Utah mother charged with international kidnapping claims she was saving kids from 'end of times'
Prosecutors say she removed the children to block the fathers’ custody rights, and Croatian authorities later found them in a state-run orphanage.
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Utah mother charged with international kidnapping claims she was saving kids from 'end of times'
Utah mother Elleshia Anne Seymour, who believed she was saving her kids from “the end of times,” is facing federal kidnapping charges after she fled to Croatia with her four children. | Kendall Seymour SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — A Utah mother, who believed she was saving her kids from “the end of times,” is facing federal kidnapping charges after she fled to Croatia with her four children. Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, of West Jordan, is accused of tra…
West Jordan woman extradited from Croatia to face international parental kidnapping, passport fraud charges
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 23, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — A West Jordan woman who allegedly took her four biological children overseas without the knowledge of their father or or court approval is in federal custody after being extradited from Croatia and indicted on charges of international parental kidnapping and passport fraud. Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, of West Jordan, Utah, allegedly traveled to Europe, and to Croatia with her four biological …
WEST JORDAN, UTAH- A 35-year-old woman from West Jordan, identified as Elleshia Anne Seymour, was extradited to Utah from Croatia on 12 June for alleged international parental abduction and passport fraud, said the U.S. Attorney's Office of Utah District. According to court documents, Seymour removed her four children from the country between the end of November 2025 and January 2026 without the knowledge or permission of the parents, with whom …
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