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Utah doomsday mom arrested abroad after allegedly abducting four kids, dumping them in European orphanage
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A Utah mother obsessed with doomsday prophecies has been arrested overseas after allegedly kidnapping her four young children and abandoning them in a Croatian orphanage, triggering an international legal battle to bring the kids home.
Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, was taken into custody in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Jan. 16, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. Prosecutors said they are now working with federal partners to explore extradition options, though no timeline has been announced.
Seymour is charged in Utah with four counts of custodial interference — removing child from state, all third-degree felonies, after authorities say she took her children out of the country without the consent of their fathers and failed to return them for court-ordered visitation.
Officials say Seymour boarded a one-way flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam on Nov. 29 before traveling on to Croatia with the children. Investigators allege the deadline for her to return the children to their fathers had “long since elapsed,” and both fathers told police they never agreed to allow the children to leave the state or the country.
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Seymour’s children are shown in a family photo with her ex-husband, Kendall Seymour. Authorities said the children were later found in a Croatian orphanage after being taken abroad by their mother. (GoFundMe)
According to Kendall Seymour, the father of three of the children, the family did not realize the kids were missing until days after they had already been taken overseas.
“On Sunday, Nov. 30, my ex-wife flew to Europe, kidnapping all three of my kids and her fourth child from another dad,” Seymour wrote in his original GoFundMe post. “We didn’t learn until Tuesday, Dec. 2, that anyone was missing.”
Court records show a no-bail arrest warrant was issued in December after prosecutors argued Seymour posed a flight risk and a danger to her children.
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Photos show the missing Seymour children alongside a separate image of their mother. Authorities said the children were allegedly taken abroad by their mother and later found at an orphanage in Croatia. (GoFundMe)
According to charging documents, officers later found Seymour’s apartment unlocked and abandoned, her vehicle parked at Salt Lake City International Airport, and a notebook outlining plans to discard phones and documents. Kendall Seymour said his ex-wife allegedly forged passport paperwork for the children and left behind what he described as a delusional note claiming she had received a message from God promising she would be in Italy by Christmas.
He also said police found a handwritten to-do list that included instructions to “shred paperwork,” “destroy identifying photos,” “throw away phone,” and “purchase pre-paid phone.”
In a voicemail left for Kendall Seymour days after disappearing, Elleshia Seymour allegedly claimed she was in France and said she needed to get the children out because the “end times” were coming, according to police.
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Kendall Seymour is shown with his children in an undated family photo taken prior to their alleged abduction. (GoFundMe)
The children were eventually located in Croatia and placed into a state-run orphanage.
Now, Kendall Seymour has flown to Europe in a desperate effort to bring them home.
In a Jan. 25 update posted to a GoFundMe campaign, Seymour said the children remain “trapped in Croatia in a state-run orphanage” as he works to secure their release from government custody.
“We are in the country, trying to get the kids out of the custody of the local government,” he wrote, adding that the family has been forced to hire Croatian lawyers who specialize in international child abduction cases, file applications under the Hague Convention, pay for court-approved translators, and extend their stay overseas indefinitely.
Seymour said the fundraiser’s original goal has already been consumed by travel costs alone and warned that future expenses — including therapy — remain unknown.
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“Who knows how much money is going to be needed for therapy for the five of us, after this is all over,” he wrote.
He also revealed that a fifth American child, who had been traveling with Seymour and her children, is housed at the same orphanage. That child has not been publicly identified, and Seymour said his legal situation is “even more difficult,” requiring additional legal strategy and assistance.
Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send story tips to stepheny.price@fox.com.
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After Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the Washington Nationals, the San Francisco Giants headed back to the West Coast. They’re going back to the Bay Area, too.
The Giants have a date with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series at Oracle Park starting Tuesday night.
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So, San Francisco probably wanted to get out of Washington, D.C., with a win. That didn’t happen at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.
Nationals reliever Andrew Alvarez, the third pitcher used by the team on Sunday, picked up the victory with 4 1/3 innings of work. Giants starter Robbie Ray absorbed the loss, falling to 2-3 this season.
Ray worked six innings, giving up seven hits, three runs (all earned), walking one, and striking out seven Nationals. If the Giants’ offense had found a way to tack on some runs, then Ray’s outing wouldn’t have looked so bad.
The Giants’ bats, though, had eight hits. The big number for Giants manager Tony Vitello to look at in the box score after this one was, well, pretty big. San Francisco left 10 runners on base on Sunday, going 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. This indicates that San Francisco had plenty of opportunities to score some runs.
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They just didn’t get the job done.
Let’s go to the bottom of the fifth with the Giants and Nationals in a scoreless tie. With nobody out, the Nationals’ Keibert Ruiz connected for his third double this season. Nasim Nuñez scored to put Washington up 1-0.
With one out, Curtis Mead sent a Ray pitch over the left-field wall, a two-run blast that gave the Nationals a 3-0 lead.
San Francisco had a scoring threat in the top of the eighth inning. With runners at first and second base and nobody out, Casey Schmitt grounded into a double play. Matt Chapman, who was on second base, went to third. But the Giants were unable to bring him home.
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Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Giants, producing half of the Giants’ hits.
The Giants fall to 9-13 this season, sitting in fourth place in the National League West Division. The Nationals’ record goes to 10-12, good enough for third place in the National League East Division.
All eyes now turn toward Oracle on Tuesday night. It’ll be a chance for two longtime rivals to renew their rivalry.
Baseball fans know that the Giants-Dodgers matchups usually are must-see TV.
That’s probably going to be the case once again as Giants fans watch their team battle the Dodgers. Those lucky to have tickets to the three-game series at Oracle Park will show up in Giants colors, hoping to see Los Angeles head back to Southern California with either a series loss or a Giants’ sweep.
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Buckle up, Giants fans. It’s about to get rowdy at Oracle Park.
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DENVER (KDVR) — With the mild winter and warm start to spring, beekeepers are seeing swarms earlier in the year and expect the season to be longer than usual.
Gregg McMahan is a dispatcher for the Colorado Swarm Hotline. It’s usually his job to send a beekeeper to collect a swarm when someone calls, but on Sunday afternoon, he decided to handle one himself.
“Nice little swarm,” McMahan said. “It’s tricky, though, because it’s hanging on a fence.”
A warm winter and spring mean swarm season has begun four weeks early.
“Never seen it like this ever,” McMahan said.
This call is to a house on Denver’s east side. When McMahan arrived, he saw a swarm had taken up residence on the fence.
“Absolutely typical, it is on the small side,” McMahan said.
He got to work, first luring them into a box when he spotted a good sign.
“See all these girls, they got their butts up, they’re fanning their wings. That’s telling us the queens in here,” McMahan said.
With the queen in hand, the rest began to follow her into the box.
McMahan said two years ago, he had 400 calls like this. Last year, only 100, the Swarm Hotline was as unpredictable as the weather, which has caused bee activity earlier in the year than ever.
“It makes it hard on the bees, you know? Two days ago, I’m collecting swarms in the snow,” McMahan said.
Rescuing them is integral to Colorado’s ecosystem. McMahan hopes people give a beekeeper a call instead of spraying them or harming them in any other way.
“They do a phenomenal amount of pollination within this state. Not only our native flowers but all the other flowers that people bring in,” McMahan said.
Slowly but surely, the swarm left the fence and moved into the box. McMahan loaded them into his truck to deliver them to their new home.
“Westminster to the Stanley Lake Wildlife Refuge, so these girls will have lakefront property tonight,” he said.
As he wrapped up, McMahan’s phone was buzzing more than the bees. Just another call to start a swarm season, he thinks, could be a long one.
“This year I’m already 20 swarms deep, so I’m expecting way more than 100 this year,” McMahan said.
To have a bee swarm removed for free from your property anywhere statewide, the Swarm Hotline number is 1-844-SPY-BEES.
A whimsical world of whiskers, creativity, and community took over Seattle Center this weekend as POP Cats 2026 returned for a celebration of all things feline. The immersive convention turned the Exhibition Hall into a vibrant ‘cat city,’ complete with colorful art installations, interactive exhibits and endless photo ops. From adoptable rescue cats and hands-on workshops to cosplay, shopping, and meetups with fellow cat lovers, the event blended fun with purpose. Attendees could even bring their own cats, making it one of the few conventions where pets are part of the experience. Felines and their human friends embraced a joyful, cat-filled escape and one meow-velous weekend in Seattle. (Image: Elizabeth Crook / Seattle Refined) April 18, 2026{ }
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