Texas Mom Flees Supervised Visit With Children

Connecticut child welfare authorities are investigating how a woman managed to flee a supervised visit with her three children and her convicted sex-offender boyfriend.

The Hartford Courant reports that the children have not been located since Crystal McGrath's escape in Waterbury on Feb. 16.

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Abducted Harrison child found safe, parents arrested

A baby believed to be in danger after being abducted by his troubled biological parents has been located and is safe, officials said Friday.

The endangered missing child advisory was canceled. The child's biological parents and two others were arrested.

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Young mother abducts 4-year-old girl from foster care in Washington state

A young mother recently abducted a four-year-old girl from foster care after a bathroom break and has since disappeared with her from a shopping mall in the U.S. state of Washington, court documents show.

Twenty-one-year-old Esmerelda Lopez-Lopez abducted her daughter Aranza Ochoa Lopez on Oct. 25 following a bathroom break during a court-ordered visit, the Oregonian, a local news outlet, reported on Sunday, quoting a search warrant affidavit.

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Man who helped in parental kidnapping seeks to delay prison

A Virginia businessman convicted of helping in a parental kidnapping is asking the nation’s highest court to suspend the start of his prison term while he appeals.

The request to the U.S. Supreme Court, which the government opposes, comes three weeks before Philip Zodhiates (zoh-dee-AH’-tehs), of Waynesboro, is scheduled to begin a three-year prison term in Kentucky.

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Father of abducted child sues social services for damages

Andreas Gerdes filed the court action against Appogg to request damages after winning a custody battle against his former partner Anika De Vilera, only to have his child snatched from him anyway

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Search Continues For 11-Year-Old Girl Who Left San Clemente Foster Home

A search was continuing Monday for an 11-year-old girl who went missing from her foster home in San Clemente, and who detectives believe may be with her mother.

Kaia Fina was last seen Friday and may be traveling with her mother in a black 2007 BMW X3, California license plate 7RRY771, said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

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Cops don’t think she shot her children’s foster mom. But they’re still charging her

Miami resident Candi Johnson remains in Miami-Dade County jail on no bond, charged with attempted first-degree murder following Friday’s shooting of Johnson’s kids’ foster mother.

But Miami-Dade cops don’t think Johnson pulled the trigger.

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• Woman accused in foster mother shooting previously accused of pointing gun at DCF worker

Mom Accused of Shooting Foster Mother Tells Judge She's 'Aggravating'

The biological mother accused of shooting the foster mother of her two children in southwest Miami-Dade was ordered to be detained without bond during a tense court appearance.

Candi Nicole Johnson was rolled while in a wheelchair into the courtroom by Department of Corrections officials on Sunday.

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• Accused of shooting a foster mother, woman refuses to appear in court
• Foster mother shooting suspect accused of pulling gun on DCF worker in March

Foster mom shot; 2 snatched kids found with biological mom

Police say two people shot and wounded a Florida foster mother and fled with two children, who were later found at the home of their biological mother.

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• Foster mother shot, 2 children taken from home in southwest Miami-Dade

Mom Charged With Kidnapping Infant Daughter From Foster Care

A 24-year-old woman has been charged with kidnapping, after abducting her 3-month-old daughter from foster care last week.

Authorities said Mikequera Randolph lost custody of her infant daughter, Royalty Wolf, in April.

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Tucson police search for pair accused of abducting kids during supervised visit

A baby girl and a five-year-old boy were abducted by their non-custodial parents Friday under the watch of a child protection worker who was threatened with a stun gun then tied to a tree with duct tape, authorities said.

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Parents accused of snatching their infant from DCYF care, arrested in Florida

Two parents are facing charges of childsnatching after they were accused of taking their infant daughter from the custody of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families in violation of a Family Court, according to the Rhode Island State Police.

Daniel Campos, 38, and Gabriela Paz, whose last known permanent address was 777 Main St., Hartford, Conn., were arrested in Florida on warrants charging them as being fugitives from justice, the Rhode Island State Police said in press release. They were held for extradition back to Rhode Island, where they will face charges of childsnatching, the state police said.

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Austin mother who abducted children from foster care released from Florida jail

PENSACOLA, Fla. (KXAN) — The mother who triggered a multi-state search after taking her 10-year-old daughter from Oak Hill Elementary in west Austin without authorization is heading back to Central Texas.

Sarah Jordan has been in the Escambia County Jail in Pensacola, Fla., since her arrest in mid November.

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Baby taken from foster family found safe 3 years later

LYNNWOOD — A baby taken from her foster family in California three years ago was found safe in Lynnwood on Thursday.

The girl, now 4, and her father apparently had been living in south Everett, according to local police. The father, 48, adopted a different last name and sold cars over Craigslist to make money.

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• Suspected kidnapper dad arrested in Washington state, daughter’s 2014 SoCal mystery abduction solved

Mom, girls sought by police had fled foster care danger, dad says

Fear for her daughters’ safety inside a South Austin foster home prompted Sarah Marcella Jordan of Cedar Park to violate a court order last Tuesday when she picked them up after school and drove them to Florida, triggering a multistate search that ended in her arrest, her husband said.

Authorities found Jordan’s daughters safe in Florida on Thursday, but not before Central Texas law enforcement agencies had roused the public and the media to help them in their search.

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Sisters reported missing in Texas found during traffic stop in Florida

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — The search for a 10-year-old Austin, Texas girl and her sisters has ended in Pensacola, Florida. Their non-custodial mother, 38-year-old Sarah Marcella Jordan, is now in the Escambia County Jail awaiting extradition to Texas for interference with child custody.

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Mother abducted her children in child welfare case

A mother abducted her children after the County Council of Trøndelag decided that the children were to be placed in a foster home. A total of 77 children are wanted internationally.

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Amber Alert triggered as parents allegedly kidnap their own child

Three people were arrested in Tewksbury Friday night, after the alleged kidnapping of a child from a supervised visit in New Hampshire triggered an Amber Alert.

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Parents Arrested After Taking Baby From a Foster Home

Parents are under arrest and the infant who was the subject of an amber alert is now in state custody.

Gordo, Alabama police say 19-year-old Blake Perkins and 18-year-old Tandra Goff, the non-custodial parents of 11-month-old Christian Clay Perkins, are facing felony charges of interfering with custody.

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Return to sender. Parental kidnapping spikes around the holidays.

One of the unpleasant realities of divorce is that parents who share custody of their children often have to spend the holidays without their kids.

The mom or dad who has primary custody will put their child on an airplane or watch the other parent drive off with them in the back seat.  The expectation is that the child will be returned in a week or two.  Unfortunately, that expectation is sometimes crushed when the other parent doesn’t return the child at the agreed upon time.

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