Rock Island police say reported child abduction was a hoax: ‘Intentional deception’​on January 31, 2025 at 7:10 pm

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) — Police in Rock Island, Illinois said last week’s Amber Alert for an allegedly abducted child was a hoax.

The child’s mother, Princess Illunga, had told police that her car was stolen with her 4-year-old daughter inside of it.

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Police now say while that car — which Illunga left running — was stolen, the child was not abducted.

Rather, she was inside her mother’s home, even when police first responded to the scene.

Illunga has been charged with filing a false police report.

Chief Tim McCloud called it an “intentional deception that wasted the time and resources of six local law enforcement agencies.”