mother reunited with son, now 12, in Philippines
Published: November 16, 2005
A Nevada mother who’s been reunited in the Philippines with her 12-year-old son after an 18-month search plans to return with the boy to the U-S.
Shante Mystery last saw her son — Jonathan — when he was 10 and disappeared with his father from Las Vegas in April 2004.
They were reunited over the weekend — two days after Philippine authorities arrested Mystery’s 68-year-old ex-husband — James Mystery — in the Philippine city of Cebu.
An FBI spokesman says James Mystery’s being held on the U-S island territory of Guam on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
He’s sought a felony warrant issued in Nevada charging him with violating child custody rights.
Nevada Child Seekers — a Las Vegas nonprofit organization — helped locate the father and boy.
The FBI says the case was also helped by a close relationship between an FBI legal attache office in Manila and Philippine authorities.
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