Movers help rescue missing 3-year-old in Arizona after spotting AMBER Alert suspect

A group of movers in Phoenix, Arizona, helped stop a suspected kidnapping after recognizing a woman and child who matched an AMBER Alert at a convenience store on Feb. 22.

Three‑year‑old Kehlani Rogers had been reported missing and authorities issued the alert after determining she had likely been abducted. Several employees from Camelback Moving were making a routine coffee stop at QuikTrip when the alert went off on their phones. Moments later, a security guard they knew approached them and said he believed the suspect had “just walked in with the child.”

As the guard called 911, the movers positioned their trucks to block the vehicle he believed the suspect, Marina Noriega, was driving. Police arrived about 90 seconds later, a response that company founder Chad Olsen said likely helped ensure the child’s safe recovery.

Olsen said he wasn’t surprised his team stepped in. “I know many of these men and their character,” he said. “Listening to the dash‑cam conversation of them deciding to get involved—it made me really proud. It just really proves that these AMBER Alerts work, and good people are out there.”

The encounter unfolded as the company was participating in Truckers Against Trafficking training, a program that teaches movers and truckers how to recognize signs of trafficking.

“Truckers, movers are in a unique position to prevent this or at least recognize some of the signs,” Olsen said. “We’re in the homes… other service providers may not have this engagement.”

Kehlani was later confirmed safe and in good health, authorities said. Noriega was taken into custody by the Avondale Police Department and booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Intake, Transfer and Release facility on a charge of custodial interference, a class 3 felony.

“We’re a moving company, we’re not professional heroes,” Olsen said. “But we’re good people, and we do the right thing.”

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