’s appropriate to ask for the public’s help, they’re going to do an Amber Alert activation,” Rasmussen said.Friday’s Amber Alert was blasted messages out over the air, on road signs and to cell phones around the state. Investigators credited the successful end of the search to the flood of tips that came pouring in.”We also want to thank the citizens in the state of New Hampshire for paying attention when his amber alert when out. For paying attention to their phones, for looking around them,” said Bethany Durand, assistant attorney general on Friday.Experts said they do not want Amber Alerts to become like a car alarm, something loud that’s easy to ignore. That is why the alerts are saved for the most serious cases.”We want to reserve them for those when we really feel like the child in in serious danger, like in this case in New Hampshire,” Rasmussen said.Investigators said the two girls were taken into the care of the Department of Children Youth and Families. Duren is expected to be arraigned on Monday.
An Amber Alert Friday morning led to the safe recovery of two young girls in Keene and their father’s arrest for murder.
Dustin Duren, 37, surrendered to police in Keene, and his daughters, 1 and 4, were found unharmed several hours after state police issued the alert. Duren was later charged for allegedly shooting and killing the girls’ mother, Caitlyn Naffziger, in Berlin.
“The public helped in this case and they most definitely provided information to law enforcement,” said Janell Rasmussen, the National Amber Alert Administrator. The Amber Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program is the organization that coordinates and trains first responders on how to trigger Amber Alerts.
“We train everyone in those areas, and it does make a difference because when a child is abducted or missing, time is of the essence,” Rasmussen said. “We have to get the information out to the public quickly, we have to ask for their help.”
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, more than 1,100 children have been found safe since the Amber Alert System was introduced in the 1990s.
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<
For an alert to be triggered, the missing children must be younger than 18 and in imminent danger.
“(Law enforcement) are going to look into a number of investigative resources they have available to them, but when they feel it’s appropriate to ask for the public’s help, they’re going to do an Amber Alert activation,” Rasmussen said.
Friday’s Amber Alert was blasted messages out over the air, on road signs and to cell phones around the state.
Investigators credited the successful end of the search to the flood of tips that came pouring in.
“We also want to thank the citizens in the state of New Hampshire for paying attention when his amber alert when out. For paying attention to their phones, for looking around them,” said Bethany Durand, assistant attorney general on Friday.
Experts said they do not want Amber Alerts to become like a car alarm, something loud that’s easy to ignore. That is why the alerts are saved for the most serious cases.
“We want to reserve them for those when we really feel like the child in in serious danger, like in this case in New Hampshire,” Rasmussen said.
Investigators said the two girls were taken into the care of the Department of Children Youth and Families.
Duren is expected to be arraigned on Monday.