SAMANTHA MARTYN - 4 yo - Regina, Saskatchewan CANADA - Border states alert

Amber Alert issued in ND for girl kidnapped from Canada

The North Dakota Highway Patrol released the following Amber Alert Tuesday evening regarding a child abducted in Canada:

At 6:15 p.m., Monday, Samantha Martyn is believed to have been abducted from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Samantha is described as a white 4-year-old girl. She is 3 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 50 pounds and has brown eyes and long brown hair with bangs.

Samantha might be with Christopher Martyn, who might be driving a brown 2007 four-door Ford Taurus with Saskatchewan plate 250-FMA.

Christopher Martyn, 39, is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He has a scar on his left wrist and a heart tattoo on his upper left arm.

Also, Samantha's mother, Natasha Sentes, is believed to be in the vehicle and may also be endangered.

Natasha is a white female and is 34 years of age. The suspect was last known to be traveling southeast from Estevan, Saskatchewan, during the early morning hours.

The patrol is asking anyone with information concerning this incident and/or the whereabouts of this child to immediately contact State Radio by calling 800-472-2121.


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Suspect in Amber Alert previously convicted of manslaughter

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Regina police issue Amber alert for girl, 4, and mom believed to be abducted

Excerpt:

Manitoba Mounties said in a news release late Tuesday afternoon that they believe Martyn is headed to Manitoba. The North Dakota Highway Patrol also issued their own Amber alert in case the trio crossed the
border.

http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/regina-police-issue-amber-alert-for-four-year-old-girl-believed-to-be-with-mom-97897849.html?viewAllComments=y

An Amber Alert issued Tuesday for a missing four-year old Regina girl
has been cancelled after the girl and her parents were located safe in
Regina, RCMP confirmed on Wednesday.The alert had been
extended to North Dakota, after police confirmed that the girl, her
mother and her father, who is suspected of abducting them, were seen
Tuesday morning in southern Manitoba.Police were hunting
for Christopher Alan Martyn, a man previously convicted of manslaughter,
who was suspected of kidnapping his estranged spouse Natasha Sentes,
and their daughter Samantha Martyn.Late Tuesday night,
police said that Christopher and Samantha were last seen at a gas
station in Manitou, Man., — about 542 kilometres southeast of Regina and
159 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg near the U.S. border — at about
6:49 a.m. Police believe that a woman travelling in the front seat of
the vehicle was Natasha.Ray Bamford, manager of Reds Cafe
& Convenience in Manitou said there was little doubt that it was
Samantha and her father, Christopher who were at his cafe and gas
station.Police say video from the station shows the little
girl and her father walking back to his car.Bamford said
the surveillance video from a few angles shows pretty clearly it was
them.He said he saw a woman, likely Sentes, in the car."She
didn't come in the cafe," Bamford said. "It looked like she was
sleeping."A restraining order — imposed last month when
Martyn, 39, appeared in court for a peace bond application sought by his
34-year-old ex-partner Sentes — was supposed to keep them apart, but
Martyn had arranged a visit with his daughter on Monday.According
to police, Sentes left her job around 10:30 p.m. Monday and was
supposed to pick up her daughter, but they don't know what happened
after that.Regina police were first alerted around 1 a.m.
Tuesday when a friend of Sentes telephoned out of concern for the safety
of the 34-year-old Regina woman and her daughter.Regina
police spokeswoman Lara Guzik told reporters Tuesday afternoon that it's
believed both Sentes and her daughter were abducted. "We have great
concern for the safety of both Samantha and Natasha," she said.While
police would not disclose the basis of that concern, the Regina
Leader-Post covered Martyn's trial in 1992, which ended with a
manslaughter conviction in the death of Joel Olson, a 29-year-old owner
of a GM dealership. Olson was killed in the parking lot of an Oxbow,
Sask., bar in November 1991 after confronting Martyn about $1,000 owed
to Olson for car repairs.Martyn hit Olson with his car,
dragging him for 4.5 metres before driving off. Immediately after that
incident, Martyn fled across the border to North Dakota, but returned
the next day and was arrested.While Martyn was originally
sentenced to two years less a day in jail for what the court described
as "motor manslaughter," the appeal court subsequently upped the penalty
to 4 1/2 years in prison.

This guy seems to have got away very lightly. He got a paltry 4 1/2 years for deliberately running down and killing someone and even though he has that violent record he's been only given 6 months for assaulting Natasha and charges were dropped relating to the 'kidnapping' and Amber alert.
Man in Amber Alert case pleads guilty to assault

Last Updated: Monday, October 18, 2010 | 10:49 AM CSTComments0Recommend0

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Christopher Martyn pleaded guilty on Monday to assault causing bodily harm of Natasha Sentes. (Regina Police Service)Christopher Alan Martyn, the Regina man charged in connection with an Amber Alert missing child case earlier this year, has pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.Martyn entered the plea in a Regina court on Monday. The victim in the assault case was Natasha Sentes, the mother of the four-year-old girl who was at the centre of the July Amber Alert.Martyn was sentenced to a six-month jail term, with 77 days remaining after deductions for time spent in custody.Martyn faced other charges, including unlawful confinement, but they were stayed Monday by the Crown.On July 6, police issued an Amber Alert when they could not locate Martyn's four-year-old daughter Samantha or Sentes.Police said there was a court order preventing Martyn from having contact with those two.Martyn was arrested after a day-long search.Samantha was in good health, but her mother Natasha Sentes had been injured.Court heard Martyn punched Sentes in the face, breaking a bone near her eye.The Amber alert was issued after a friend called with concerns about the safety of the mother and child.Amber Alerts are used when police believe a child has been abducted and may be in danger of harm.


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