Amber Alert suspect found, girl missing

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - In the case of an Amber Alert issued for a 2-year-old Grand Rapids girl, Jozlynn Mari Martinez remains missing and a suspect who police believed had the child has been located in Lansing.

Jozlynn was last seen in her bed at 11 p.m. Monday. Her mom, Consuela Martinez, woke up at 9 a.m. Tuesday and noticed the girl and the suspect, Jeffrey Lynn Malmberg, were gone from the home they shared in the 900 block of Nagold.

Malmberg, Martinez's boyfriend of about 1.5 years, was arrested by Lansing police at around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday and driven back to Grand Rapids.

GRPD Lt. Paul Warwick told 24 Hour News 8 Malmberg is cooperating with investigators and denies any involvement in the child's disappearance. He was set to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, but it's been re-scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Currently police are checking the locations Malmberg said he's been at since Monday.

"I don't know where she is, who she's with," Martinez said. " ... I'm scared."

Police initially said Malmberg took the child and $2,800 in cash from Martinez's purse.

Martinez, 21, believed Malmberg had taken Jozlynn on errands and would be returning. Though she checked with family and friends throughout the day, Martinez was not able to locate her daughter or her boyfriend.

"Yeah, I think they were running errands and everything, because they do that a lot, and all of a sudden, they never came home," Martinez said. "You would never expect somebody to come in your home and take your child."

Jozlynn is Hispanic, about 2-foot-9, weighs 22 pounds and has brown eyes, brown hair and a scab on her chin. She also has a spot on the right side of her head where hair isn't growing.

"There's no explanation why she's not home," Lt. Warwick told 24 Hour News 8 Wednesday afternoon. "We can only assume that something may have happened, but we don't know that at this point."

On Thursday morning, he added, "There's no indication of any injuries to the girl."

24 Hour News 8 spotted FBI agents going door-to-door on Nagold Street talking to neighbors.

Consuela Martinez was taken into police custody for questioning late Wednesday night, but is no longer being questioned by police. Thursday morning, she told 24 Hour News 8 police asked her several times over the 10-hour questioning if she was involved in any way. She said no, she was not.

Another 7-month-old child, fathered by Malmberg, is fine and with Martinez.

In 1997, Malmberg was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana. In August 2009, he was charged for larceny in Walker, according to his criminal record.

Martinez filed a personal protection order against him in February 2009 -- which was violated twice, once in May and the second time in July. Malmberg served seven days in jail.

The PPO was vacated or dropped in August 2009. Martinez said it stems from arguments over keeping Brian, the child the couple shares.

"I just want my baby home," Martinez said.

If you have any information about this incident you are asked to call 911 or the Grand Rapids Police Department at (616) 456-3604, or contact Silent Observer.