A Springfield police Facebook post had the partial title “Update: Jordan was...”
A public appeal is not the same as an AMBER Alert
Massachusetts law says an AMBER Alert may be activated when a child has been abducted, is in danger of serious bodily harm or death, and authorities have enough information to believe the alert may help locate the child. A separate state law requires officials receiving a missing-child report to enter relevant information in the central register and immediately undertake to locate the child.
Other Massachusetts cases illustrate why the circumstances matter. In Stoughton on Nov. 22, 2024, an AMBER Alert was issued for three children believed to have been taken by their mother and was canceled after state police said the children were safe, WWLP reported. In a separate Springfield case, police sought help locating 12-year-old Sofia Reyes Vila in February 2025; the Youth Aid Bureau considered her a runaway, and police later said she had been found, WWLP reported.
