A 16-year-old Boulder girl reported missing through an Amber Alert on Tuesday morning was found safe, according to police.
The girl was last seen 8 p.m. Monday while being forced into a two-door, gray Chevy Silverado truck, state officials said in the . The car had a lime green “Timpano” sticker in the bottom left corner of the rear windshield and was last seen near Thornton.
Boulder police worked with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to issue a missing and endangered person alert at 11:46 p.m. Monday, which was upgraded to an Amber Alert at 6 a.m.
The department received numerous tips from the community and detectives used license plate cameras to track the Silverado’s movements, find additional witnesses and later locate the girl and 19-year-old suspect in Thornton.
Juan Bretado-Lopez, the man who investigators believe was driving the Chevy Silverado, was detained by police and taken to the
Boulder police initially said Bretado-Lopez was arrested, but later clarified he was detained and is being interviewed by investigators, according to the agency.
