Mom claimed a man kidnapped her 3-year-old daughter at gunpoint. Cops now say she is the one who killed the toddler

Nola Dinkins, 3, was the subject of an AMBER Alert in Delaware after her mother, Darrian Randle, 31, told police that the toddler was kidnapped at gunpoint. - (Maryland State Police)

The Delaware mother of missing 3-year-old Nola Dinkins is now charged with murder after allegedly lying to police about a gunpoint kidnapping of the child and sparking a nationwide manhunt.

Darrian Randle, 31, initially told New Castle County police Tuesday that she pulled over in Newark, Delaware, after Dinkins became upset, when a man approached and abducted the toddler at gunpoint. Officials issued an AMBER Alert for Dinkins, but upon investigation, they found the mother’s report to be false, prompting its cancellation.