UPDATED 2 p.m.:
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The child that was kidnapped Thursday evening in Sioux Falls was found unharmed, police said in a news release shortly before 2 p.m. Friday.
The Sioux Falls Police Department announced officers arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping. Tianna Bluebird, 17, was found inside the apartment and was arrested on the kidnapping arrest warrant. Helena Havannah Bluebird, a 22-year-old from Sioux Falls, was also arrested for Abuse or Cruelty to a Minor.
Lelanna Sitting Up, 29-year-old from Sioux Falls, is still wanted. The investigation remains on-going.
The Amber Alert has been canceled.
As of early Friday afternoon, police and the SWAT team were at a residence near 18th Street and Summit Avenue in response to Thursday’s kidnapping of an infant.
Photos of the scene were captured by KELOLAND’s Karlee Phillips.
12:30 p.m.
Sitting Up is accused of first-degree kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as of Friday morning, according to court documents.
Early Friday morning the state of South Dakota issued an amber alert after the reported kidnapping Thursday night around 9:30 p.m..
The grandmother was watching the child when one of the women threatened her with the gun, then took the child.
SFPD spokesman Sam Clemens said the woman that threatened the grandmother “wasn’t a stranger.”
The amber alert was issued early Friday morning around 2:30 a.m.. Clemens said that time delay “is not unusual.”
“This is the first fully activated amber alert by Sioux Falls,” Clemens said. It is unknown where the group may be going with the child, Clemens said.
They are believed to be driving a white early 2000s Chevrolet Impala with loud power steering. The main suspect is 29-year-old Lelana Sitting Up. She is a native woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, with brown hair and has a tattoo on her neck that says “No excuses no regrets.”
According to a SFPD news release, Lelana is in a relationship with the child’s non-custodial father, Jade White.
If you have any information, contact Metro Communications at 605-367-7000 or the Sioux Falls police.
