AMBER Alert discontinued for 2 missing children out of Karnes County

Officials are searching for Hunter Hawkins, 7, and Jace Hale, 12

Officials are searching for Hunter Hawkins, 7, and Jace Hale, 12 (KSAT)

KARNES COUNTY, TexasUPDATE (Wednesday, 5:40 a.m.): An AMBER Alert for two missing children out of Karnes County has been discontinued.

Officials say Hunter Hawkins, 7, and Jace Hale, 12 have been found. No other information was provided.

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The Karnes County Sheriff’s Office began searching for the two children on Tuesday night.

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(Original Story)

An AMBER Alert has been issued for two missing children who officials believe are in “grave or immediate danger.”

The Karnes County Sheriff’s Office says they are searching for Hunter Hawkins, 7, and Jayce Hale, 12. Karnes County is located just southeast of San Antonio.

Hawkins is 3 feet 6 inches tall and is 50 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Hunter was wearing a gray and green shirt, gray shorts and white slip on shoes.

Jayce is 5 feet tall and 100 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a black baseball hat, a red shirt with the logo “Shorty’s Restaurant” and blue jeans.

The pair were last seen around 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, in the 7900 block of US Highway 181 in Falls City, Texas.

Authorities said they are also looking for Sarah Hawkins, 45, in connection with the abduction.

She is 5 feet 7 inches tall, 110 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes. She was driving a silver, 2019 Ford Ranger with the Texas license plate number TSG9130.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Karnes County Sheriff’s Office at 830-780-3931.


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Ben Spicer is a digital journalist who works the early morning shift for KSAT.

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