Mother of former Love & Hip Hop Atlanta reality TV star is 'kidnapped' and her home left ransacked
- Kimberly Moore, 54, mother of Atlanta rapper Chavante 'Che' Mack, went missing from her DeKalb County, Georgia, home Wednesday evening
- Mack appeared on Season 2 of hit VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop Atlanta
- Mack, who welcomed her baby daughter 10 days ago, came by her mother's home and found the back door kicked in
- The house was in disarray, but Moore's car and wallet were left behind
- Police suspect foul play; they employed aerial search and K9 units to track her down, but without success
Police in Georgia are investigating a suspected kidnapping of the mother of a former Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star who vanished from her home Tuesday evening.
Investigators are searching for 54-year-old Kimberly Moore, whose daughter, Chavante 'Che' Mack, appeared on Season 2 of the hit VH1 reality show about Atlanta’s hip hop industry.
Detectives believe Moore may have been abducted from her residence in DeKalb County between 7 and 7.45pm. When officers responded to her home on Maplewood Drive, they found it ransacked, with both the front and back doors ajar.
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Abducted: Police are searching for Kimberly Moore, 54 (left), who they suspect was kidnapped Wednesday. She is the mother of former Love & Hip Hop Atlanta stat Chavante Mack (right)
Crime scene: When officers responded to Moore's home on Maplewood Drive in DeKlab County, they found it ransacked
Mack, who just welcomed her daughter 10 days earlier, took to Instagram Thursday morning to plead for her mother's safe return.
'Please let's pray for me I love you mom lets [sic] get you back home safe,' her message read.
It was accompanied by a recent photo of Moore cradling her newborn granddaughter in the hospital.
Mack was the one who reported her mother missing after she came by the woman’s house at around 8pm Wednesday and discovered that someone had kicked in the back door, reported CBS46.
Inside, she found the home in a state of disarray, but her mother's car and other possessions, including her wallet and identification card, were left behind. Police suspect foul play.
Daughter's plea: Mack took to Instagram Thursday morning to plead for her mother's safe return. The post was accompanied by a photo of Moore cradling her newborn granddaughter
Chavante 'Che' Mack appeared on Season 2 of the hit VH1 reality show about Atlanta’s hip hop industry, which aired in 2013
Crime scene investigators spent the early hours of Thursday looking for clues at the missing woman's residence.
DeKalb police Major Stephen Fore told Channel 2 that they conducted an aerial search from a helicopter and employed K9 units to help track down Moore, but without success.
Kimberly Moore is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing between 160-170lbs.
Speaking outside her mother's home, a visibly shaken Ms Mack said of Moore: 'She's an independent... she's a strong woman, she doesn't do anything to anybody and she definitely did not deserve this.'
Mack announced over the summer that she and her long-time boyfriend, fellow hip hop artist Made Man, were expecting their first child together. The images above show Mack and Made Man in early December 2016
Aspiration: Mack shared this pre-pregnancy photo two days ago, saying she gives herself till March to get back to this size
‘Che’ Mack, an Atlanta-based rapper, joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta in 2013 as the a new protege of producer Stevie J.
A fifth season of the high-rated reality show aired in April 2016.
Mack announced over the summer that she and her long-time boyfriend, fellow hip hop artist Made Man, were expecting their first child together, a girl.
The couple welcomed baby Ginger Specelle Mosley on January 16.
In an Instagram message sharing the happy news, Mack revealed that she had to undergo an emergency C-section and her daughter had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice.
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