Police said the girl was taken from her home in Martins Ferry on Wednesday evening and was found a few hours later unharmed at the Highlands. She was later returned to her mother.

On Friday, the men accused of taking the child are expected to appear before a judge. One of the men is the girl's paternal grandfather, Robert Hupp, and the other is Hupp's friend, Allen Nickerson.

Police said the child's mother came home and discovered her daughter and Hupp missing. They said she knew right away what happened.

Police said that the girl's mother and the child's father have been separated for some time. The mother eventually started dating her father-in-law, Robert Hupp. It was Wednesday that she told Hupp she was going to break up with him, and that's when police said he took his granddaughter and was going to take her back to Canton, Ohio, to be with her father.

Police said Hupp, along with Nickerson, are facing charges in Martins Ferry, but they are currently in the Northern Regional Jail because the arresting agency was Ohio County. The men are charged with one count of child abduction.

Both Hupp's and Nickerson's bonds are set at $10,000. They are expected to make their first court appearance in Belmont County on Friday. Police said Hupp and his granddaughter are to have no contact until he makes that court appearance.