Body of 11-year-old girl is found in Alabama just one day after she was reported missing from her aunt's house where a dark-colored SUV was spotted leaving the driveway

Body of 11-year-old girl is found in Alabama just one day after she was reported missing from her aunt's house where a dark-colored SUV was spotted leaving the driveway

• Amberly Lee Barnett vanished on Friday at about 6pm in Collinsville, Alabama
• The 11-year-old was last seen at her aunt's place where a dark-colored SUV was spotted lingering around the time she disappeared
• Authorities searched for Amberly overnight and located her body on Saturday at about 6.30am
• The sheriff's office has not revealed her cause of death and refused to answer questions about the case 

The body of an 11-year-old girl has been found a day after she was reported missing in Alabama.

Amberly Lee Barnett vanished on Friday at about 6pm after last being seen at her aunt's home in Collinsville.

A dark-colored SUV was seen near the home around the time the little girl disappeared. 

Amberly Lee Barnett vanished on Friday at about 6pm after last being seen at her aunt's home in Collinsville. Her body was found by authorities on Saturday at about 6.30am

Authorities searched for Amberly overnight and located her body on Saturday at about 6.30am. 

The DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Walden announced that Amberly's body had been found during a press conference on Saturday afternoon. 

He declined to answer questions about the girl's death or give specific details. 

'We are diligently, diligently pursuing different avenues,' he said.

'My heart is shattered this day in DeKalb County, Alabama. We will go forward and, God willing, we will have those answers.'  

Authorities have not released Amberly's cause of death or where her body was located. 

Her mother posted a frantic message on Facebook after Amberly disappeared, saying someone had taken the girl from her aunt's home. 

'Her phone was left behind and my baby takes it everywhere. Nothing in her phone indicated she was planning to leave!' her mother Jonie wrote. 

'Amberly is the type to not do anything that she will get in trouble. She would not have ran away or make plans to go off somewhere.

'A green SUV was seen leaving the driveway!'