Child abduction team formed

Georgia is set to form a Child Abduction Response Team. Governor Sonny Perdue signed an executive order today. The goal is to more quickly connect law enforcement agencies searching for missing or abducted children.

Dad who fled with kids sent threatening letter

A Georgia man who fled the state last week with his three young children sent a letter to his father stating that he was going to kill the kids, the FBI said Tuesday.

Eddie Harrington, 28, has been missing from the Columbus, Ga., area since at least March 6, when authorities in Tennessee issued a child abduction alert after he may have been spotted there.

He is believed to be traveling with his twin 23-month-old girls, and his 3-year-old son, according to the FBI.

At some point, Eddie Harrington sent a letter to his father in the Indianapolis area "indicating he was going to kill the kids," an FBI statement said.

Columbus police issued a felony child endangerment warrant for Harrington, and the FBI on Monday issued a federal unlawful flight to avoid prosecution warrant. He is believed to have left the state, and is headed for Indianapolis.

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(The Associated Press)

Missing kids' mom makes plea for their return

Agana and Aliyah Battle, Cedric Harrington. (Columbus Police Department)

Agena Battle, the mother of a three-year-old son and twin toddler daughters who were taken by their father five days ago from their Columbus home, is pleading for their safe return.

Battle told local tv station WTVM, that she cannot function without them:

"Please air this stating that they are still missing. I have not eaten or slept well since they've been gone. I need them home. I am crying for your help. I have tried to do my daily routine but I cannot function well with out them."

Police say they have received scattered reports of sightings of their father Eddie Harrington and the trio in Tennessee.

Eddie Harrington. (Columbus Police Department)

An Amber Alert for the children was announced in Georgia and surrounding states when the three were first taken from Battle's home last Wednesday morning.

The four were last seen traveling in a green, 2002 Chevy Impala, similar to the one above.

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Columbus: Amber alert for three missing children

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation put out the Levi's Call alert Wednesday morning for the trio - a male toddler and one-year-old twin girls.

Eddie Harrington. (Columbus Police Department)

The children's father, 29-year-old Eddie Harrington reportedly took them from their mother's home in Columbus in the early hours of the morning, according to Columbus Police Department officer, Lt. Mark Starling:

“They left this morning around 01:30; it's going to be involving a family domestic issue, and because of information left at the home, [there's] some concern on our part for the safety of the kids.”

Agana and Aliyah Battle, Cedric Harrington. (Columbus Police Department)

Starling says there were no signs of violence at the home, and the children's mother was not present when they were taken. Starling described the vehicle:

“He's driving a 2002 Chevrolet Impala, dark green in color, bearing an Indiana tag: 93-L-4740; it has a cracked front windshield.”

The car the four are traveling resembles the vehicle above.

Columbus Police are urging anyone who has seen the vehicle or its occupants to call them at 706 653 3231 / 3000 (switchboard).

More details of the case are available at the GBI website.