Amber Alert: 7-Month-Old Abducted By Registered Sex Offender

DANVILLE, Va. (CBS/AP) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 7-month-old girl who police say was abducted by a registered sex offender at a gas station in Virginia.

News outlets cite the alert issued by Virginia State Police, which says Emma Grace Kennedy and 51-year-old Carl Ray Kennedy could be headed to North Carolina, following the Sunday night kidnapping.

Police say Carl Kennedy is a white male with gray hair and green eyes. He is 5-feet-8-inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He was last seen in a brown, short sleeved shirt with gray shorts and black and white Sketchers. He as a tattoo of an eye on the back of his right hand, a skull and a wizard on his left arm, and a skull with a bandanna over it's mouth with a pit bull tattoo with "American bulldog" written on his right arm.

Emma Kennedy is a white female with blond hair and blue eyes. She is approximately 2-feet-2-inches tall and weighs 18 pounds. She was last seen in a light-blue onesie.

According to the alert, Carl Kennedy was armed with a knife when he assaulted the infant's mother at a Kwik Stop and took the girl. Police have not disclosed a possible relationship between Carl Kennedy and Emma Kennedy.

Authorities say Carl Kennedy is registered as a sex offender in North Carolina, and is currently out of jail on a $250,000 bond for drug distribution.

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