Two children taken from their Missouri home nearly a year ago were found safe last week at a grocery store in Florida.
The High Springs Police Department said it found the two children and their non-custodial mother when a routine vehicle tag check alerted that the owner of the vehicle was a fugitive.
Kristi Nicole Gilley, 36, was arrested on a kidnapping warrant from Clay County, Missouri. With her, officers found 11-year-old Brooke and 12-year-old Adrian Gilley, who were allegedly kidnapped on March 15, 2022.
The kidnapping warrant for the mother was issued on July 13, police said.
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Investigators said the three were found inside the Winn-Dixie supermarket in High Springs and that they had disguised their identities. The children have been handed over to the Florida Department of Children and Families Services for a return to their family in Missouri. No other information was released.
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[Featured image: L-R, Brooke, Kristi, and Adrian Gilley/High Springs Police Department]
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