Father arrested; 2-year-old daughter safe

MILTON — Police say a missing 2-year-old Maine girl who was allegedly taken by her father has been recovered and is OK.

Police said Hailey Traynham was found in a Milton home. The girl was found with her father, 38-year-old Gary Traynham, who has been arrested and is due to appear in court later this week. State police say he’s being held in New Hampshire on a fugitive charge from Maine.

Traynham was reportedly hiding in the woods with his daughter when he was spotted by a hunter, who took them to a home, where they waited for police.

Hailey disappeared Monday after Traynham allegedly assaulted the girl’s mother at her Sanford apartment. He faces a gross sexual assault charge in connection with that attack.

Police had been searching for Traynham in the area and located him at a home on Middleton Road late this afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the scene to check the welfare of Traynham’s two-year-old daughter, Hailey Traynham.

Traynham allegedly assaulted the girl’s mother in Sanford before fleeing with the girl Monday night in a green Dodge pickup truck.

Several police departments and law enforcement agencies searched the region today for Traynham, concentrating on the area between Alton and Farmington.

-- Foster’s Daily Democrat