updateCLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. –  A teenager kidnapped from her home at gunpoint in the middle of the night has been reunited with her family.
Ayvani Hope Perez, 14, was found at a location in Conyers, Ga., according to Clayton County Police Chief Gregory Porter.
The details regarding how she was found have yet to be released.
“She was recovered at a location in Conyers, Ga. The investigation is still active,” the chief said. He added that she has been reunited with her family and is being evaluated.  […]
Porter said Ayvani has been in the metro area since her abduction. She was found around noon on Wednesday.
Authorities said that two men — 40-year-old Juan Alberto Contreras-Rodriguez, a Mexican national, and 29-year-old Wildrego Jackson, of Atlanta — were taken into custody.
“We’re currently looking for others,” Porter said.
Authorities clarified that the two men in custody are not the suspects shown in the sketches provided by Clayton County police Tuesday afternoon.  (link)
UPDATE: HatTip dmoseylou –  RANSOM DEMAND – Two men being sought by police in the abduction of a 14-year-old Georgia girl  during a home invasion have reportedly made a $10,000 ransom demand.

Perez’s aunt, Suky Guerrero, said family members are trying to raise the  money to secure Perez’s release, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.  A law enforcement official close to the investigation confirmed the ransom to  the newspaper.  (continue reading)

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. –  Clayton County police have released sketches of the two male suspects wanted for abducting 14-year-old Ayvani Hope Perez during an early morning home invasion.
Sketches of the 2 suspects provided by Clayton Co. Police Dept.
GBI activated a Levi’s Call for Perez about 4 a.m. Tuesday. She’s described as 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing 93 lbs. Ayvani has brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing blue-and-gray Star Wars pajama bottoms and a blue-and-gray superhero shirt, authorities said.

Police say the apparent home invasion happened about 2 a.m., when the suspects broke into the home located in the 3800 block of Brookgate Drive in Ellenwood. The residence is part of the Brookgate subdivision.
The mother heard some commotion, called 911 and tried to hide her two children – Ayvani and her 15-year-old brother. Police say that’s when the mother came face to face with the suspects, who demanded money and jewelry from her.
When she told the suspects that she didn’t have any, police say the suspects shot the family’s dog. They then took Ayvani and fled the scene in a gray Dodge or Chevrolet, police said.
The men who police say took Ayvani are believed to be armed and wore dark clothing. No other details were immediately available.  (read more)
The scene over the Brookgate subdivision in Ellenwood Tuesday morning.

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