APOPKA, Fla. — An 11-year-old Apopka girl who vanished Saturday afternoon was found safe at an undisclosed location sometime after 10 p.m.
Mackenzie Vega's mother said her daughter was found safe on Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County in North Florida and the suspected abductor, Keith Green, was taken into custody.
"I’ll save my anger for another day," Danielle Vega wrote on Facebook. "Right now I’m thanking God that my baby is alive."
Officials did not release any details about where and how Mackenzie Vega was found. They also didn't release details about Green.
The Amber Alert issued for Mackenzie Vega was canceled before 10:37 p.m., according the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed the cancelation and safe recovery of Mackenzie Vega in a statement at 10:50 p.m.
It didn't mention Green, who in an image released by authorities was seen wearing a military-style jacket with the name "Greene."
"Thank you all for helping us get the message out," the Sheriff's Office said.
Officials issued a statewide Amber Alert on Saturday evening.
It said the girl was last seen in the 1900 block of West Kelly Park Road near Apopka while leaving her home after 2 p.m.
Green, 26, also of Apopka, may have taken her, according to the alert.
It could not be immediately determined if it was an authentic military jacket or whether the suspect was a service member.
Deputies responded to a “missing endangered juvenile” call at 2:21 p.m.
Amber Alerts are issued when a missing child is potentially facing extreme danger.
The alert triggers information about the child and possible abductor to appear on digital highway signs, lottery machines, law enforcement databases and elsewhere.
The goal is to raise awareness of the case in hopes of catching the abductor and saving the child quickly.
Launched 24 years ago as a rapid way to broadcast critical information about a child abduction to the public, the program is named after Amber Hagerman.
The 9-year-old girl was riding a bicycle near her grandparents' Texas home when she was abducted and killed in January 1996.
Her killer hasn’t been found.