GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — Two Eastern Washington sisters allegedly abducted by their mother were found safe hours after the Washington State Patrol issued an AMBER Alert.
The Odessa Police Department (OPD) did not disclose the location where the girls, ages 8 and 11, were found late Tuesday with their mother.
The OPD confirmed the girls’ mother was supposed to return them to their father around 4 p.m. Sunday as part of their court-ordered parenting plan. The WSP sent the alert to people’s phones around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday and the Washington State Department of Transportation posted the notice on electronic billboards across I-5.
The girls were reportedly last seen at 6 a.m. Tuesday on W. Broadway Ave. in Montesano with their mother, who authorities believed could have been heading to Deer Park in Spokane, or out of state to Arizona, Utah, or California.
Online records state the girls’ parents have been going through divorce proceedings since September. In filings, their father said their mother has a history of mental health challenges, including bipolar disorder, and drug abuse. He told a Lincoln County court he believes she relapsed after draining their bank account, told him she was suffering from postpartum depression and felt detached from the children, and refused counseling. According to police, the girls live with their father in Odessa, about 75 miles west of Spokane.
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Police said the girls’ mother was not in custody as of Tuesday evening. KOMO is working to get more specifics of what led to the girls being found.
