The girl accused of abducting her daughter from an Illinois suburb six years in the past has turned herself in, days after the lady was discovered secure in North Carolina after which reunited along with her custodial father, native authorities mentioned.
Heather Unbehaun, the mom of now-15-year-old Kayla Unbehaun, was being held on the Kane County Grownup Justice Centre in Illinois with out bond on an abduction cost, in keeping with the jail.
Unbehaun was arrested Saturday on a fugitive warrant out of Illinois on kidnapping and little one abduction prices and was held on a $US250,000 ($376,107) bond whereas she awaited extradition, Buncombe County, North Carolina, Deputy Clerk Cory Alexander advised CNN on Tuesday.
She bonded out Tuesday morning and was launched, Asheville Police Division spokesperson Samantha Sales space advised CNN on Tuesday.
Kayla was 9 when she was kidnapped by Unbehaun, from the Chicago suburb South Elgin, the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters mentioned.
The lady's disappearance got here after Unbehaun took her to a parade on July 4, 2017, in keeping with John Vojta, an legal professional for Kayla's custodial father, Ryan Iserka.
When Iserka went to choose up his daughter the following day, he was advised Unbehaun took her on a tenting journey and Unbehaun and Kayla by no means returned, Vojta advised CNN.
A felony warrant for kidnapping was issued for Unbehaun on July 28, 2017, in keeping with the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters, which helps households search for American youngsters who're taken by relations or strangers or run away.
On Saturday night, Kayla was noticed at a store in Asheville by somebody who recognised her from an episode of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries collection about parental abductions, Sales space advised CNN.
That individual notified a retailer worker, who then referred to as the police, Sales space mentioned.
Iserka had received full custody of Kayla in early 2017, with Unbehaun allowed unsupervised "parenting time" visits, Vojta mentioned.
The yr prior, the decide assigned to their custody case granted Kayla's father "sole discretion, to make all choices relating to medical therapy and look after the minor little one," in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
That call got here as a result of, in keeping with Vojta, Kayla's mom was "messing with the medical and well being points" for Kayla.
The kid's mother and father shared custody of her till Iserka filed for full custody after Unbehaun moved to Georgia with Kayla, in keeping with Vojta.
CNN reached out to the legal professional representing Unbehaun, who declined to remark.
Talking on Iserka's behalf earlier than Unbehaun turned herself in on Wednesday, Vojta advised CNN it was "very regarding that Heather was launched on bond in North Carolina after she was a fugitive for six years".
Iserka linked along with his daughter in North Carolina on Sunday, and so they drove again to Illinois collectively, Vojta mentioned.
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He's overjoyed his daughter is dwelling secure, he mentioned in a press release by way of the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters, thanking the organisation and legislation enforcement companies for spreading the phrase in regards to the seek for her.
"I additionally need to thank the entire followers on the 'Deliver Kayla Residence' Fb web page, who helped maintain her story alive and had been instrumental in spreading consciousness," he mentioned.
"We ask for privateness as we get to know one another once more and navigate this new starting."
Unbehaun's subsequent courtroom date is about for Wednesday morning on the Kane County Judicial Centre, in keeping with on-line jail information.
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