WDSU PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER MIKE NEELY. A MOM FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME. TWO LITTLE GIRLS MISSING AND MORE THAN THREE HOURS LATER, AN AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED. AMBER ALERTS ARE DESIGNED TO GET THE WORD OUT IN THE CRITICAL MINUTES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A CHILD ABDUCTION. AS PART OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. YOUR LOCAL TV, RADIO, CABLE STATIONS AND VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES LET THE PUBLIC KNOW TO HELP WITH THE SEARCH. HERE’S THE TIMELINE. THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, 8 A.M. 35 YEAR OLD KAYLEE BRUNET’S FATHER FOUND HER DEAD IN HER HOME. HER TWO CHILDREN, SIX YEAR OLD JAYLEE AND FOUR YEAR OLD AARON, MISSING 9:21 A.M. THE TANGIPAHOA SHERIFF’S OFFICE REQUESTS AN AMBER ALERT 927 STATE POLICE INSTRUCT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND INCLUDE PICTURES. 10:30 A.M. STATE POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION. 12:28 P.M. INITIAL AMBER ALERT BROADCAST LAST. TRAGICALLY, THE GIRLS WERE LATER FOUND. FOUR YEAR OLD AARON MURDERED HER BIG SISTER’S LIFE CHANGED FOREVER. DANIEL CALLAHAN AND ACCOMPLICE VICTORIA COX, NOW UNDER ARREST FOR THE HORRIFIC CRIMES. SO WHY DID IT TAKE MORE THAN THREE HOURS TO SEND OUT THE AMBER ALERT IN THE PRESS? THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE CREDIBILITY OF SOURCES. WDSU NEWS FIRST REPORTED ON THE MISSING GIRLS NEARLY TWO HOURS BEFORE THE AMBER ALERT ON THE WORD OF THE TANGIPAHOA SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE STATE’S LEGAL CODE ALSO GIVES IMMUNITY TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN ISSUING AN AMBER ALERT IF SOMETHING IS INCORRECT. SO THE REASON IS SIMPLY BUREAUCRACY. NEXT TIME, IF A SHERIFF, POLICE CHIEF OR ANY OTHER BONA FIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASKS FOR AN AMBER ALERT, LET’S JUST GET