CADILLAC — A mother whose son was killed at the hands of his father in a murder-suicide is hoping to make changes to the state’s Amber alert system.

Six-year-old Rowan Morley was killed in a murder-suicide in Isabella County in August of last year.

Rowan’s mom, Brandi Morey-Pols, said she was waiting for Rowan to return home from a weekend visit with his dad, but he had not returned.

She said she turned to the police for help, but that help never came, and Rowan was shot in the back of the head and killed by his father.

“There are five different departments of officers in Mount Pleasant. I couldn’t get a one to help; their hands were tied in that. So, we’re on track. We’ll open that up,” said Morey-Pols.

Since then, Morey-Pol’s mission has been to make a difference for others who are

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