A Utah mother is accused of abducting her four children and taking them to Europe, leaving behind a note and a to-do list that police describe as 'delusional'. Elleshia Anne Seymour, 35, allegedly boarded a one-way flight from Salt Lake City International Airport to Amsterdam in late November, before continuing to Croatia.
West Jordan Police Department has charged Seymour with four counts of custodial interference and removing a child from the state, third-degree felonies. The father of three of the children, Kendall Seymour, has set up a GoFundMe to cover the cost of flying to Europe to bring them home.
According to Kendall, Elleshia forged passport documents for the children and left a note claiming God promised she would be in Italy by Christmas. Her to-do list included instructions to 'shred paperwork, destroy identifying photos, throw away phone, purchase pre-paid phone'. Police conducted a welfare check on December 2 and found the home empty.
The children—Landon Hal Seymour, 10, Levi Parker Seymour, 8, Hazel Rae Seymour, 7, and Jacob Kurt Brady, 3—remain missing. The Utah Department of Public Safety issued an endangered missing advisory on December 10. Kendall said the FBI is working to bring the children home, and any extra funds raised will go towards therapy for the children.
