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Amber Alert for missing family found in the Coastal Bend turns out to be a false report

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UPDATE - 11/13, 5 P.M.:

In a recent update, the St. Charles County Police Department confirmed that the Amber Alert for the mother and her two daughters that had been issued had been falsely reported from the beginning.

After being located & interviewed, SCCPD Investigators determined the initial report of abduction was exaggerated and that possible charges for falsely reporting a crime may be incoming as the investigation was ongoing.

St. Charles County Police Department recognized the extraordinarily fast work that, "led to determining the direction of the parties involved."

ORIGINAL - 11/11: The Corpus Christi Police Department has located a missing family from Missouri who was the subject of a recent Amber Alert.

According to KSDK News out of St. Louis, Missouri, 22-year-old Yajayra Suleyma Molina-Yat and her two daughters, 7-year-old Rosana and 6-year-old Irma left their home in O’Fallon at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10 with two unknown men. At 10:45 p.m., the three were in Phillipsburg, where Yajayra was separated from her children against her will in a red pickup truck. Police said the mother’s cellphone later pinged in Tulsa, Oklahoma at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11.

Yajayra and her daughters were found in a home on the 100 block of Cheyenne Street near Agnes Street on the city's Westside.

CCPD stated in a blotter post that the family is safe. The FBI has now taken over the investigation, with CCPD assisting.

This is a developing story, check back with KRIS 6 News for more details.

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