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Basalt Girl From Colorado Amber Alert Found In Maryland, Suspect On The Run

BASALT, Colo. (CBS4) - The Basalt Police Department says a 9-year-old girl who was the focus of an Amber Alert on Saturday was found safely in Maryland. Police say a relative of Carly Lipnick, the woman accused of taking the girl, found the child.

CARLY LIPNICK (CBI)
Carly Lipnick (credit: Colorado)

The relative says Lipnick called her and told her the child was at a previous address. The relative found her safe.

An alert by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation was released at around 2 p.m. on Saturday. Basalt police said the two may have been driving in the Denver metro area early Saturday morning.

Police say it's not clear where Lipnick is now, but there is an active warrant for her arrest for this incident.

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