Update: Marietta Girl, 2, Found Safe

Updated 1 a.m.

Two-year-old Sanai President-Horton and her father, Franklin Horton, have been found, Marietta police announced.

The girl is unharmed and being returned to her legal guardian, her mother.

The investigation continues.

Original Report

A 2-year-old Marietta girl is missing, and are searching for her father, who failed to bring her home after a legal visit with the girl this weekend.

Franklin D. Horton picked up daughter Sanai President-Horton on Saturday at the Crestwood Park Apartments on Gresham Avenue and was supposed to bring her back to her mother, Sanai’s legal guardian, Sunday. He never turned up, police said in a news release Wednesday night.

Police received a report about Sanai on Wednesday after attempts to contact Horton failed. A warrant was issued for his arrest on a charge of interference with custody.

Horton, 29, is about 6-foot-6 with a thin build and chin-length braids. He was wearing a green-and-white T-shirt, tan pants, white shoes, and a green-and-gray baseball cap Saturday. He was driving a silver 2004 Mercury Marauder with Georgia license plate BNT-6199.

Sanai is about 32 inches tall and weighs 20 to 30 pounds. She had braided hair with white beads on the tips and was wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants T-shirt Saturday.

Police ask that if you see Horton or Sanai, call 911.

Anyone with information that could help the investigation can call the police tip line at 770-794-6990 or Detective Shane Merritt at 770-794-5324.