Amiah Robertson.Photo: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Amiah Robertson was first reported missing on March 16, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says.
Now, police believe Amiah has actually been missing since March 9, when she was last seen with Lyons, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department disclosed at a press conference Saturday.
Robert Lyons of Indianapolis.
“We’re frustrated and quite frankly angry because of misinformation and lack of information and lack of cooperation from those most closely involved,” Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Bryan Roach said at the press conference.
“This is an 8-month-old child, and I think all of us would agree somebody would know the whereabouts.”
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Investigators have since found items on the banks of Eagle Creek, less than a mile from where Amiah was last seen, that have been identified as belonging to her, Det. Jean Burkert said at the press conference.
Amiah was last seen “alive and well” with Lyons at about 1:15 p.m. on March 9, Burkert said.
Lyons is believed to have spent the day in the area of Rockville Road and South Mickley Avenue, Burkert said. He was last seen driving a maroon 1996 Isuzu Rodeo that Burkert described as being in “poor condition.”
Since March 10, she said, “Robert Lyons has taunted Amber Robertson about Amiah’s whereabouts,” she said.
Police are asking the public or any witnesses to come forward if they know anything about Lyons’s activities on March 9 or afterward.
He was arrested last week on an unrelated charge and released, Burkert said.
“I think that we all hope for the best, always, but I think that we can’t ignore the reality of the situation,” said Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Bruce Smith. “Amiah cannot take care of herself and absent somebody else who is currently taking care of her that hasn’t come forward, we are very concerned about what happened to her.”
The FBI is helping with the search for Amiah.
Anyone who has information on the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers 317-262-TIPS.
source: people.com
