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Girl reunited with mother after abduction

Published on Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:01 pm | Last updated on Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:01 pm
SANFORD, Maine (AP) - A 2-year-old Maine girl has been reunited with her mother after her father allegedly abducted her, triggering the state's first Amber Alert and a 30-hour manhunt that spanned three states.

Hailey Traynham and her mother were reunited Tuesday night in Sanford after a deer hunter spotted her and her father in a pickup truck on a logging road in New Hampshire.

An Amber Alert was issued Monday after police said 38-year-old Gary Traynham of Kennebunk assaulted the girl's mother - his estranged girlfriend - and fled in a stolen pickup truck.

The Journal Tribune newspaper says Hailey's mother filed court papers Nov. 4 seeking a custody hearing for Hailey. In court documents, she said the three had stopped living together as a family Oct. 26.

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Information from: Journal Tribune, http://www.journaltribune.com

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