6-year-old boy, mother at center of Amber Alert found dead in Texas parking lot, reports say

WAXAHACHIE, Texas – A 6-year-old boy and his mother at the center of an Amber Alert were both found dead inside her vehicle Friday afternoon in a parking garage in Waxahachie, Texas.

An Amber Alert was issued Friday afternoon for 6-year-old Philip Wiedeman and 46-year-old Candace Harbin.

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According to NBCDFW, investigators found Wiedeman and Harbin dead around 6:36 p.m. inside Harbin's vehicle. Wiedeman's father, John Wiedeman, called police around 9 a.m. Friday about his son's disappearance. 

It is unknown how the child and mother died.

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