Two siblings who have been missing from northeastern Ohio since October have been found in a village in Iceland.
The multi-continental search began on Oct. 25 after the siblings, ages 8 and 9, were reported missing along with their 34-year-old mother, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. The agency reported that the children’s mother had stopped taking medication for mental health, the kids were no longer in school and that their Canton apartment was found abandoned.
Officials initially tracked the children and mother to Denver, Colorado, but they had left for Europe, the Marshals Service said. Investigators later learned the family traveled to London and the Island of Jersey in the English Channel before ending up at a remote Iceland fishing village.
Icelandic police found the three at a hotel in the nation’s capital of Reykjavik on Jan. 10, the Marshall Service said. The children were placed under the care of Iceland social services awaiting a “trusted family member” to get them.
Mother treated at Iceland hospital
The mother is being treated at an Iceland hospital “where she will remain until she is well enough to travel back to the U.S.” the Marshals Service said in a Thursday news release.
Officials did not elaborate on the woman’s mental health condition, explain why she left Canton or clarify whether she will face any criminal charges. USA TODAY has reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service for comment.
Authorities did not name the fishing village where the children were found.
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott credited the collaboration of police agencies in multiple countries with tracking the siblings down, adding: “The ability to respond and recover these children abroad is an extremely difficult task.”
Contributing: Canton Repository
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