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AMBER ALERT UPDATE: 2-month-old baby taken from Sandy Springs hotel found

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  August 1, 2024 10:48am EDT
Missing Persons
FOX 5 Atlanta

'Armed and dangerous' dad abducts baby: police

The desperate search for two-month-old Reya Clark continues as officials say she may be in "extreme danger." Her biological father, Randy Bernard Clark, allegedly kidnapped her at a hotel in Sandy Springs.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - UPDATE: According to Sand Springs police, the baby has been found and the suspect has been arrested. Click here for the latest.

ORIGINAL STORY

A 2-month-old girl remains missing after authorities say she was abducted from a Sandy Springs hotel early Wednesday morning. Investigators say she was taken by her noncustodial father, who was also accused of shooting at a relative in September.

A Levi's Call, Georgia's Amber Alert System for missing and abducted children, has since been issued for baby Reya Clark and her father, 22-year-old Randy Bernard Clark.

Reya Clark abducted from Sandy Springs hotel

Reya Clark

Reya Clark (Sandy Springs Police Department)

Randy Clark took his 2-month-old daughter from the Home2 Suites by Hilton located along Peachtree Dunwoody Road just north of Hammond Drive around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the Sandy Springs Police Department. 

The details surrounding the abduction have not been released, but investigators say Reya is in extreme danger.

Randy does not currently have custodial rights to his daughter, according to police.

Reya Clark

Reya Clark (Sandy Springs Police Department)

Reya is 18 inches tall, weighing 12 to 15 pounds, with brown eyes and short, curly black hair. She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and a diaper. 

Randy Bernard Clark (Credit: Conyers Police Department)

Randy is 5-feet-11-inches tall, weighing 250 pounds, with brown eyes, and short black hair. 

Police do not have a description of the vehicle Randy may be driving. 

Their whereabouts are unknown. Anyone who sees them should call 911 immediately or the Sandy Springs Police Department.

Reya Clark

Reya Clark (Sandy Springs Police Department)

Randy Clark shot at brother, police say

Police described Randy Clark as "armed and dangerous" after a violent confrontation with his brother last September.

According to the Conyers Police Department, Clark had fired two rounds at his brother during an argument.

The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2023.

Online court records do not indicate that Clark had ever been arrested in the shooting.

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