CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Starting this fall there will be a new type of alert system for missing Texans. Governor Greg Abbott signing House Bill 1769 into law this past May, but unlike an Amber Alert for children or a Silver Alert for senior citizens, the new alert focuses on adults 18-65 years of age.
It's called a CLEAR Alert, and one Coastal Bend mother whose daughter was murdered is praising the lawmakers who passed the bill.
Fallon Wood, the mother of 21-year-old Breanna Wood who was found murdered back in 2016, believes if this type of alert had been available when her own daughter first went missing, it might have made a difference.
When Wood stopped hearing from her daughter, she knew something was wrong.
"She did not show up at her apartment and so I knew," Wood said.
A report was filed but it would take time for that information to eventually get out to the public.
"If it wasn't for the media and social media, no one would have even known that she was missing," Wood said.
85 days after her disappearance, Breanna's body was found. Her mother believes an Amber Alert type of system could have helped.
"If an alert was out there, maybe," Wood said.
A CLEAR alert stands for Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue, and it is a way to help solve abduction cases before they turn tragic, like in the 2017 murder case of 19-year-old Cayley Mandadi, a cheerleader at Trinity University who police said was kidnapped from a music festival in San Antonio.
Bexar County officials said Cayley was sexually assaulted and then murdered. The girl's mother spent months lobbying lawmakers and got the bill passed.
"It's amazing for the mother to fight for this new law," Wood said. "It should be for everybody. It shouldn't take the police department a week to report somebody missing."
The CLEAR Alert focuses on those who have been abducted or missing for less than 72 hours or are believed to be in imminent danger. When an alert is issued, law enforcement, bank, lottery and media partners will be contacted to issue alerts. The National Weather Service will send phone alerts and the information put on the emergency roadside signs across Texas.
While she is left to wonder if it would have helped her own daughter, Wood finds comfort knowing it will help save countless others.
"It makes awareness. If you see someone that matches, call police," Wood said. "It could save a lot of lives."
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