Couple Spotted Missing Hamilton Girl in a Pile of Leaves

Photo: WHDH/7-News; a scene in Rowley where police are investigating the disappearance of Lyndon Albers.

UPDATE:

An Ipswich couple was on the way to work in Amesbury when they spotted a missing Hamilton toddler on the side of the road in Rowley, Mass.

According to WHDH, the couple spotted 2-year-old Lyndon Albers in a pile of leaves on Harrison Circle. The couple told WHDH they wrapped the girl, who was shivering, in a coat and called police.

The investigation into Albers’ disappearance from her Hamilton home remains ongoing. Several media outlets, including WHDH, are reporting that investigators are speaking with family friends and perhaps a former babysitter.

UPDATE:

State police have searched the family home from where a 2-year-old went missing at some point overnight, and are reportedly questioning a person of interest who is known to the family.

According to NECN, officers have searched the Lincoln Avenue home where Lyndon Albers’ mother told police she last saw her daughter at about 3 a.m. Friday. Albers was found at about 10 a.m. in Rowley, according to sources, eight miles from her home.

Officials are not confirming any details of the situation at this time except that Albers was safe and was expected to be reunited with her parents after being transported to the hospital several hours ago.

“It is being treated as a crime scene under an abundance of caution,” state police spokesman David Procopio told the Town of Hamilton blog.

UPDATE:

A number of news outlets, including WBZ and WCVB, are reporting that Lyndon Albers was found in Rowley by passersby.

While there are various reports as to who found the girl and where she was found, those outlets are reporting that she was naked and her head had been shaved when she was found. She also was reportedly covered in leaves and had cigarette burns on her body, WHDH, 7 News reported.

Officials have not confirmed any information regarding where Albers was found or her condition.

Beverly Hospital, where the girl was initially taken, confirmed she was later transported to Boston Children’s Hospital.

A spokesperson with Boston Children’s Hospital said Albers is in fair condition.

UPDATE:

Two-year-old Lyndon Albers has been transferred to Boston Children’s Hospital via ambulance.

A Beverly Hospital spokesman confirmed that the toddler, who was located after going missing from her Hamilton home overnight, was listed in fair condition when she was transferred.

No further information about Albers’ condition or the reason for her transfer was immediately available.

ORIGINAL:

Two-year-old Lyndon Albers was found on Friday morning after an hours-long search for the toddler who went missing at some point overnight from her Hamilton home.

Hamilton Police Chief Russ Stevens told reporters that the child had been found in an area where passers-by could spot her, but he wouldn’t confirm where that location was or give details about the environment.

Several news outlets are reporting that Albers was found in Rowley, though officials haven’t confirmed that.

WHDH is reporting that the area of Harrision Circle in Rowley is blocked off as police conduct an investigation into Albers’ disappearance. That location is about 7 miles from her Hamilton home.

Stevens told reporters during a briefing that Albers was transported to Beverly Hospital and that her parents were on the way to the hospital to be reunited with her. Beverly Hospital lists Albers in fair condition.

“We’re trying to put the pieces together right now,” Stevens said. “[We] don’t know if she was taken from her home or if she wandered off.”

Albers was last seen by her mother in her Lincoln Avenue home at about 3 a.m. Friday. Albers’ parents called police to report her missing at 7 a.m.

Multiple agencies, including state police, were called in to search for the missing 2-year-old. Stevens said authorities were in the process of issuing an Amber Alert when Albers was found.

“I’m very excited that she was found alive; I’m ecstatic that she’s being reunited with her parents,” Stevens said.

He added that he didn’t believe parents in Hamilton should be concerned.

“As the cop in the town, I’m very connected to the people of this town,” Stevens said. “If I thought that parents should be concerned, I’d be the first to stand here and tell the parents to be concerned.”

Stevens would not comment on whether any charges are pending.