HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. Two abducted children who have been missing from Missouri for nearly a year were found in a central Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was in police custody, authorities said. blame said.
Kristi Gilley was arrested last Wednesday on an out-of-state wanted warrant. Court records show Gilley, 36, remained in jail as of Sunday.
High Springs police officers found Gilley and the two children in the Winn Dixie supermarket after conducting a routine vehicle tag check showing the vehicle’s owner was a fugitive, the High Springs Police Department said. said in a press release. High Springs is located approximately 22 miles (35.4 km) northwest of Gainesville, Florida.
The children have been missing in Clay County, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, since March of last year.
The High Springs Police Department said the children have been turned over to the Florida Department of Children and Families and will be reunited with family members in Missouri.
Gilley’s court-appointed attorney from the local public defender’s office did not respond to an emailed question Sunday.
