TACOMA -- There is an amber alert that has been issued for a missing twelve year old girl from the Tacoma area.

Zina Linnik was last seen walking in the alley behind her family's house. A witness heard a girl scream, looked in the alley and saw an asian male get into an older gray van in the alley and drive away.

Zina has blonde hair and is four feet ten inches tall. she was last seen wearing a pink t-shirt, pink/orange/yellow capri pants, and red flip-flop sandals. Her hair was in a ponytail. Authorities have only a partial plate number on the van, which includes the numbers 1677. Contact police if you have any information.