DEL CITY — A 2-year-old girl taken by her father this morning was returned safely to her mother shortly after nightfall, authorities said.

Hannah Quisenberry-Drennan was found with her father, Boyd Ray Quisenberry, 30, at a northeast Oklahoma City apartment complex about 7 p.m., Del City police detective Jody Suit said. Quisenberry took Hannah from her grandmother's house about 10 a.m. Monday.

The child was not harmed and Quisenberry was not arrested, but he was served with a protective order. He is not allowed to come near Hannah or her mother until he appears before a judge on the matter, Suit said.

Quisenberry and his wife are separated. The wife told police he's threatened to kill her and her mother, he said.