Police have found a 7-month-old girl named Emma Grace Kennedy who was in ‘extreme danger’ after being abducted by her father, a registered sex offender.
The kidnapped Virginia infant is now safe and her father has been arrested in North Carolina. The rescue came after an anonymous tip.
Police found the kidnapped baby and arrested her father at a mobile home.
Emma Grace Kennedy “had a great smile on her face and appeared to be in good shape and certainly a great smile on our deputy’s face as well,” Randolph County Sheriff Robert Graves said.
Hundreds on social media had been sharing the AMBER Alert and encouraging prayers for the missing baby. “Prayers for this beautiful baby’s safe return,” someone using the name Caylee Anthony’s Angels had written. “Please let there be a good outcome!”
Wendy Grasty Tucker wrote on Facebook, “Prayers for this family and that baby girls safe return.”
Police had reported that the 7-month-old was in ‘extreme danger’ after being abducted by 51-year-old Carl Kennedy, her father.
Police say Kennedy took the baby after he assaulted her mother, Kristen Murphy, with a knife at a Kwik Stop in Danville,Virginia.
Murphy’s sister, Amy Wyatt Metzger, said Kennedy had said things in recent months that alluded to hurting Murphy or Emma, such as, “I’m going to blow up your family’s house” or “If I can’t be with the baby, you can’t either.”
RT: #Virginia #AMBERAlert for Missing @cityofdanville 7-mo-old. Abductor is Carl Ray Kennedy. Driving gold, 4-door Suzuki w/@northcarolina plates: FAA 1873. Last seen @Danville Qwik Stop. Call 911. @pittsylvaniava @NCSHP @VaDOT @PublicSafetyVa @GovernorVA pic.twitter.com/nNS31IKEZ4
— VA State Police (@VSPPIO) June 4, 2018
Kennedy had last been seen with the baby around 7:55 p.m. Sunday, leaving the gas station.
Police had been looking for a gold Suzuki with NC license plate number FAA1873. But they later discovered he had painted his gold Suzuki black to try to evade capture.
Kennedy has been described as 5’8″ tall and weighing 170 pounds with gray hair, green eyes, a skull #tattoo on his left forearm, a skull with a bandanna tattoo on his right forearm, an eye tattoo on his right hand, a tattoo of a pitbull with the words “american bulldog” written under it and a wizard tattoo on his left upper arm. He is now in police custody.
Written by: Charlene Aaron
Article source: www1.cbn.com
