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FOUND: Amber Alert Issued for Man Accused of Violent NYC Stabbing, Abducting Child; Last Seen Traveling Across GWB into NJ

Fort Lee

Update: Troopers on the Garden State Parkway stopped the suspect's vehicle in Clifton at northbound milepost 156.9, where they arrested Diomedes Valenzuela and secured 3-year-old Rebecca. She is safe as of 5 p.m.

Police are looking for a male suspect wanted for a violent NYC stabbing that left a woman in critical condition. The suspect then reportedly abducted a 3-year-old girl.

The vehicle is a 2004 Silver Dodge Caravan with reported NJ license plate number "K24-ECS". It was last seen traveling on GW Bridge towards New Jersey.

The girl has been identified as Rebecca Valenzuela a Hispanic female, around the age 3-years-old with black hair and brown eyes. She is about 2'6" and weighs about 30 pounds.

Police said the suspect is Diomedes Valenzuela and is a Hispanic approximately 47-years-old. Bald with brown eyes police said.

He is approximately 6'1" tall and weighs about 270 pounds.

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