DANVILLE, Va. -- An AMBER Alert was issued for a seven-month-old girl after Virginia State Police said Emma Grace Kennedy was abducted by her father -- an armed sex offender -- from a Danville gas station Sunday evening.
Emma Grace Kennedy is described as a white female, 2 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 18 pounds. She has blue eyes and short blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a light blue onesie.
Emma Grace Kennedy and Carl Ray Kennedy.
Troopers said the child's abductor is believed to be her father, 51-year-old Carl Ray Kennedy.
Police said Kennedy, who is armed with a knife, assaulted the infant's mother before abducting the girl at the Kwik Stop on Riverside Drive in Danville at 7:55 p.m.
Virginia State Police say Kennedy was possibly spotted in the area of Seven Spring, North Carolina around 6:30 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe he may be headed to Oak Island, N.C.
State Police previously said the suspect was last seen headed eastbound on Route 58 possibly headed to North Carolina.
Kennedy is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He has short gray hair and green eyes.
Officials said Kennedy has a number of tattoos: a skull on his left forearm, a wizard on his left upper arm, a skull with bandanna over its mouth on right his forearm and a pit bull with American bulldog written under it on his upper right arm.
Additionally, he has an eye tattoo on the back of his right hand.
He was last seen wearing a brown short sleeve shirt, gray shorts and black and white Sketchers.
Kennedy is a registered sex offender in North Carolina who was recently released from jail on drug distribution charges on a $250,000 bond.
Troopers said Kennedy may be traveling in a four-door gold Suzuki Forenza with North Carolina tags EKZ 5093.
The FBI is now assisting with the investigation.
Anyone who has information that could help authorities is asked to call Danville Police Department at 1-434-799-5111, Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453, or the tip-lines established for the investigation – (434) 713-8318 or (434) 713-8319.
