Amber alert issued in Washoe County

The Washoe County Sheriff`s Office has issued an amber alert for the confirmed abduction of four children.

The children may be with their non-custodial mother Claire Tourand.

The suspect is a 34-year-old white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall,

weighing about 220 pounds, large build, with brown hair and

hazel eyes.

She was last seen driving a white 1998 Mercury Sable with Nevada license plate number 369-SDH. Tourand was scheduled to meet with social services Friday regarding custody of the children and failed to show up for the meeting. Investigators determined that Tourand left her residence sometime in the last 24 hours and fled with the four children.

A court order was issued for return of the children by a family court judge who stated that

There was an immediate risk of harm to the children.

Anyone with the information is asked to call 911.