NOVATO, Calif. (KCBS) -- Novato police have issued a statewide Amber alert for a murder suspect who is believed to have kidnapped a one-year-old child.
The incident began just before 7 Sunday night when suspect James Raphael Mitchell, 27, allegedly attacked the mother of the baby girl with a baseball bat, killing the woman, according to police. He then took off with the child, identified as Samantha Mitchell, in a 2007 light gold or tan Honda Civic, officials said. The vehicle license number is CA/5XAT527.
James Mitchell is described as a white male, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, bald head, unshaven with a muscular build. He was said to be wearing a white t-shirt and dark colored pants.
The child is a year old with black hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a pink outfit.
Mitchell is reportedly armed and has threatened to kill any law enforcement officer he comes into contact with, according to Novato police.
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