Missing child returns home safely after being allegedly kidnapped by father in Memphis

Tremiyah Rainer was kidnapped by her non-custodial father at gunpoint in Memphis, Tennessee.
Tremiyah Rainer was kidnapped by her non-custodial father at gunpoint in Memphis, Tennessee.

A missing 3-year-old girl was returned home safely Monday afternoon after her father allegedly kidnapped her at gunpoint Monday afternoon.

Tremiyah Rainer ran up to her family just before 3:30 p.m. Monday after police say her father, Ladarrius Johnson, took her around 10 a.m. from a residence in the 5300 block of Steuben in the Raleigh area. The father is in custody, authorities said.

An Amber Alert was issued for the girl, and Memphis police and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation started a search. It was not known how the girl made her way back home.

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