JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) In an apparent random home invasion, robbers broke in, demanded money and jewelry and when they were told there was none, abducted a 14-year-old girl and killed the family dog, authorities in the Atlanta area said.
Police continued searching for Ayvani Hope Perez on Wednesday, a day after her abduction.
The FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation were assisting Clayton County police in the massive search for the teen. Police were stopping cars Tuesday and checking them during the search.
Two men pried open a back door of the home in the Ellenwood area around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, demanding the items, Clayton County police Officer Phong Nguyen said. The home invasion was apparently random, Nguyen said told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"It didn't appear that they knew each other," he said of the suspects and victims. "They just moved in about a month ago."
The girl was last seen being taken from the home in a gray Dodge, police said.
Both CBS Atlanta and the Atlanta Journal Constitution are reporting that the kidnappers have demanded a $10,000 reward for the girl's safe return.
The crime happened on a cul-de-sac in Ellenwood, a small community about 10 miles southeast of Atlanta, police said. The neighborhood is on the northern edge of Clayton County, just south of the DeKalb County line.
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