Amber Alert canceled for 13-year-old Utah boy

(Gray News) - An Amber Alert issued Tuesday for a missing 13-year-old boy from Utah was canceled Wednesday morning after the boy was found safe.

Evan McConney, from Layton, Utah, was found “in a car at a gas station in Grand Island, Nebraska,” along with the suspect in the case, 26-year-old Aaron Zeman of Arizona, the Layton City Police Department said.

On Tuesday, the department said Evan was “believed to be with an adult male stranger using the name Hunter Fox.”

Authorities said the two were possibly traveling toward Arizona or Texas.

The suspect, later identified as Zeman, was taken into custody.

Authorities said Evan left his home Monday night to meet the suspect after communicating with him over the internet.

Police said they were working to reunite Evan with his family.

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