An Amber Alert sent to Texans last week warned that a child had been abducted by Chucky, a 28-year-old male with red or auburn hair and blue eyes who stands 3 feet 1 inch tall. His race was given as “Other: Doll.”
The alert, which was sent by email on Friday, warned of a 16-pound suspect wearing “blue denim overalls” and “wielding a huge kitchen knife.” It included an image of Chucky, the killer doll introduced in the 1988 slasher film “Child’s Play,” the first of a series of Chucky films.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has since apologized, saying in a statement that the alert was sent as a “result of a test malfunction.”
“We apologize for the confusion this may have caused and are diligently working to ensure this does not happen again,” the department said.
People who had subscribed to the Texas alerts system received the emailed alert three times on Friday, KENS 5, a television station in San Antonio, reported.
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The alert, which was sent by email on Friday, warned of a 16-pound suspect wearing “blue denim overalls” and “wielding a huge kitchen knife.” It included an image of Chucky, the killer doll introduced in the 1988 slasher film “Child’s Play,” the first of a series of Chucky films.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has since apologized, saying in a statement that the alert was sent as a “result of a test malfunction.”
“We apologize for the confusion this may have caused and are diligently working to ensure this does not happen again,” the department said.
People who had subscribed to the Texas alerts system received the emailed alert three times on Friday, KENS 5, a television station in San Antonio, reported.
Texas Department Apologizes for ‘Chucky’ Amber Alert (Published 2021)
The alert, which said that the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” horror films was a suspect in a kidnapping, was sent as a “result of a test malfunction,” according to state officials.
