GASTONIA, N.C. — A North Carolina Amber Alert for a Child Abduction has been canceled after authorities say 3-year-old Kaysie Jay Lipscomb was found safe late Saturday afternoon.

The Amber Alert was issued on December 26 after Lipscomb was allegedly taken in Gastonia by a suspect police identified as Raheem Tyshawn Pate. 

Rasheem Pate (Credit: MissingKids.org)

Pate was taken into custody, according to the Union County Sheriff's Office, on unrelated charges after the two were located. 

What led to the Amber Alert being issued remains under investigation, officials say.