Kidnapped girls found, returned to dad
Published: February 4, 2006
Two girls abducted more than six years ago were reunited with their father this week after they were found during a traffic stop, the FBI said Friday.
Authorities have said the girls, ages 6 and 8 at the time of the abduction, were picked up by their mother, Joyce Linda Murray Steyne, and her brother, Stephen Kirk Murray, on Dec. 17, 1999, from their father’s home.
Despite a court order, the girls were not returned, authorities said.
A 16-year-old son also taken from the home was later found abandoned at a hotel in Roanoke Rapids.
The girls, whom the FBI did not identify by name, were found in a car during a traffic stop Thursday in Lillington when a law enforcement officer became suspicious and identified Steyne.
The FBI said Steyne, 45, is charged with removal of minor children in North Carolina in violation of a custody order and an unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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