OGDEN — An Ogden girl whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert on Wednesday has been found safe in Colorado, police said.

The man who police suspect took the girl from her Ogden home has been taken into custody, the Ogden Police Department said in a prepared statement.

An Amber Alert was issued about 5 p.m. after the 13-year-old girl had been reported missing earlier in the afternoon.

Police said they suspected 33-year-old Christopher Thomas Wiggins had taken the girl from her home in Ogden. The Amber Alert noted Wiggins is a registered sex offender. Court documents show he has a prior conviction from 2011 of two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.

The girl’s mother told KSL that Wiggins lived with the family.

Police said Larimer County sheriff’s deputies in Colorado l

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