DANVILLE, VA (WWBT) - The search for a 7-month-old Emma Grace Kennedy and her alleged abductor is over.
The baby girl is safe and her alleged abductor Carl Ray Kennedy, has been arrested, according to police in Danville.
"Danville Police, FBI, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Secret Service arrested Kennedy in Randleman, N.C.," the police department said. "He is in custody in North Carolina."
Emma Grace Kennedy is being evaluated at a local hospital and "appears to be in good health," police said.
Police say Carl Ray Kennedy abducted Emma just before 8 p.m. Sunday at a Kwik Stop on Riverside Drive in Danville. He allegedly abducted the girl by knife-point after assaulting her mother.
The search for Kennedy extended throughout much of North Carolina over the course of Monday and Tuesday morning.
If you have any information about this case, contact authorities at:
- FBI: (804) 261-1044
- Danville Police: (434) 799-6508
- Virginia State Police: 1-800-822-4453
- Tip lines: (434) 773-8318 and (434) 773-8319
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DANVILLE, VA (WWBT) - An Amber Alert has been issued after a 7-month-old girl was abducted at knife-point by her father in Danville, police said.
Emma Grace Kennedy was taken Sunday just before 8 p.m. She has blue eyes and short blonde hair and was wearing at light blue onesie at the time of the abduction.
Police believe the child is in danger after she was abducted by Carl Ray Kennedy at knife-point after her mother was assaulted.
Carl Ray Kennedy, 51, is a registered sex offender in North Carolina. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds with green eyes and short gray hair.
He was last seen wearing a brown short sleeve shirt and gray shorts with black and white Skechers shoes.
He has several distinguishing characteristics, including a crooked left pinky finger, pierced left ear and multiple tattoos on his right arm. His left arm is scarred from a work accident and has a scar on his head.
The suspect is out of jail on a $250,000 bond for a charge of drug distribution.
Police believe the pair may be in a gold four-door Suzuki with a North Carolina license plate EKZ-5093. The vehicle was possibly sighted in the area of Seven Springs, NC around 6:30 p.m. and may possibly be headed to Oak Island, NC.
WRAL in Raleigh reports the search has been extended to that area after police in Durham were contacted by a woman who said someone tried to sell her a baby early Tuesday morning. The description she gave police is not a complete match for the abduction suspect, WRAL reports, but police were concerned enough to extend the alert.
The child was last seen at the Kwik Stop on Riverside Drive in Danville for a planned meeting between the parents, Danville police said. The girl's mother was assaulted at knife-point at the Kwik Stop and the girl was taken.
Police believe she may have been taken to North Carolina.
Photos released Monday afternoon from the Danville Police Department show the moment of abduction:
Anyone with information is asked to call the Danville Police Department at (434) 799-6510 or the Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453.
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