A 5-year-old Ohio boy was reported missing on Wednesday after his guardian told Columbus police that his wife claimed their son was no longer alive.

An Amber Alert was issued for 5-year-old Darnell Taylor on Wednesday, after a man police identified as Darnells foster father called 911 and told dispatchers his wife had killed the child, according to an affidavit obtained by local NBC affiliate WCMH .

The man said that his wife, 48-year-old Pammy Maye, woke him up and made statements that made him believe that their foster child, Darnell had been hurt, Columbus police wrote in a bulletin on Facebook .