Two children abducted over a year ago were found safe at a Florida grocery store.
Police in High Springs made the discovery after a routine vehicle tag check near a Winn-Dixie store and learned the owner vehicle, 36-year-old Kristi Nicole Gilley, was a fugitive, the High Springs Police Department said.
Gilley is the noncustodial mother of Brooke and Adrian Gilley, ages 11 and 12, and she abducted the children back on March 15, 2022. When the three were found shopping at the grocery store, their appearances had been disguised.
Gilley was detained and arrested on an active kidnapping warrant out of Clay County, Missouri, located just north of Kansas City.
Brooke and Adrian were turned over to the Florida Department of Children and Families Services and will be reunited with their birth family, officials said.
There are little details on what lead to the abduction – but as the case moves forward, more details should emerge.