HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — There are nearly 500 missing children in Virginia. Not all are covered under the Amber Alert—as we saw with Codi Bigsby, the four-year-old who was never found after being reported missing January 2022.
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However, a House Bill, named in his honor was introduced recently and would help with those who fall through the cracks.
After Codi went missing, there was no Amber Alert issued, which upset many people. What they didn’t realize was that certain requirements must be met for an Amber Alert to be sent. And Hampton Del. A.C. Cordoza wants to help fix that.
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“So, I remember my mother used to tell me back in her time that the entire community looked out for people’s children,” Cordoza said. “We kind of lost that in the digital age.”
Now, Cordoza wants to improve the solution for the digital age. He introduced the CODI Alert bill that would widen the parameters of what’s required to report a child missing.