Authorities are searching for a man accused of kidnapping his daughter from a Pennsylvania home and making an ominous threat to the girl’s mother, according to police.

Jafar Almaarej, a 39-year-old Dearborn, Michigan , resident, is facing charges of kidnapping, interference with custody of children and terroristic threats, the Millcreek Police Department said in an Aug. 3 news release. As of Aug. 6, neither Almaarej nor his daughter has been located.

Police say Almaarej went to Erie, Pennsylvania, to visit his daughter for the weekend at his ex-wife’s home, but when she left for work on Sunday, she soon received a text from him saying he was leaving with their daughter, WJBK reported.

Almaarej also sent a text to his ex-wife saying that if she went to the police about him taking thei

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