(Randolph County, N.C.) — Seven-month-old Emma Grace Kennedy has been treated and released from Randolph Health in Asheboro, N.C.  and is in the custody of her family.

Her father, Carl Ray Kennedy, has been arrested and is being held in the Randolph County, N.C., Jail on a fugitive from justice warrant. He is awaiting extradition to Danville. When he arrives in Danville, police will serve him with warrants for domestic assault and abduction.

Danville Police, working with local, state and federal law enforcement partners, had established a call center in Danville. At 11:55 a.m. today, the center received an anonymous tip from a 9-1-1 call in North Carolina. The caller indicated that Carl Kennedy was at a residence in the 4000 block of Wells Lane in Randleman, N.C. A team including officers from the Danville Police Department, FBI, Randleman Police Department, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Secret Service converged on the house and arrested Kennedy without incident.

Emma Grace Kennedy was at the house when her father was arrested.
The 2007 Suzuki was located at the home, still bearing a N.C. license with the tag number FAA-1873. The vehicle had been spray painted black.

On Sunday, June 3, at approximately 7:55 p.m., Emma Grace Kennedy was abducted from the Kwik Mart located at 4912 Riverside Drive in Danville. The abduction occurred after Carl Ray Kennedy assaulted the child’s mother.