Elias Linarea found after Amber Alert Los Angeles cancellation

An amber alert los angeles notice for 3-year-old Elias Linarea was canceled Thursday after he was found in Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol had activated the alert on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department after Linarea was reported abducted in South Los Angeles.

Slauson and Van Ness

Linarea was last seen at approximately 8 a.m. Thursday near Slauson and Van Ness avenues. Law enforcement identified Sonia Quintanilla as the suspect in his disappearance, and she was with Linarea when he was last seen.

Quintanilla was described as a 38-year-old woman who is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, has blonde hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black sweater and pants. Investigators believed she and Linarea were traveling in a gray 2008 Pontiac G6 with California license plate 6FRP150.

California Highway Patrol

The Highway Patrol describes Amber Alerts as "the most serious alerts we can issue involving children." It says, "They require specific evidence that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death."

The agency did not disclose where or when Linarea was found. There was no word on Quintanilla's status when the alert was canceled. For anyone who had been watching the alert, the practical change was straightforward: the child had been located, and the emergency notice was no longer active.