A Utah mother of four has been accused of abducting her children allegedly because she feared that "end times" were coming.
Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, has been charged with four counts of custodial interference and removing a child from the state after allegedly abducting her four children and fleeing to Europe, according to ABC4 Utah.
Court documents reviewed by ABC4 revealed that officers with the West Jordan Police Department arrived at a residence belonging to Elleshia for a welfare check on Dec. 2, and found it unlocked and unoccupied.
Officials have been unable to contact the mother, and she also hasn't answered phone calls from a co-worker and a friend since Nov. 29, which is the day the alleged abduction occurred.
An endangered and missing advisory was issued by the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Dec. 10 for the children, who are between the ages of 3 and 11.
Kendall Seymour, the father of three of the kids, told KSLTV that he was previously unaware of his ex’s beliefs but recently discovered concerning videos on her social media.
"I didn’t know about any of these ideas of hers until a couple of weeks ago when someone found her TikTok account … She thinks Salt Lake is going to be destroyed and she is trying to get the kids to safety. My only hope is that she is motivated to protect them," he said. "There were no signs of that when we were married or divorced in the last five years."
ABC4 reported that the West Jordan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working on the case.
Mom Allegedly Abducted Her 4 Children and Fled Overseas as She Feared ‘End Times’ Were Coming: Police
Elleshia Anne Seymour has been accused of abducting her children, who are between the ages of 3 and 11, due to fears of ‘end times,’ according to police. She has been charged with four counts of custodial interference and removing a child from the state.
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