(Image source from: WSOC-TV)

The case of a 7-month-old girl abducted Sunday, allegedly by a convicted sex offender in Danville, Virginia, took a strange twist on Tuesday when a man reportedly tried to sell a baby early Tuesday in Durham, according to TV station WTVD.

It is unclear if the man is the same person police suspect abducted the girl, the station reported.

The Danville Police Department said Emma Grace Kennedy was abducted Sunday night by Carl Ray Kennedy, 51, her father, who is a registered sex offender in North Carolina.

Virginia State Police say the baby is "in extreme danger."

TV stations WTVD and WRAL are reporting a caller told Durham police that a man tried to sell a baby at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Durham's East Woodcroft Parkway. "Reports state the man approached the caller with the child but left when the sale was rejected," WTVD reported.

WRAL said the man did not completely match descriptions of Carl Ray Kennedy. "But it was enough for authorities to add Durham and Wake counties to the area of their search for Emma Grace Kennedy," WRAL reported.

A Facebook post by the Virginia State Police says someone fitting the description of Carl Ray Kennedy was seen in the area of Seven Springs, N.C., around 6:30 p.m. Monday. It was believed he was headed to Oak Island, North Carolina, officials said in the Facebook post.

The pair were last seen traveling in a Gold Suzuki with fake North Carolina tags, officials said. The number on the tag is FAA1873, officials said. The car also has a "Johnny's Auto Sales" emblem on the trunk, officials said

TV station WTVR is reporting Carl Ray Kennedy is the girl's father and he was recently released from jail on drug distribution charges, the station reported.

Kennedy took the girl from a Kwik Stop in Danville shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, reported a tweet from the Virginia State Police.

By Lokesh