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Wilton Manors toddler with strawberry birthmark found safe. Amber Alert discontinued

UPDATE 3:17 p.m.: The Florida Amber Alert for Stella Victoria Turley, 2, from Wilton Manors was discontinued shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the toddler was found safe.

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A Florida Amber Alert was issued for a missing 2-year-old who was last seen at her Wilton Manors home early Sunday.

The alert was issued for Stella Victoria Turley. She was last seen with her mother, who does not have custody of her, according to Wilton Manors police.

Investigators say the girl’s mom Christine Ammon, 29, arrived to the girl’s home in the 2300 block of Northwest 9th Avenue between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. and then walked away with her.

Now, they need help finding Turley.

The toddler is described as 30 inches tall and weighs approximately 36 pounds. She has brown hair and a distinct red “strawberry” type birthmark on her left temple. She was last seen wearing a dark blue dress with thin white and red stripes.

As for her mother, Ammon has blonde shoulder length hair and was last seen wearing dark colored legging pants and a floral print shirt.

Anyone with information as to where Turley and Ammon are is asked to contact Wilton Manors police at 954-764-HELP (4357), 911 or your local law enforcement agency.

This story was originally published December 6, 2020 at 10:12 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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