How Tenn. police tracked down the missing 4-year-old NC girl at center of Amber Alert How Tenn. police tracked down the missing 4-year-old NC girl at center of Amber Alert By WECT Staff | February 25, 2021 at 3:20 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 7:40 PM BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (WECT) - A fateful stop at a Nashville McDonaldâs led to a chain of events that helped Tennessee law enforcement find a missing four-year-old Brunswick County girl at the center of Wednesdayâs nationwide Amber Alert. Just before 6:30 a.m., the Brunswick County Sheriffâs Office issued a Silver Alert for Elijah Muhammad McFarland, 37, and said he told family members that he was taking his daughter, Aubrey McFarland, to California. An Amber Alert would be issued for Aubrey later that afternoon.