Crime

Missing Irving baby found safe, police say; father taken into custody

By Matt Leclercq

Updated December 5, 2022 3:17 PM

An infant taken by her father Monday morning in Irving has been found and is safe, police said.

At 3:08 p.m., Irving police tweeted that the child was being reunited with her family and the father, Germey Martinez, was taken into custody.

About an hour earlier, police said they were in the process of issuing an Amber Alert for the 4-month-old girl. Martinez took the baby after assaulting and threatening to kill the victim at their apartment on the 6300 block of North MacArthur Boulevard around 10 a.m. Monday.

AMBER ALERT-MISSING CHILD. We are activating an Amber Alert for 4-mth-old Gianina Martinez, believed to be in imminent danger. The child was taken by her father, Germey Martinez, 29 yrs of age, w/ unknown clothing at this time…1/2 pic.twitter.com/dKahkBBbbZ
— Irving Police Dept. (@IrvingPD) December 5, 2022

This story was originally published December 5, 2022 at 2:35 PM.

Matt Leclercq

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Matt Leclercq is senior managing editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He previously was an editor at USA Today in Washington, national news editor at Gatehouse Media in Austin, and executive editor of The Fayetteville (NC) Observer. He’s a New Orleans native.

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