Two kidnapped Missouri children have been found in a Florida supermarket after nearly a year of being missing, police said.
The two boys had been missing since March 15, 2022, the High Springs Police Department in Florida said. They were found Wednesday at a Florida Winn-Dixie with their noncustodial mother, Kristi Nicole Gilley, police said.
Gilley, 36, was pulled over and arrested with an active kidnapping warrant in Clay County, Missouri, they said.
Officers were able to locate the two children after doing a routine check on Gilley’s vehicle, which indicated the vehicle’s owner was a runaway, police said.
All three were identified, despite having disguised their identities. It was not immediately clear how exactly their identities were disguised.
The children were turned over to the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and will be reunited with their family, police said.
joseph cradduck contributed.