Amber alert issued in Va., N.C. after police say registered sex offender snatched 7-month-old baby

Matthew Diebel | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Amber alert: Police say registered sex offender took baby Seven-month-old Emma Grace Kennedy is believed to be in "extreme danger" after police say she was abducted at knifepoint by Carl Ray Kennedy, a registered sex offender. The two may be traveling in Virginia or North Carolina in a gold Suzuki.

Authorities in Virginia and North Carolina have issued an Amber Alert after police say a 7-month-old baby was kidnapped at knifepoint by a registered sex offender.

According to Virginia TV station WVEC, investigators say Carl Ray Kennedy, 51, assaulted the mother of Emma Grace Kennedy in Danville, Va., on Sunday evening and made off with the baby. The child is believed to be in “extreme danger,” according to a Facebook post by the Virginia State police.

The girl was described as a white female weighing 18 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a light blue onesie with dots and a white rabbit on the left leg and a matching headband. She has a small scar on her left cheek.

Meanwhile, the suspect is described as white, 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds. Kennedy was last seen wearing a brown T-shirt, gray shorts and black and white Sketchers shoes. He has a pierced left ear and tattoos on both arms.

“He has a tattoo of an eye on the back of his right hand,” Virginia state police said on the Facebook page. “On his left arm, he has a skull tattoo and a wizard tattoo. On his right arm, he has a tattoo of a skull with a bandanna over its mouth along with a pit bull tattoo with ‘American bulldog’ written underneath.”

Investigators said Kennedy was last seen in a gold-colored Suzuki with North Carolina license plate FAA 1873. The vehicle, which was believed headed to North Carolina, has a “Johnny’s Auto Sales” emblem on the trunk, police said.

According to the sex offender list, Kennedy lives in Asheboro, N.C. He had been out of jail on a $250,000 bond for drug distribution.

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Police said abduction occurred at a Kwik Stop in the western Virginia city, local TV station WFXR reported. The woman was not hurt in the incident, according to police, who did not disclose whether the parties were related.

Anyone with information is asked to call Danville police at 434-799-6510 or 911.