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Amber Alert Issued and Canceled Sunday, April 20.
Hadley Bilger
13, 5' 4", 150 lbs., white female with brown hair and blue eyes, abducted from her home in Pocono Lake PA by Robert Hixson a white male 6'2", 240 lbs with brown hair and eyes after he shot and killed her parents in northeast Pennsylvania. Hadley was last seen wearing pajamas with teddy bears on them.
Police said that Hadley was released unharmed after a police chase on Easter Sunday morning.
The FBI was trying to negotiate the surrender of suspect Robert Lee Hixson, 42, of Danville, after the release of Hadley Bilger near Reading, FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi said.
"At some point, Hixson stopped the car and let her out. She is with the police," Vizi said.
Hixson allegedly shot and killed the girl's parents after breaking into the family's Pocono Lake home at about 9:20 p.m. Saturday. The FBI identified the parents as Myron and Ellen Bilger.
Hadley's 5-year-old sister was at home at the time and ran to the house of a relative, who alerted authorities, police said.
A statewide Amber Alert for Hadley was issued following the shooting, which happened around 9 p.m. Saturday in her family's home. Hadley's 5-year-old sister was at home at the time and ran to the house of a relative, who alerted authorities, police said.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Robert Lee Hixson, 42, of Danville. They said he could have two weapons with him, including a shotgun allegedly used in the slayings, according to Detective Michael Robson of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department.
Police were concentrating their search on New Jersey, New York and other Northeast states.
"We're in fear for this girl right now. We don't know what's going through this man's mind. He just killed relatives," Robson said.
Hixson was last seen driving a red 1993 Chevy S10 pickup truck with a red cap and black molding strip, with PA plates YHP-6034.
Anyone with information please call Pocono Lake PD at (570) 895-2400. Pocono Lake is about 80 miles north of Philadelphia.
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