Police: Baby reunited with mother after being taken from Durham home at knifepoint

A 6-month-old girl taken from her mother at their Durham home on Thursday is now safe, according to police.

Around 7:45 a.m., officers with the Durham Police Department responded to Encore at the Park Apartments on Courtney Creek Boulevard.

A mother reported someone with a knife took her baby.

Officers found the baby in a nearby apartment and returned her to the mother. Police confirmed that a 16-year-old girl took the baby and the girl was charged with abduction of a child.

The Durham police mobile command unit was still at the apartment complex around noon. The circumstances behind the abduction are not known.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator J. Turner at 919-560-4440, ext 29342, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.