By AP/St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, MO – Authorities are searching for a 4-year-old eastern Missouri girl who apparently was grabbed while playing in the front yard of her home.
Police in the town of Louisiana, Missouri on the Mississippi River about 90 miles north of St. Louis issued an Amber Alert for Alisa Maier.
Police said she was playing with her brother Monday night when a black sedan pulled up and took her away. Witnesses said the driver was a young white man with dark hair.
Alisa Maier is about 3-feet tall and 40 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jean shorts.