CALGARY -- City cops are co-ordinating the safe return of three American kids, reported missing by their father and found in downtown Calgary on Wednesday.
At 1:15 p.m., a beat patrol officer located the white motorhome carrying Jordan Davis, 15, Jasper Davis, 14 and Tabitha Davis, 11, and their biological mother and non-custodial parent, Sherri Lynn Davis, a.k.a. Sherry Lynn O'Neal.
Police say the children are in good condition and co-operating with investigators.
The kids were reported missing last Friday to Cass County sheriffs in Missouri.
On Tuesday, Calgary police got information about the missing kids and their mother being spotted in the area.
Maj. Jeff Weber of the Cass County Sheriff's Department, told reporters in a press conference that they were contacted by Calgary police that same night, saying that the mother and an older son had visited a shelter for financial assistance.
"The story that they gave to the social worker seemed a little suspicious and when Sherri left, the social workers called the local authorities," he said.
A copy of the video from the surveillance camera at the Calgary shelter was shown to Jamie Davis, the children's father, and he confirmed it was his son Jordan and his ex-wife on the tape.
Following confirmation, American authorities got a warrant for the arrest of the biological mother.
Weber said the concerned father breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the children are safe.
"I think his first question was, 'How am I going to take my kids back?'"
Davis told American media he never had any reason to be concerned about his ex-wife and that for the last 3 1/2 years, he has been raising his kids with his new wife and her four kids.
To his knowledge, the concerned father said, the kids didn't have any contact with their mother in the past three or four years.
Davis said he's not worried the children will be hurt, but fears they may be scared and confused.
The kids' biological mother has been slapped with a felony charge with a $30,000 US bond, but it's possible there will be more charges.
American authorities say their priority is the reunification of the three Missouri kids with their father, but they will also immediately pursue the extradition of Sherri Lynn Davis. - Sun News Network
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