Two young children are missing from Dallas, and authorities are asking the public to act fast. An Amber Alert has been issued for 8-year-old Sariah Roy-Ford and 1-year-old Ky’aire Epperson, last seen leaving the 6400 block of Maple Avenue in a blue 2017 Honda Civic just after 3 p.m. on Thursday.
The alert covers two kids at very different stages of childhood — a school-age girl and a toddler barely old enough to walk — which makes the urgency here especially acute. Dallas police are urging anyone with information to call 911 or reach the department directly at 214-671-4268.
What We Know About the Children
Sariah Roy-Ford stands 4 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 70 pounds. She has black hair worn in braids and brown eyes. When last seen, she was dressed in a blue shirt, pink shorts, and blue shoes — a fairly distinctive combination that could stand out in a crowd.
Ky’aire Epperson is far younger and far more vulnerable. Just 2 feet 5 inches tall and 20 pounds, the one-year-old has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen in a brown animal-print onesie, green shorts, and white socks. An infant in an unfamiliar environment, without the ability to communicate distress — that’s the detail that makes this particularly alarming to investigators.
The Vehicle
The children were last seen departing in a blue 2017 Honda Civic. If you’ve spotted that vehicle — or anyone matching these descriptions — don’t wait. Call 911 immediately.
A Separate Alert Ends on a Better Note
Not every Amber Alert ends in fear. Earlier, a separate alert issued out of Greenville, Texas, for 2-year-old Jolea Calabrese was canceled after the child was found safe. That outcome is the best-case scenario — and a reminder of why these alerts exist in the first place.
Why Amber Alerts Work
It’s worth stepping back for a moment. Since the system was established, 1,312 children have been recovered as a direct result of Amber Alerts, with at least 252 recoveries attributed specifically to Wireless Emergency Alert messages — those jarring notifications that blast to every cell phone in range. As of December 31, 2025, that’s the tally.
The system is designed to activate only in the most serious child-abduction cases. That’s a deliberate threshold — keep the bar too low, and people start tuning them out. Keep it where it is, and communities respond. So far, the math has been on the right side of history more than a thousand times over.
Still, every new alert is its own race against the clock. Two children. One car. And somewhere out there, someone knows something — they just might not know yet that they do.
