CHILD FOUND: Missing San Antonio child found in Waco

(KWTX)
Published: May. 1, 2020 at 7:02 AM CDT
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Department of Public Safety troopers found a girl named in an Amber Alert and a suspect in her disappearance after a traffic stop Friday morning on Interstate 35 in Central Texas.

Troopers spotted the black Honda Accord in which the two were believed to be riding at around 8:00 a.m. Friday headed south on the interstate in the Elm Mott-Lacy Lakeview area

The initiated a traffic stop and the driver pulled off the highway and stopped at a gas station.

Inside the vehicle, they found Aurora Lee Lopez, 2, of San Antonio, whom authorities "believed to in grave or immediate danger," according to the alert, which was issued earlier Friday.

The suspect was identified as Sherry Lee McGill, 49.

She's the girl's grandmother, authorities said.

Authorities in Bexar county thought she was headed to Oklahoma.