UPDATE: Missing 1-month-old boy from Austin now in CPS custody, police say

Brandy Galbert, 41, in police custody

AUSTINUPDATE: The Texas Department of Public Safety said the following AMBER Alert has been discontinued. Austin police said 1-month-old Elijah Phillips is now in Child Protective Services custody.

Police said 41-year-old Brandy Galbert is in custody. They are still looking for the child's mother. 

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Austin police are looking for a 1-month-old child believed to be in grave danger and three people in connection with his abduction.

Elijah Phillips weighs 7 pounds and is 1 foot, 6 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen at 12:59 a.m. July 23 on 11113 Research Boulevard in Austin. 

Police are looking for 30-year-old Brittany Smith, 41-year-old Brandy Galbert and 37-year-old Carl Hayden in connection with the child’s abduction.

Smith weighs 220 pounds and is 5 feet, 2 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. Galbert weighs 140 pounds and is 5 feet, 6 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. Hayden weighs 125 pounds and is 5 feet, 10 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes.

Police said they are looking for a gold 2007 Pontiac Torrent with Texas license plate KNN7632.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Austin Police Department or local authorities.

Elijah Phillips


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