"Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton said the county Department of Social Services placed Breanne and her 8-year-old brother in their grandmother's custody a few days ago. Jonathan Lewis Jones, the children's father, went to the home outside Turkey on Monday night and took the girl, the sheriff said.
"The dad shows up last night, takes the daughter and leaves," Thornton said. "He has two children, a son and a daughter, but the daughter was the only one of the two that went with him.' "