Hailey Traynham (2) 11/09/2009 ME

Hailey Traynham missing from Sanford, ME, has been recovered.


http://wbztv.com/local/amber.alert.hailey.2.1301999.html

Nov 9, 2009



Hailey Traynham

Amber Alert Issued In ME For Missing 2-Year-Old

SANFORD, Maine (AP) ―Maine police have issued the state's first Amber Alert for a missing 2-year-old girl who was taken by her father after he allegedly assaulted the girl's mother at her Sanford apartment.

Authorities are searching for 38-year-old Gary Traynham and his daughter, Hailey, who was taken from her mother at 11:15 a.m. Monday.

This is the first Amber Alert issued in Maine since the system went into effect in December of 2008.

Police believe Traynham and the girl may be in eastern New Hampshire.
Traynham is driving a 1998 green Dodge 1500 pickup truck with Maine registration 8629NB.

He is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 230 pounds with balding brown hair, hazel eyes and a dark goatee. Police say the girl has shoulder-length blond hair and blue eyes.

Sanford Police Department-(207) 324-3644

http://updates.pressherald.mainetoday.com/updates/father-daughter-missing-abduction-suspected

Father, daughter missing; abduction suspected



Gary Traynham

Monday, November 9, 2009
Dennis Hoey

SANFORD -- State and Sanford police issued an AMBER alert tonight after 38-year-old Gary Traynham,of Kennebunk allegedly assaulted his wife and abducted their daughter.

Police on Monday night were still searching for Traynham and 2-year-old Hailey.

Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine State Police, said Traynham took the little girl late Monday morning after he "violently assaulted" the girl's mother in her Sanford apartment. Her name is not available yet. The couple is estranged.

Authorities believe the girl and her father may be in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.

Traynham is driving a 1998 green Dodge 1500 pickup truck with Maine registration plates, 8629NB.

He is described is being 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 230 pounds with balding brown hair, hazel eyes and a dark goatee. Hailey has shoulder-length blonde hair, blue eyes and weighs between 35 and 50 pounds.

Hailey Marie Traynham

DOB: Jul 25, 2007
Missing: Nov 9, 2009
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Eyes: Blue
Race: White
Age at disappearance: 2
Sex: Female
Weight: 30 lbs (14 kg)
Hair: Blonde
Missing From:
Stanford, Maine
United States





Gary Traynham

DOB: Jan 18, 1971
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Eyes: Hazel
Race: White
Sex: Male
Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)
Hair: Brown
Missing From:
Stanford, Maine
United States


Hailey was last seen on November 9, 2009. She may be in the company of Gary Traynham. A felony warrant is on file for Gary. They may be traveling in a green 1998 Dodge pickup truck with Maine license plates 8629NB, similar to the one shown above. Hailey was last seen wearing a brown shirt, jeans, and white and pink Winnie the Pooh shoes. CAUTION ADVISED

Contact Information:
Sanford Police Department (Maine)
1-207-324-3644