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Amber Alert Issued for 1 Year Old Pennsylvania Girl
Posted: Friday January 13, 2006 5:51 AM CST


The Pittsburgh Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police issued the Amber Alert after it was reported the mother shot and the baby abducted.

Rahsann Coles, black female, 1 year of age, black hair, 30 pounds in weight, wearing blue jeans and a pink top. She was last seen at 207 Edmond Street, Pittsburgh, Pa Allegheny County at 2:55 AM.

She was reported abducted by a Todd D. Ballard, black male, age 29, 6 feet 2 inches tall 200 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes.

The vehicle is an older white Lincoln sedan, unknown direction of travel. No further information is available at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pittsburgh police Department at 412-323-7800 or dial 911.

Oh, dear! I hope the baby's found alive.

It's all over the news here. It was also posted on the turnpike when I was coming in to work.

Well, that's good - get the word out and I'll certainly pray they find this little girl, alive. But you have to fear the worst in this sitution. How shocking and utterly sad.



Mary

You know Mary, it seems that this Pittsburgh area is getting more and more violent every day. When I go to visit my daughter in Roanoke, Va., the new headlines is about a dog getting trapped in the sewer or something. Here in the Burgh it seems we have a violent death on a daily basis.

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06013/637552.stm

Child abducted, mother fatally shot in Bloomfield
Friday, January 13, 2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Police have issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert for a 1-year-old girl taken from Bloomfield after her mother was fatally shot early this morning.

Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State Police are searching for Rahsann Coles, an African-American baby with black hair, who weighs 30 pounds and was wearing blue jeans and a pink top. She was last seen in the 200 block of Edmond Street at 2:55 a.m.

She was reported abducted by Todd D. Ballard, 29, 6 foot 2 inches, 200 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, driving an older white Lincoln sedan or a two-door, older blue Chevy Blazer.

Mr. Ballard is a suspect in the shooting death of the baby's mother, Jamie Coles, 24, of Bloomfield. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:55 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office.

Ms. Coles had been staying with her parents for the past two weeks because of ongoing domestic problems with Mr. Ballard, according to Pittsburgh homicide detectives.

Police Cmdr. Maurita Bryant said today, "I think this time the victim was trying to make a complete break."


Ms. Coles' stepfather was awakened at about 2 a.m. by the sound of arguing and then heard Ms. Coles beg Mr. Ballard not to shoot the baby. The stepfather ran downstairs but was confronted by Mr. Ballard, who had a gun and chased him back upstairs.

Mr. Ballard then left, and when the stepfather came downstairs he found Ms. Coles shot and the child gone. He called 911. Anyone with information about the abduction should immediately contact the police by calling 911.

Cmdr. Bryant today called for Mr. Ballard, who is from the Verona area, to surrender and to not harm the child. She said police waited until after 5 a.m. to issue the Amber Alert because they did not have good clothing or vehicle descriptions and weren't sure he had the child.

Amber Alert Canceled for 1 Year Old Pennsylvania Girl

The Pittsburgh Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police canceled the Amber Alert after the baby was brought in to a police station. No further information on the suspect is available at this time.

Rahsann Coles, black female, 1 year of age, black hair, 30 pounds in weight, wearing blue jeans and a pink top. She was last seen at 207 Edmond Street, Pittsburgh, Pa Allegheny County at 2:55 AM.

She was reported abducted by a Todd D. Ballard, black male, age 29, 6 feet 2 inches tall 200 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes.

The vehicle is an older white Lincoln sedan, unknown direction of travel. No further information is available at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pittsburgh police Department at 412-323-7800 or dial 911.
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Thank goodness she's found alive.

Hurray!

Yeah I heard about it at work today. Definately good news.

btw... i work at the Pittsburgh International Airport.