In the quiet hours before dawn on July 13, Lewisville’s typically tranquil neighborhoods were stirred to life by the urgent wail of sirens and the beam of searchlights cutting through the summer haze. Officers fanned out along backroads and into the early-morning air, racing against time to find a vulnerable teenager reported taken just hours earlier.
According to the Lewisville Police Department’s Facebook post, “The Lewisville Police Department has activated the AMBER Alert system following the abduction of a 13-year-old female with both physical and mental disabilities. The victim has been identified as Emerie Metcalf, a Black female.” That announcement triggered instant cooperation from nearby jurisdictions, state troopers and even passing motorists who scanned highways and side streets for any sign of Emerie.…