(WSB Radio) An Amber Alert has been canceled for a one-year-old girl whose mother told police she was kidnapped by her father.

Police say little Sencerity Williams is safe in Maryland with her father who actually has legal custody of the child.

Cara Williams called police to her Jonesboro home just after seven this morning to say Sentwali Cory kidnapped the child and then took off in Williams car.

A manhunt ensued for several hours until investigators learned from family members that the child had in fact been in Maryland for several months with her father.

"Right now we don't know why she did it, it's still be investigated," says Clayton County Police Officer Kevin Hughes.

Williams could face charges of falsely reporting a crime.