An Amber Alert issued Friday afternoon for a 7-month-old boy and a 12-year-old girl last seen Wednesday in Midlothian has been discontinued.
The children were located in the state of Missouri and are safe, according to authorities.
Local authorities with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services have been notified and
will make arrangements to bring the children back to Texas.
The 7-month-old boy and 12-year-old girl were last seen at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Ellis County Sheriff's Office said the children were believed to be in imminent danger and likely to suffer serious physical harm.
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Police were looking for the siblings' parents, Scott Welch and Alethia Tyson, in connection with their disappearance.
The children were last seen around noon Wednesday at a home in the 1000 block of McAda Drive in Midlothian, where the kids live with their parents and grandparents.
The disappearance stems from a months-long child abuse or neglect investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
DFPS was recently granted custody of the kids due to both parents alleged history of using and recently testing positive for high levels of methamphetamine.
"Upon the Ellis County court issuing the order for the children to be removed from the custody of their parents and turned over to DFPS, [the 12-year-old] was removed from school by her mother and both parents appear to have fled the jurisdiction of the court," read a news release issued by the Ellis County Sheriff's Office.
The children's grandfather, Paul Welch, says his family feels harassed by the DFPS and that the Amber Alert is an overreaction.
"I don't think they're in any danger at all. They'd be in more danger in my opinion if they were with CPS than they are right now," said Paul Welch.
Tyson and Welch were believed to be traveling with the children in a black colored SUV. The make and model are unknown, along with their direction of travel. Tyson has traveled in the past to an unknown location in Missouri, the sheriff's office said.
Neither parent has been charged criminally at this time but the children were believed to be in "grave danger," according to the new release.
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TEXAS STATEWIDE ALERT PROGRAMS
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