Woman Charged With Kidnapping 12-Year-Old Girl

Detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 21-year-old Cobb County woman for allegedly kidnapping a 12-year-old girl Sunday evening.

Quanisha Safara Bell of Smyrna was taken into custody Monday morning, said Lt. Michael Grier, persons investigator with the sheriff’s office.

She was located around 9 a.m. by Cobb County police walking along Barrett Parkway in unincorporated Kennesaw. Bell is charged with one count of kidnapping and has been transported to the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center, Grier added.

Bell’s bond is set at $44,200.

Deputies initially responded to a non-parental kidnapping call Sunday evening at a home on Regency Court, which sits off Kellogg Creek Road in unincorporated Acworth.

Police were told Aryana Warren disappeared with Bell after she asked “the 12-year-old’s mother if they could walk to a local store,” Grier added.

The pair left on foot around 8:30 p.m. July 12. However, Aryana was found around 6 a.m. Monday near Town Center Mall in Cobb County and was returned home, Grier stated.

Grier said Bell was not with the child at the time of her return.

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