New York Post

Ma fury at ‘no Amber’ in abduct-slay

- Aaron Feis, Stephanie Pagones

The mom of the Long Island toddler abducted and killed by his father in an apparent murder-suicide lashed out at state police for refusing to issue an Amber Alert during the search for the tragic tot, a report said.

“How many children need to be lost before a law is changed or criteria is changed?” heartbroke­n Maria Busone said, accord- ing to News 12 Long Island. “I’m now without my son for the rest of my life.”

John Ligurgo III torched his Coram home and fled with 2-year-old Jovani on Tuesday amid a bitter custody battle with Busone.

Suffolk County police quickly alerted Nassau cops and the NYPD, who in turn notified New Jersey, Pennsylvan­ia and national au- thorities. But, despite a request from Suffolk cops, the New York State Police never issued an Amber Alert.

“While circumstan­ces did not trigger an Amber Alert based on the establishe­d criteria, the investigat­ion did not stop there,” the state police said in a statement.

It was never issued because Ligurgo did not have a criminal record or history of violence, state police told The Associated Press.

The nationwide search ended in horror Wednesday morning when the bodies of the father and son were found inside the dad’s flaming Jeep in rural Virginia. Both had bullet wounds. “The rest of my life is in grief,” Busone told News 12.

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