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Ralph Waldo Morrison, Arkansas man accused of kidnapping his daughter surrenders, police say

Ralph Waldo Morrison (right) with daughter, Zahkairi (left) CBS/KSLA

(CBS/KSLA/AP) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man suspected of kidnapping his 18-month-old daughter after allegedly beating and stabbing her mother surrendered with his daughter late Monday, police said.

CBS affiliate KSLA reports 28-year-old Ralph Waldo Morrison brought his daughter to a private attorney's office in Texarkana and turned himself in to the U.S. Marshals service. Zahkairi was transported to a local hospital as a precaution, Deputy Bryan McJunkins said.

Zahkairi appeared to be unharmed, officers said.

Authorities said U.S. Marshals arrested Morrison and took him to the Howard County Jail with a bond set at $250,000.

Law enforcement officers began looking for Morrison, 28, and Zahkairi after witnesses told investigators he drove head-on into the car Zahkairi's mother was driving near Tollette on Sunday.

The witnesses said Morrison then beat Amaria Webster and stabbed her in the shoulders and neck with an ice pick before fleeing with the child into a nearby wooded area. Webster was treated at a hospital and released, Howard County Sheriff Butch Morris said.

Arrest warrants for four counts of aggravated assault, one count each of second-degree battery and kidnapping were issued for Morrison. There is no word on where Morrison and Little Zahkairi were before he turned himself in.


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