A crazed Utah mother allegedly abducted her four children and took them to Europe, fearing the “end times” were near, as her ex-husband fights to bring the youngsters back home.
Surveillance footage captured Elleshia Anne Seymour boarding a one-way international flight to Croatia with the four youngsters in tow at Salt Lake City International Airport on Nov. 30, according to ABC4.
The Delta Airlines flight was bound for the Balkan country with a stop in Amsterdam.
The 35-year-old mother, who is believed to be somewhere in Europe, shares partial custody of the children with her two ex-husbands.
Officials only realized Seymour and the children were missing when she missed work and stopped answering messages, which led to a welfare check at her home on Dec. 2.
The same day, Seymour left a voicemail with one of the fathers, saying that she was with the children in France, where she planned to secure permanent residence because the “end times” were near, the outlet reported.
Seymour’s ex-husband, Kendall Seymour, has accused her of abducting their children overseas.
“To put it bluntly, my kids have been abducted overseas by their mother,” her ex-husband, Kendall Seymour, wrote on GoFundMe.
“My ex-wife flew to Europe, kidnapping all three of my kids and her fourth child from another dad. We didn’t learn until Tuesday, Dec. 2, that anyone was missing,” Kendall Seymour wrote on GoFundMe.
The children range between the ages of 3 and 11. Kendall Seymour shares the three oldest with his ex-wife. They have been identified as Landon Hal Seymour, who turned 11 on Dec. 13, Levi Parker Seymour, 8, Hazel Rae Seymour, 7, and Jacob Kurt Brady, 3.
The Utah Department of Public Safety issued an endangered and missing advisory for the children on Dec. 10, listing Seymour as the abductor after leaving her car at the airport and fleeing the country.
The worried father alleged Seymour had forged passport documents for the children and left a note “dictating a delusional message from God,” that promised she would be in Italy by Christmas.
A to-do list was also left behind at her house, seemingly reminding Seymour to “shred paperwork, destroy identifying photos, throw away phone, purchase pre-paid phone.”
Seymour has since been charged with four counts of custodial interference, a third-degree felony, according to the Utah State Legislature.
A temporary emergency protective order and a no-bail arrest warrant were issued for the mother.
The FBI is assisting the local police with the investigation and Kendall Seymour hopes the state warrant is turned into a federal warrant that would allow INTERPOL to create an arrest warrant for the mother.
“Hopefully, the next step is I get a phone call that she’s been found and then I can fly out and find the kids. As soon as that happens, me and my fiancé were going to drop everything and go get them.”
He started the fundraiser so he could fly to Europe to pick up the kids to “minimize the trauma” once his ex-wife is arrested.
“Any funds received in excess of flight costs will go towards therapy needed because of this traumatic experience,” the GoFundMe read. “My genuine hope is that the kids are found quickly, and we can pick them up while they still think they’re on a vacation.
“If we can be there to get them asap after mom is arrested, they will feel safer and will not suffer as much wondering what is going to happen to them, to their mom, and to their future,” Kendall Seymoour said. “She hasn’t been located, but the FBI has good people working on it who love their job, and working together with family connections will get the kids home as soon as possible.”
A family lawyer believes the at-large mother could face serious legal problems when she is found.
“She’s chasing four felony counts, assuming this is the first time this has happened and [if] she has some mental health problems, then she is likely not looking at any jail time at all,” Marco Brown told ABC4. “What I think is more likely is they get the kids back to the United States and if they share 50-50 custody, then he (Kendall Seymour) goes and modifies the custody, so he gets the majority of it and holds the kids’ passports.”
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