The first Turquoise Alert issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety helped law enforcement in Cottonwood quickly find a girl who went missing from Hawaii.
DPS issued the Wednesday night alert for Violet Coultas-Benson, a 6-year-old who had last been seen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on July 12.
A spokesperson for DPS confirmed that she was located because of the Turquoise Alert.
Arizona launched the alert system, billed as notifications for missing Indigenous people, earlier this month.
Lawmakers who approved the system cited Emily Pike, a San Carlos Apache tribal member whose murder case drew national attention earlier this year.
Turquoise Alerts were expanded to include anyone under the age of 65 who is missing under suspicious circumstances.
