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Amber Alert issued for missing 13-year-old girl

An Amber Alert has been issued for 13-year-old Calista Kay Rose. She may be with 45-year old Samuel Leroy Chrispens.

Update 5/1/19 12:04pm: The Amber Alert has been canceled, and law enforcement says the missing girl has been found safe. Our previous reporting is below.

An Amber Alert was issued early Wednesday for a missing 13-year-old girl from southwest Michigan.

Calista Kay Rose was last seen around 1:30am Tuesday morning in Galesburg, near Kalamazoo. Police say she may be with Samuel Leroy Chrispens, a 45-year-old white male. He may be driving a 2011 four-door grey Chrysler. It has Michigan registration 1MCW51.

Rose was last seen wearing a black t-shirt with a pink winter coat. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the Michigan State Police Paw Paw post at 269-657-5551, or 911.

Mike Horace is WCMU's Radio Program and Operations Manager.