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Second Arrest Made in Sarcoxie Amber Alert Investigation

 

 A second arrest has been made in regard to the statewide Amber Alert issued Saturday night involving a 7-year-old Sarcoxie girl.

 38-year-old Amber Turner of Sarcoxie, the mother of the girl that was taken, has been arrested and formally charged with a felony count of endangering the welfare of a child.

 The incident began Saturday evening around 8:00 p.m., when Jasper County authorities were dispatched to 2536 County Road 20, regarding a missing child. The child was located three hours later west of Joplin. 23-year-old Matthew Honeycutt of Neosho is charged with felony kidnapping. He remains in jail on a $250,000 bond.

 Jasper County Sheriff Randee Kaiser says the mother only knew the man that took her daughter by the first name of Matt, and that they were only supposed to be gone for a short time. Kaiser says after three hours had gone by with the child missing, an Amber Alert was activated.

 Turner is being held on a $10,000 surety bond or $2,500 cash bond and is to have no contact with the girl.

 The investigation is ongoing.

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