Timeline from CBS 21(update)
YORK COUNTY, Pa. —Police and court documents lay out a violent several days leading up to the gunpoint abduction of two girls by their father, Robert Vicosa.
WATCH |Police give additional details on York County abduction
Vicosa is a former Baltimore County police office and is charged with taking his two daughters over the weekend after a violent attack on his estranged wife and mother of the girls.
Authorities say the received a call from the mother of girls on Sunday, saying she was assaulted and held at gunpoint at the family home in Windsor Township, in an incident that lasted at least 24 hours, before Robert Vicosa abducted on the children.
On Monday night, Robert Vicosa, drove alongside a creek until the stolen vehicle he was driving went underwater, according to police.
At the time, he and his two daughters, now possibly wet and cold found shelter in an unoccupied camper on Huson Road.
On Tuesday, the owner of the camper noticed a car had gone into the creek, and that is when police say she came face-to-face with Robert Vicosa.
Police say he demanded her assistance, and when she refused, he held her hostage.
The woman gave Robert Vicaso the keys to her silver Volkswagen Jetta, which police found last night in East Lancaster.
Police are now looking for a black Lexus GS 350 with a PA registration of KPK 2076.
The car belongs to Tia Bynum, who is also a Baltimore County Police officer.
Police are looking to talk with Bynum who is nowhere to be found. Police say she is currently facing one count of false imprisonment in connection with the case.
Baltimore Police officials say she is currently suspended from the department and has been stripped of her police powers.
At this point, police are unsure if Bynum and Vicosa are together, or the whereabouts of the girls.
During the news conference, police read a statement from the mother asking for her girls’ safe return.
“I am anxiously awaiting their return. I miss them and love them. I need them home," the statement read.
Because of the uncertainty of the car, York Area Regional Police are holding off issuing an Amber Alert. Robert Vicosa is considered armed and dangerous, so police say, call 9-11 if anyone has any information.
York Area Regional Police have established a tipline to assist with the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call them at 1-800-762-8187.
(early report)
A search is underway for two missing Pennsylvania girls who were believed to have been kidnapped by their father, a former Baltimore County police officer. Six-year-old Aaminah Vicosa and seven-year-old Giana Vicosa were last seen in Windsor Township yesterday morning. State police say Robert Vicosa took a woman at gunpoint from her home before stealing her car and fleeing the Red Lion School area with his daughters. He's believed to be driving a black Lexus or Infiniti G35 with Pennsylvania plates. Vicosa was fired from his job with Baltimore County PD in August, and police believe his girls are in extreme danger.
>>Armed Father Accused Of Abducting Daughters May Be With Fellow Ex-Cop
(York, PA) -- The York Area Regional Police Department says the man who they believe abducted his daughters after a home invasion may be in the company of a fellow ex-cop from Baltimore. Chief Timothy Damon said in a news briefing Wednesday night that there's now an active warrant for the arrest of Robert Vicosa. He also read a statement from the girls' mother Tia Bynum, who was assaulted at her home before the girls were taken. The U.S. Marshalls have been added to the investigation and the Baltimore PD has additionally been brought in on the case.