Man suspected of abducting Kamille McKinney is detained

Police have detained a man suspected of snatching an Alabama toddler from a birthday party as they continue the search for the missing three-year-old. 

Surveillance images of the man and the vehicle he was driving were released by police after Kamille McKinney was abducted from outside a public housing community in Birmingham on Saturday at about 8.30pm. 

An Amber Alert was issued for the toddler, whose family calls her ‘Cupcake’, after someone in a dark SUV grabbed her while she was outside the home with friends and then drove away. 

Police said a white woman and a black man were suspected of snatching Kamille. 

Police have detained a man suspected of snatching three-year-old Kamille McKinney from a birthday party in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday as they continue the search for the missing toddler

They believe the couple were using candy to entice children.  

Authorities released surveillance images of the male suspect and the SUV they were believed to be traveling in. 

The man was detained for questioning on Sunday night after a person spotted the vehicle outside the Woodside Condominiums and alerted authorities. 

Police said they are searching the surrounding area for the little girl. 

The condominiums are about 10 miles from the area where Kamille was abducted. 

Authorities said they feared Kamille was in extreme danger.  

The toddler’s father, Dominic McKinney, told AL.com that he relieved the suspect had been caught but would not rest until his daughter was found safe. 

Police said a white woman and a black man were suspected of snatching Kamille. Authorities released surveillance images of the male suspect and the SUV they were believed to be traveling in

The man was detained for questioning on Sunday night after a person spotted the vehicle outside the Woodside Condominiums and alerted authorities

‘I feel a little better that they got him but the search goes on because Cupcake still isn’t home,” he said. 

‘We’re still not stopping. I feel better that they caught him, I do, but until I see that baby, they can catch him all day. We will find her tonight.’ 

Earlier, McKinney had made a desperate plea for his daughter’s return. 

‘I just want my daughter back. I’ll pay anything, I’ll put up anything,’ he said.

‘Everybody knows Cupcake and I’ll do anything to bring that baby back home. 

‘She’s scared, she’s lonely, she doesn’t know what’s going on. She’s just a baby. Whatever the situation is, whatever they’ve got going on, it don’t concern her.’ 

An Amber Alert was issued for the toddler, whose family calls her ‘Cupcake’, after someone in a dark SUV grabbed her while she was outside the home with friends and then drove away

The toddler’s father, Dominic McKinney, told AL.com that he relieved the suspect had been caught but would not rest until his daughter was found safe

McKinney has his daughter’s nickname tattooed on his arm along with a picture of a cupcake. 

‘She’s just a pretty little girl with the prettiest eyes. She ain’t the girl that’s going to get in the car with just anybody,’ he said. 

The Amber Alert for Kamille says she is three feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. 

At the time she was taken, Kamille was wearing a pink Minnie Mouse T-shirt and had yellow, white and blue bows in her hair.

Birmingham Deputy Chief Scott Praytor said investigators were asking any homes or businesses in the Avondale area near the Tom Brown Village public housing complex to share surveillance camera footage with police.

Praytor said there was no indication the kidnapping is an issue over child custody.