UPDATE: Upper Merion Baby Still Missing, Grandmother Identified as Murder Victim
Authorities say the child was abducted and her 61-year-old grandmother was murdered.
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Multiple news outlets are confirming that Upper Merion and Pennsylvania State Police are still searching for 10-month-old Saavni Venna after she was abducted from the Marquis Apartments in the 200 block of W. Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia sometime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 22.
According to NBC10, police have confirmed that the murder victim found at the scene was Saavni's 61-year-old grandmother, Satyavathi Venna, who was baby-sitting at the time. Police issued an Amber Alert after the father returned home later in the day and realized the child was missing.
Police are still searching for the child and are not releasing any additional information about the crime.
According to Fox 29, Saavni's father made an emotional plea for help in the return of his child.
"If someone finds my baby," he said, "could you please bring my baby back?"
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Roy Martin
12:00 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Now it sounds like a home invasion gone bad. Did this family own a business down in Philly?
Hope they find the cute tot!
KR
2:06 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The fact that it is an apartment complex and a rather large one with multiple buildings makes a home invasion illogical. If we are going to speculate, the fact that the parents of the child have only been in the USA for five years and have moved long distances several times suggests that someone back in India was looking for him. When this is the case they often watch the relatives also in hopes they will lead them to the person. The fact that this happened after the husband's mother came from India suggests that to me. The husband may have owed money to someone in India. I have heard that in African countries if you owe too much money they send people to kill you. Some parts of India are also violent. We in America don't always understand such things.
Ellich
11:10 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
KR, It is very common here that many indians work as IT consultants and move to different project(even to a different state sometimes) when the current project ends. Their work visa does not allow them to stay without work and that is the reason they move from place to place if they cannot find any work where they stay. And also it is very common for the grand parents to visit the families to spend time with grand children whenever then can.
Sarah griffith
8:14 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Please pray for safe return for this precious one..prayers to her family..
PROUD TO BE
8:20 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Wheres the mother??
AnnaMarie Zeravsky
8:25 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Just breaks my heart!
Sudheer Siddella
9:14 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I wont have any words to say...
Eleuterio Flores
4:19 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
People Need Too Realize That in this Country Too Theres a Team off baby Snatchers Who sell infants In the Black Market Dependin on the client and what are they lookin for as there body Snatchers who sell organs in the black market too Hearts liver kidneys big money Runned by russain mob Triads Etc!! I hope That the people Who took the lil angel took her because they didnt wanna leave the baby behind in a bad crime scene I pray that they will drop her off in a safe spot an call authoritys shes an angel off god!! But our World is cruel and theres a bunch off evil people on this planet!!!!! I also agree if the parents owed money for shure there comeing to collect its a deeper situation weres dad or mom investigaters need too be on point with this one God Bring that baby Home were she belongs safe!!! :(
C. Silva
4:17 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
That's a good question where is the mother???? I pray that they find the baby and those monsters that took the baby needs to burn in hell I don't understand people
today and the way they think
JMF
8:07 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Yo Roy, what is with you and Philly! Stuff like this unfortunately happens everywhere anymore. JMF
Jacob
9:40 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
the Marquis apartments is a security locked door how did anybody get in there unnoticed