Brittany Mae Smith Missing: Amber Alert Issued for 12-Year-Old After Mother's Body Found

ROANOKE, Va. (CBS/WDBJ/AP) Police in Virginia have issued an Amber Alert for Brittany Mae Smith as they continue to search for the 12-year-old Roanoke County girl believed to have been taken against her will after her mother may have been murdered in their home.

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Roanoke County spokeswoman Teresa Hamilton Hall says Brittany may be with Jeffrey Scott Easley, a friend of Brittany's mother, Tina Smith, who may have lived in the home until recently.

According to CBS affiliate WDBJ, authorities were called to the home in Salem after the mother failed to show up for work. Investigators say 41-year-old mother's death is being investigated as a possible homicide. An autopsy is expected Tuesday.

Hamilton says Easley is believed to be driving a 2005 silver Dodge Neon.

Brittany is described as 5-feet tall, 100 pounds with straight brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Roanoke County Police Department at 540-562-3265 or the Virginia State Police at 800-822-4453.