Two children missing from Delaware were found safe in Indiana Saturday and their father arrested. The children’s mother is still missing.

Delaware State Police issued an Amber Alert Saturday, Jan. 10, for Colette Hamilton, 4, and Cortez Hamilton Jr., 4 months, of Smyrna, Delaware. The children and their mother, Keisha Hamilton, 35, had not been seen since 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9.

Delaware police contacted Indiana State Police at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday to inform them that the children were possibly with their father in a red 2005 Chevrolet Suburban traveling to St. Louis, Missouri, on Interstate 64. ISP, county deputies and city officers in that area were all put on the lookout for the vehicle.

The red Suburban driven by Cortez Hamilton Sr., was pulled over on I-64 Saturday evening

Two state troopers spotted a large red SUV with Delaware plates near the 38 mile marker on I-64 at 7:32 p.m. The troopers pulled it over and arrested Cortez Hamilton Sr., charging him with two counts of endangering child welfare and one count of assault stemming from warrants out of Delaware. The children were placed in the care of Warrick county child services.

ISP is working with Delaware State Police in the ongoing investigation.

Source: WANE