US EditionNZ police say CCTV shows father on the run for four years
Tom Phillips is wanted for multiple serious offenses and has evaded capture while living off the grid with his three children, aged 9 to 12, for nearly four years.
- On Friday New Zealand police released rare CCTV images they say show fugitive father Tom Phillips and one child, almost four years after they vanished.
- After a December 2021 row with his former partner, Tom Phillips absconded with his three children, police and family link the disappearance to a custody dispute and recently appealed for his return.
- The footage captured on Wednesday in Piopio shows a masked adult and child breaking into a refrigerated container with a power tool, using a quad bike for 13 minutes, police say.
- Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Saunders told New Zealand Police and the public, `We believe the pair in this footage are Tom and one of his children` and said, `This will take as long as it takes`.
- Police say they suspect Tom Phillips has had help avoiding capture and has been sheltering in the rolling hill country of Waikato's North Island, affecting communities including Marokopa despite few confirmed sightings.
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A New Zealand man has been on the run with his three children for more than three and a half years. Police in the country have now released surveillance video believed to show the father and one of the children, the BBC reports.
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The New Zealand authorities estimated that they had traced Tom Phillips, who had disappeared since 2021 with his three children on Friday, 29 August. The fugitive was reportedly seen on video surveillance footage of a grocery store in the north of the country.
Almost four years ago, after a family dispute, a father kidnapped his three children and disappeared. Now he may have been filmed by chance by a surveillance camera. Not for the first time.
Fugitive father-of-three and one of his children spotted years after disappearance, say police
Police have released CCTV footage which they believe shows a fugitive father-of-three and one of his children, almost four years after they disappeared into the New Zealand wilderness.
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