“I can tell you that we are diligently, diligently pursuing different avenues, and Lord willing, we will have answers in the coming days. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers as we move forward in this tragic event.”<doc-sep>A mural of George Floyd is shown in the intersection of 38th St & Chicago Ave on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community members continue preparations during the third day in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with multiple counts of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 01: President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to journalists outside the White House West Wing July 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. 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(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images) A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East (CNN) — An 11-year-old Alabama girl was found dead early Saturday, about 12 hours after authorities started searching for her, DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden said. Amberly Barnett was last seen Friday around 6 p.m. in the Mount Vernon community in northeast Alabama, and searchers found her body about 6:30 a.m. the next day, the sheriff’s office said. The location wasn’t disclosed. The sheriff did not release the cause of her death or any other information because of the ongoing investigation. “I can tell you we are diligently, diligently pursuing different avenues, and Lord willing, we will have answers in the upcoming days,” Weldon, who declined to take questions from reporters, said at a brief press conference. The girl’s mother, Jonie L. Barnett, said on Facebook that Amberly went missing from her aunt’s home while the aunt was at the store and the aunt’s brother-in-law worked on a nearby house, the Facebook page said. Jonie L Barnett/Facebook Amberly Barnett went missing from a relative's house, her mother said on Facebook. Amberly left her phone behind, which was unusual because “my baby takes it everywhere,” she said. “Nothing in her phone indicated she was planning to leave!,” Jonie Barnett said on Facebook. A green SUV was seen leaving the driveway, the mother said on Facebook. She said in a telephone interview that she had little information. “We don’t know anything,” she said Sunday. “They are doing the autopsy. We will get the results tomorrow.” The search began immediately after the call came in to the sheriff’s office at 7 p.m. Friday, and continued throughout the night, growing in manpower and spreading to nearby Cherokee County and into Georgia, the sheriff said at an earlier press conference. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and DeKalb County investigators responded to the search, he said. A Mount Vernon resident told CNN affiliate WAAY31 that crime of this kind rarely, if ever, happens in the area, which is about 25 miles northeast of the city of Gadsden, Alabama. “It was shocking. You don’t hear nothing about that around here,” Terry Clanton told WAAY31, describing Mount Vernon as a close-knit community. “I want to say directly from the heart, being in this career, in this job, the way we do it is 100% from the heart,” Welden said. “And my heart is shattered this day, here in DeKalb County, Alabama.”<doc-sep>"We are diligently, diligently pursuing different avenues and, Lord willing, we will have answers in the upcoming days," Welden said at a news conference Saturday. "Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers as we move forward during this tragic event. ... “My heart is shattered this day in DeKalb County, Alabama, but we will go forward and, good Lord willing, we will have those answers needed and deserved.”<doc-sep>
Ala. Girl, 11, Is Mysteriously Found Dead After Vanishing, and Mom Says She Wouldn't Have Run Away In Alabama, the small towns of Mount Vernon and Collinsville are reeling from the death of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found early Saturday morning 12 hours after she went missing. Amberly Barnett of Mount Vernon was reported missing Friday evening at around 6 p.m., triggering an extensive search throughout DeKalb County. People reported seeing a dark-colored SUV outside Amberly’s aunt’s home in Collinsville, Alabama, around the time she disappeared, DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Walden said at a Saturday press conference. Before she was found, Amberly’s mother, Jonie L. Barnett, wrote in a Facebook post that her daughter was not the type to run away. Walden said his agency would not rest until the mystery of Amberly’s death is solved. “I can tell you that we are diligently, diligently pursuing different avenues and — the Lord willing — we will have answers in the upcoming days,” Walden said. “Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers as we move forward during this tragic event.” Amberly-Barnett-2 Amberly Barnett | Credit: Jonie Barnett/Facebook Amberly’s death has taken an emotional toll on his officers, Walden said. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. “And I want to say directly from the heart, being in this career, in this job — the way we do it is 100 percent from the heart and my heart is shattered this day here in DeKalb County, Alabama,” Walden said. At this time, police have not released Amberly’s cause of death or stated it resulted from foul play.