Texas sorry after mistakenly sending emergency alert for cursed Chucky doll

Officials apologize for test malfunction after message asking citizens to keep an eye out for film villain was sent three times

The Texas public safety department raised a few eyebrows in the Lone Star state by reportedly sending out an emergency alert asking its citizens to keep an eye out for Chucky - the evil possessed doll from the horror movie series Child's Play - whom it said was a suspect in a kidnapping.

The message went out over the state's Amber Alert system, which is blasted to people's mobile phones, usually to help find a missing child. It was sent three times.