Police in North Carolina have arrested a mother-of-two on attempted murder charges, claiming that she threw her newborn baby daughter down a 75-foot ravine after faking a kidnapping.

Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin announced Friday that 35-year-old Krista Noelle Madden, of Ashville, is now jailed on a count of attempted first-degree murder.

Police said it was only 'by the grace of God' that the baby was found and saved.

The sheriff said deputies encountered Madden on a nearby rural road Thursday evening, and she initially claimed she was able to escape from masked kidnappers who took her seven-week-old baby, Shaylie Quinn Madden.

Mother charged: Krist Madden, 35 (left), has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly faking her baby daughter's kidnapping and throwing her down a 75-foot ravine

Madden has been married for nearly a decade, and she and her husband have two daughters (pictured with their older daughter)

Madden described the suspects as a red-headed man and a woman with black hair, both of a thin build wearing ski masks, reported Fox Carolina.

She told police she managed to escape, but the abductors drove off with her daughter in a silver 2014 Mazda CX5 on Grant Mountain Road in Henderson County.

When deputies found the car abandoned along Rhodes Mountain Road, they sent out to K-9 teams but said they could not locate the suspects or the baby.

Then Sheriff Griffin said at 8pm on Thursday, a woman made a frantic 911 call, saying she was checking her mailbox when she heard an infant's faint cries.

The woman sent her husband climbing 75 feet down a ravine to recover the baby. The car seat was found nearby.

Shaylie Madden (left and right) was born in March to Krista and Jesse Madden

Madden's older daughter will be turning four in late June (pictured with Krista)

Shaylie was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries to her leg and head. Griffin described her condition as 'very good.'

'It's by the grace of God that we're standing here with a child that's been discovered and is alive,' he told reporters during a press conference announcing Madden's arrest.

According to her Facebook page, Madden works as a registered nurse anesthetist. She and her husband, who also works in healthcare, have been married for nearly a decade and have an older daughter who will be turning four in late June.

Police believe Madden acted alone. No motive has been released in connection to the alleged hoax. She was ordered held in jail on $750,000 bond pending her next court appearance scheduled for May 28.