One-Year-Old Virginia Girl Abducted by Father Is Dead After They Crashed in Maryland: Police

Published on August 16, 2024

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va.—A 1-year-old Virginia girl is dead after her father stabbed her mother, abducted her and two siblings and then crashed during a pursuit into Maryland on Thursday, police said. Officers found a woman and a girl suffering from multiple stab wounds in Virginia Beach on Wednesday night, and determined that Dana Plummer, 36, of Virginia Beach, stabbed them before fleeing with his 7- and 5-year-old sons and 1-year-old daughter, Virginia Beach Police said. The injured child and the woman, the children’s mother, were taken to local hospitals, where they were in stable condition on Thursday, police said. Detectives secured warrants charging Plummer with aggravated malicious wounding, parental abduction and other offenses and Virginia State Police issued an Amber Alert for the three missing children....

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