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Bill would create alert system for certain missing people (AP)

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Bill would create alert system for certain missing people

Updated: 01/28/2015 8:15 AM | Created: 01/28/2015 8:08 AM
By: The Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico lawmaker is proposing legislation that would create a notification system for law enforcement when a person with severe physical, mental or developmental disabilities goes missing.

Sen. Jacob Candelaria introduced the Brittany Alert legislation on Tuesday.

The Albuquerque Democrat says he named the legislation after Brittany Redford-Gonzales, a developmentally disabled 25-year-old woman who disappeared for nearly three weeks. She was finally found 200 miles from home.

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