While Alexander Jamond Ezell’s name was listed on today’s Halifax County District Court calendar, he was never brought before Judge W. Turner Stephenson III during the morning session.

Halifax County Assistant District Attorney Kanter S. Morris did say the state plans to seek the indictment on October 30.

Ezell, a registered sex offender, was charged on July 5 with attempted statutory rape, indecent liberties counts with a minor, first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, abduction of a child, injury to real property and resisting arrest.

Arrest warrants in the case allege the victim was both seriously injured and sexually assaulted during the abduction.

Sheriff Wes Tripp at the time would only confirm there was probable cause found through investigation to file the charges against the Roanoke Rapids man, who has been on the state sex offender registry since he was 13.

A search warrant in the case which was returned unsealed in July provides a clearer understanding of the circumstances surrounding the reputed kidnapping of the 1-year-old.

Initially, the search warrant had not been returned to the Halifax County Clerk of Court office until after a determination was made whether to seal it.

The search warrant, filed by Detective Matt Brown of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, does not give further details on the ultimate arrest of Ezell, who was caught hiding in the woods near his residence outside of Roanoke Rapids following the alleged abduction.

Brown wrote the sheriff’s office received a report of a missing 1-year-old child.

The missing child report was filed around 12:05 that morning, the sheriff’s office said at the time.

The child was last seen inside the residence sleeping in their car seat while the family, along with Ezell, was in the backyard smoking a cigarette.

Multiple sources who have proved reliable in the past have confirmed the family did not have knowledge Ezell was a sex offender.

The family was outside for approximately five minutes before going back inside and noticed the child was missing from their car seat.

Ezell had apparently left but went around the front of the house. As the family began searching the house they noticed the locked front storm door had been pulled open.

The family then went to Ezell’s residence and knocked on the shed where he lived. When they got no answer they went to the main house and spoke with a family member. The family member went to the shed and opened the door finding Ezell reportedly holding the child.

The family member grabbed the child and took it to its mother and called 911 to have the child examined. The child was unresponsive but breathing.

Ezell was located after a search by sheriff’s office canine handler Corporal A. Holland and his dog Torro.