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Grandmother Found Dead, Baby Missing

By David Chang, NBC Philadelphia

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Police say 10-month-old Saavni Venna was abducted from her apartment complex sometime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday.

October 23, 2012 Updated Oct 23, 2012 at 8:47 AM PDT

A woman is dead and her infant granddaughter is missing after a homicide and abduction at an Upper Merion, Pa., apartment, according to police.

Police say 10-month-old Saavni Venna was abducted from her apartment complex sometime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday.

Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert for the Upper Merion Township Police Department on Monday.

Police say Saavni Venna, a 10-month-old baby girl, was abducted from the Marquis Apartment complex in King of Prussia sometime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday.

Investigators issued a child abduction alert just before 5 p.m. after they say a relative arrived at the apartment earlier in the afternoon and found the dead body of the baby's grandmother, 61-year-old Satyavathi Venna, and then realized the child was missing.

Friends of the family tell NBC10 it was the baby's father, Shiva Venna, who called police.

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