ALFRED — Jury selection began today in York County Superior Court in the trial of a man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend and then abducting his 2-year-old daughter, triggering the state’s first “Amber Alert.”
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Gary Traynham, 39, is charged with gross sexual assault, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal restraint in the November 2009 incident.
State offiicials issued the Amber Alert after police found Traynam’s ex-girlfriend, Lisa Gould, in her Sanford apartment, crying, with blood on her face and scrapes and bruises on her neck, chest and arms. Gould told police that Traynham had assaulted her and left, taking their daughter, Hailey, with him.
Gould had been seeking a custody hearing for the 2-year-old.
The Amber Alert involved television, radio and Internet descriptions of Traynham, Hailey and Traynham’s pickup truck. The information was also posted on message boards on the Maine Turnpike.
Traynham was arrested the next day in Milton, N.H., and Hailey was recovered unhurt.
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