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Amber Alert issued for missing 8-month-old girl from North Florida, authorities say

An Amber Alert was issued to find missing 8-month-old Paradise Levy who was taken in North Florida Thursday night, authorities said.
An Amber Alert was issued to find missing 8-month-old Paradise Levy who was taken in North Florida Thursday night, authorities said. FDLE

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for a missing 8-month-old Thursday night who was taken by her father from North Florida.

Paradise Levy was last seen around 4 p.m. Thursday in the area of the 1300th block of Stonehill Way in Orange Park, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.

Paradise — just 2 feet tall and 16 pounds — was wearing diapers. She is said to be with abductor Terry Levy.

Levy was last seen wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt and is 6 feet tall and about 205 pounds.

It’s believed the 46-year-old caught a ride to Youngerman Circle and Blanding Boulevard in Jacksonville, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said.

If you have info on the whereabouts of this child call the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 904-264-6512 or 911.

This is a developing story.

This story was originally published February 16, 2023 at 8:41 PM.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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