Kidnapped girl 'in grave danger'; Amber Alert continues

Kidnapped girl ‘in grave danger’; Amber Alert continues

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Phillip Garrido enters a courtroom in Placerville, Calif. Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison for Jaycee Dugard’s abduction. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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A tent in the backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif., where authorities say kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

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Elizabeth Smart addresses the media outside a federal courthouse following the guilty verdict in the Brian David Mitchell trail in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was found guilty in the June 5, 2002, kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. (Colin E. Braley / Associated Press)

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Elizabeth Smart poses with her parents, Lois and Ed, outside their home in 2003. Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 (Tom Smart / Associated Press)

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Brian David Mitchell, Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper, is escorted into the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse in Salt Lake City in 2010. (Jim Urquhart / Associated Press)

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Katie Beers, whose kidnapping attracted nationwide headlines in 1992, poses for a photo in Old Westbury, N.Y. The 30-year-old mother of two co-wrote a new book about her ordeal. (Frank Eltman / Associated Press)

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John Esposito sits handcuffed in a van in Hauppauge, N.Y., as he is about to be taken to court for arraignment on charges of kidnapping Katie Beers. (Michael Albans / Associated Press)

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Shawn Hornbeck, 15, watches as his parents Craig and Pam Akers talk to the media in Richwoods, Mo. Shawn, who was missing since Oct. 2002, was recovered in 2007 with another missing boy. (Tom Gannam / Associated Press)

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Michael Devlin is escorted out of the Franklin County Courthouse in Union, Mo. Devlin pleaded guilty in Franklin County to one charge of child kidnapping and one count of armed criminal action in the 2007 abduction of 13-year-old William “Ben” Ownby. (Tom Gannam / Associated Press)

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Steven Stayner, right, and and his brother Delbert Stayner walk toward their Merced County home as Steven was reunited with his family following a 7-year kidnap ordeal. (Ted Benson / Associated Press)

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Convicted kidnapper Kenneth Eugene Parnell during a court appearance in Oakland in 2003. Parnell was convicted in the kidnappings of Steven Stayner in 1972 and Timothy White in 1980. (Nick Lammers / Associated Press)

By Tony Perry and Hailey Branson-Potts

Aug. 7, 2013 2:35 PM PT

Officials said they have received numerous tips but no confirmed sightings of Hannah Anderson, a missing 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped by a longtime family friend.

The case has the subject of the California’s first Amber Alert text alert on Monday and Tuesday.

“We think she’s in grave danger,” Lt. Glenn Giannantonio told Fox 5 San Diego. “Realistically we don’t know where they’re going. We’re keeping a wide net and hopefully we’ll find them. We’re looking everywhere.”

Friends gathered at the vigil at El Capitan High School wearing pink, Hannah’s favorite color. They also released blue balloons in memory of her 8-year-old brother, Ethan, who is believed dead.

James Lee DiMaggio is suspected of killing the children’s mother, Christina Anderson, 44, of Lakeside and then kidnapping one or both of the children.

Christina Anderson’s body was found Sunday night in the burning rubble of a house and garage in the rural community of Boulevard in eastern San Diego County, authorities said.

The Sheriff’s Department said an autopsy on the child’s remains was performed Tuesday but that the autopsy results are sealed.

Authorities believe DiMaggio is driving a blue Nissan Versa, California license plate 6WCU986. A statewide Amber Alert remains in effect.

At the vigil, Hannah Anderson’s friend Haley Wilcock told Fox 5 San Diego: “We have hope still that she’s still out there. And we hope that she somehow hears about this and knows that we’re all here for her and praying for her.”

Hannah’s father, Brett Anderson, also addressed the crowd.

“Hannah will come back and Ethan and Tina, I love you both,” said Anderson. “We all love you. I know everybody’s here for support of all three of them and I want to thank you all. God bless.”

Hannah’s cousin pleaded with the suspect, James DiMaggio, to bring Hannah home safe.

“Please bring Hannah home to us,” she said. “We all miss you. Hannah we love you so much.”

At a Tuesday afternoon news conference, Brett Anderson said, “I’m begging you to let my daughter go. You’ve taken everything else.”

DiMaggio had been considered a close family friend and the children had considered him like an uncle. Authorities aren’t releasing a motive.

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hailey.branson@latimes.com