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AMBER Alert Issued After Abduction In Haywood County

An AMBER Alert was issued Wednesday morning after authorities say a 3-month-old child was abducted in Clyde.  Cali Cochran was taken by her non-custodial parents according to the Haywood County sheriff's office.  She's described as white with brown hair, 20 inches in length and weighing 10 pounds.  Her alleged abductors are 39-year-old Rex Cochran Jr and 31-year-old Heather Marie Cochran.  Authorities believe the pair are traveling to either Valdosta, Georgia or Ocala, Florida in either a gray 1999 GMC Suburban with a North Dakota license plate 489-AWH.  They may also be traveling in a blue 2001 Ford Mustang.  Rex Cochran is described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 185 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.  Heather Marie Cochran is described as a white female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds.  She has a tattoo "Faith" on the right side of her neck.  Anyone with information on their whereabouts are asked to contact the Haywood County Sheriff's Department at 828-452-6666.

Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.