Police: Missing Florida kids found more than 1,000 miles away in Indiana, mother arrested

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Published  December 13, 2024 5:27pm EST
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The Brief

    • Winter Garden police say they have located the two Florida children that have been missing since Sunday, Dec. 8.
    • Officers say Ashton, 4, and Alivia, 10, have been found in Indiana, which is more than 1,000 miles away from their Winter Garden home.
    • The search for the children began when Tierra Nikel Bradshaw, the children's mother, did not return the children to their father, who is their primary custodian under a court-order parenting plan, police say.
    • A report from the WGPD shows that Bradshaw has been arrested.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Police say they have found the two children who went missing from Florida this past weekend. 

Ashton, 4, and Alivia, 10, were found Friday afternoon in South Bend, Indiana, the Winter Garden Police Department reports.

The South Bend area is more than 1,000 miles away from the children's Winter Garden home. 

Ashton, 5, left, and Alivia, 10, are missing from Winter Garden. (Credit: Winter Garden Police Department)

The search for the missing children began when Tierra Nikel Bradshaw, the children's mother, did not return the children to their father, who is their primary custodian under a court-order parenting plan, police say. 

Police say they were concerned for the well-being of the children, because Alivia had not been to school recently and Ashton has cerebral palsy.

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Officers eventually discovered Bradshaw had fled the state and was staying with family in Indiana.

The WGPD says Bradshaw now has been arrested. 

Read FOX 35's full story on the children's initial disappearance here. 

The Source: The information in this article comes from the Winter Garden Police Department and was shared with FOX 35 News.

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