Valley moving crew helps rescue girl in Amber Alert
After a 3-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from her home, prompting an Amber Alert, employees of Camelback Moving spotted the girl and the suspect at a Phoenix QuikTrip, and blocked the suspect’s car in the parking lot until police arrived at the scene.
PHOENIX – A Valley moving company played a large role in helping to save a young girl who was allegedly abducted from her Avondale home.
The backstory:
On Feb. 21, an Amber Alert was issued for 2-year-old Kehlani Rogers, who disappeared from her home near 118th Avenue and Thomas Road. Rogers’ parents reported her missing at around 8 a.m that morning.
The toddler was last seen with 23-year-old Marina Noriega. On Feb. 22, Rogers was found after a possible sighting was reported at a Phoenix QuikTrip near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road.
Soon after, a tipster reported picking Noriega and Rogers up near Friendship Park in Avondale and driving them to Maricopa where Noriega mentioned catching a train to California. City surveillance video showed her in Maricopa with the 2-year-old. According to court documents, Noriega said they slept on the street.
Rogers was not hurt and Noriega was taken into custody for one a third-degree felony charge of custodial interference. The Amber Alert was canceled.
Police said Noriega was a recently-met acquaintance of Rogers’ family.
‘Oh my God, that’s her’
Timeline:
Camelback Moving shared video with FOX 10, showing some of their workers at the QuikTrip.
A security guard who first spotted a woman and child matching those in the Amber Alert description at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, enlisted the help of the Camelback Moving crew to help with the situation.
Foremen Ralph Vollmert and Kevin Place stopped at the gas station, to grab their drinks and food for the day, when they overheard the security guard on the phone with police, saying he believes the little girl was abducted and is on their property.
“Oh my God, that’s her,” said one of the Camelback Moving employees. “I knew, you know, we had to do something. I can’t just can just ignore it.”
“Is it really?” another employee asked.
“Yep, that’s her. Looks like her. That’s exactly what she looks like,” the employee replied.
They—along with their colleagues—decided to use their trucks to block Noriega’s car containing Rogers, trapping her in the parking lot and getting her license plate, until police arrived at the scene.
“Our trucks are 28, 30 feet long, so we knew it was a good idea to put the truck there just because there’s just no where you could go after that,” Vollmert and Place said.
“It just breaks our heart because we have kids ourselves…nobody ever wants a kid to be a harm or to be hurt or to be mistreated,” the pair said.
What they’re saying:
“This is definitely the first time we’ve ever blocked somebody in where the entire city and county and state are firmly behind us and happy we did so,” Camelback Moving President Chad Olsen said.
“As the security guard had told me, I knew we had to do something,” Vollmert and Place said. “I can’t just ignore it. I’m grateful for the alerts, you know, because it just yesterday proves that they work. So I would just say, pay attention to the alerts and read them. And if there’s pictures, look at them and just keep your eyes open because these type of things happen quite often.”
Officials with Camelback Moving say they recently began training employees in human-trafficking awareness training.
“We are incredibly proud of our community heroes for their courage, quick thinking and teamwork,” Olsen said. “Their actions exemplify what it means to look out for our community and to take its safety seriously. This is a powerful reminder that the Amber Alert system works. We also want to express our sincere gratitude that Kehlani was safely returned to her family.”
Dig deeper:
The foreman said Phoenix Police arrived in minutes and took Noriega into custody without a struggle, and eventually reunited the toddler with her parents.
“It does appear that the defendant admitted that a glass pipe was located on her person during the search. And she admitted to smoking methamphetamine the day before,” prosecutors said during her Feb. 23 court appearance.
What’s next:
Police said Rogers was scared but OK when she reunited with her parents.
The child’s parents said Noriega was a transient who they were letting stay the night at their Avondale home because she had nowhere else to go, when she disappeared with their daughter.
Noriega told detectives the 2-year-old was her long-lost daughter who she found in Arizona, before admitting she took her and couldn’t give a reason why. She is being held on a $250,000 bond.
Map of area where the QuikTrip is located
Police previously reported that the child was 3 years old, but later corrected her age to 2 years old.
The Source: Information for this story was gathered from a news release from Camelback Moving and a FOX 10 report on Feb. 22, 2026.