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Two charged with kidnapping Ga. mom Holly Parker-Heard and newborn daughter

Holly Parker-Heard Cobb County Police Department

(CBS/WGCL/AP) MARIETTA, Ga. - Scott McDaniel and Rebecca Mclarty are under arrest in the disappearance of 27-year-old Holly Parker-Heard and her newborn daughter, who both turned up safe in different Georgia counties.

Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce says police were called on Saturday after the staff of a hotel in Georgia found blood-soaked linens in a room.

According to police, Mclarty helped Parker-Heard give birth in the motel room Saturday night. Then McDaniel and Mclarty, boyfriend and girlfriend, allegedly drove Parker-Heard to a home in Mableton, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. They then took the newborn baby girl to a home in Carrollton, about 50 miles outside of Atlanta, reports CBS affiliate WGCL.

Authorities in Carroll County say they found the 39-year-old Mclarty, who was the midwife for the birth, as well as the infant, on Monday. Pierce says Mclarty and the 42-year-old McDaniel, who was arrested Monday evening, are charged with kidnapping and cruelty to children.

The motive for the alleged kidnapping wasn't immediately clear.

Bail was set at $55,000 each for McDaniel and Mclarty, reports the station.

McDaniel was scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday morning.

The infant was taken to a hospital in Carrollton and was described as doing well, Pierce said.

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