An AMBER Alert was issued Saturday for two young brothers from Saratoga Springs, Utah, after authorities said their father failed to drop them off at a custody exchange and was believed to have taken them from their home. The children, Wesley Dane Richman, 10 months old, and Will Thomas Richman, 1, were last tied to their father, Dane Stephen Richman, 46.
Officials said the boys may be riding in a black Toyota Camry with Utah plate A561HL, though the car may also have a temporary tag. Dane Richman is described as a white man standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 195 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. The children were described as just over 2 feet tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
The alert came after a day of missed appearances that investigators say raised immediate concern. Authorities said Dane Richman did not show up Friday for a custody deposition with his attorney and then failed to bring the children to a custody exchange on Saturday. That sequence, combined with what officials described as worsening personal instability, pushed the case into the emergency system used when a child may have been abducted and is believed to face imminent danger of serious harm or death.
Authorities said the suspect has been seriously depressed, selling possessions, facing financial stress, and abandoned his home. Those details are at the center of the search because they suggest the children could be in danger even though investigators have not publicly said where Richman may be headed. For Utah law enforcement, the threshold for an AMBER Alert is high: the child must be believed abducted and in imminent danger of serious harm or death.
That leaves deputies and the public focused on the same urgent task today: finding the black Camry and the two boys before the search window narrows further. The case now hinges on whether someone sees the vehicle, recognizes the father, or spots the children before they are moved again.
