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Woman accused of kidnapping her children from Tangipahoa Parish arrested
Tangipahoa sheriff providing update on missing boys at 4 p.m.
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Updated: 3:41 PM CST Mar 9, 2021
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Tangipahoa sheriff providing update on missing boys at 4 p.m.
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Updated: 3:41 PM CST Mar 9, 2021
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OUT TO BE A RELATIVE? JENNIFER: YES. THEIR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, ACCORDING TO POLICE. THE FBI AND SANTA ROSA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING A WOODED AREA NEAR MILTON, FLORIDA FOR 38-YEAR-OLD SHAWTELL HECK, THE MOTHER ACCUSED OF TAKING OFF FROM THEIR FATHER’S HOME AT ABOUT 4:00 YESTERDAY. THAT IS THE TIME THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID THEY STARTED WORKING THE CASE. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE 8-YEAR-OLD AND 4-YEAR-OLD BROTHERS LEFT IN THEIR FATHER’S CAR AT THEIR HOME IN PONCHATOULA WHEN THE DAD LEFT TO GET A TOOL FROM THEIR SHED. WHEN HE GOT BACK, THE BOYS, AND THE CAR, WERE GONE TANGIPOHOA SHERIFF’S STARTING WORKING THE CASE AROUND 4:00. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ISSUEING AN AMBER ALERT FOR THE KIDS THIS MORNING. THE DEPUTY SHERIFF SAYS THEY SUSPECTED THEIR MOTHER COULD BE INVOLVED AROUND NOON TODAY, AND FOUND HER WITH THE BOYS NEAR HER FAMILY HOME IN FLORIDA. THEY SAY SHE TOOK OFF, AND IS STILL ON THE RUN THE BOYS ARE SAFE IN POLICE PROTECTION TONIGHT. POLICE SAY THIS WAS ALL SET UP BY A BIZARRE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT STARTED WITH THE MOM ASKING FOR A RIDE TO THE BOY’S FATHER’S HOME. >> WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS A GOOD SAMARITAN THAT WAS GIVING HER A RIDE TO DROP HER OFF BECAUSE SHE WAS SOMEPLACE WITHOUT A RIDE. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO BACKTRACK AND FIND THIS PERSON, THEY WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE US STATEMENTS. WE DON’T THINK THEY HAD ANY INFORMATION OR ANY KNOWLEDGE. THEY REALLY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS ARE THERE THAN SHE WAS STRANDED SOMEPLACE ON FOOT AND NEEDED A RIDE TO HER HOM JENNIFER: INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE HAPPENED TO GET THE RIDE AND ARRIVE AT THE FATHER’S HOME JUST BEFORE HE LEFT THE KIDS WITH THE CAR RUNNING. ONCE SHE IS FOUND, SHE WILL FACE FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING KIDNAPPING. WE WILL FOLLOW THE STORY AND BRING YO

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