Facebook reunites mother with kidnapped children - 15 years later

Overheal

Like... :eek:

http://www.wesh.com/news/23716131/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A California mother whose children were kidnapped 15 years ago was reunited with them through Facebook.The woman said her husband, Faustino Utrera, kidnapped her two children and said she would never see them again.She said she looked everywhere for them, and she ultimately found out through Facebook that they were in Central Florida.

Police said Utrera disappeared from San Bernardino, Calif., with his then 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. The mother said she has not seen them since.In March, the children's mother searched for her daughter on Facebook and found her page. She added her as a friend, and they messaged back and forth.San Bernardino Deputy District Attorney Kurt Rowley said the mother immediately contacted his office."We did some additional investigation until we located Mr. Utrera and the kids in Florida," he said.Utrera was arrested and the children were placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families. With the father in jail, custody of the two teenagers was given to their mother.Carrie Hoeppner, of DCF, said that's where things get complicated."There is no relationship there," Hoeppner said. "You don't have that immediate joyful reunification. If in fact that is what will progress, it will take time. These children will have to build a relationship, and that is something that will not happen overnight."The children will soon be on their way back to California.

Silly daddy kidnapped his children in a world of windows 95... lawl. Technology caught up with him.

The_Kew_Tour

Well just proves facebook aint all that bad then does it:D

Indubitable

I wonder do the kids hate the mother for putting the father in jail?

phasers

So some strange woman put their Dad in jail.

Smooth. Those kids are going to love you, Mom.

El Weirdo

Does that make up for giving us cancer then?

smellslikeshoes

I'm kind of surprised we don't hear more stories like this, think of all the runaways, kidnapped children, fugitives etc that could be found by a quick search on facebook.

orourkeda

Bah humbug

Plug

I wonder will maddie have a facebook page in years to come?

jimmycrackcorm

I lost my pet dog last year - but still no sign of him on Facebook.

Plug

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I lost my pet dog last year - but still no sign of him on Facebook.

Im afraid he's dead. You will see him in doggy heaven:)

Mr. CooL ICE

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I lost my pet dog last year - but still no sign of him on Facebook.

He ran down the road a bit and got hit by a car. He died a short while later in the ditch by the side of the road. Crows then pecked his eyes out and gradually became a rotting messy carcass surrounded by flies.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

stovelid

There's something wrong with me.

A touching human story and the first thing I do is snigger because the kidnapper's name sounds like urethra.

I'd say they hate her.

gino85

my aunt found her father indirectly through facebook after 40+ years

WindSock

I guess he shouldna kidnapped their kids.

TheZohanS

Plug wrote: »

I wonder will maddie have a facebook page in years to come?

Probably not.

She's dead.

ddef

TheZohan wrote: »

Probably not.

She's dead.

that was very distasteful...


on one hand, i know in one way it was right for the mother to be reunited with her children, but on the other hand...they are grown ladies now, 17 and 18 probably in school with a normal life, friends etc. it will screw up their lives and even though the father did kidnap them, they probably do love him and sure they dont even know the mother!

owenc

TheZohan wrote: »

Probably not.

She's dead.

Thats evil.

Midnight_EG

owenc wrote: »

Thats evil.

But true.



Probably.

dylano_k

Ah go make a group about it

stovelid

owenc wrote: »

Thats evil.

May I suggest a new avatar?