14/03/2011

Couple Freed After Missing Children Located

Four children who have been missing from their home in Ardee since Thursday have been found.

The children, ranging in age from one to 12, are safe and well while a 30-year-old man and a woman who were initially arrested have since been released without charge.

Police said on Monday that the people held in connection with the incident had been released unconditionally. It is understood the children were found by the PSNI in Newcastle, Co Down, at around 1pm on Sunday.

A major police operation was launched to find the children who were believed to have been in the company of 30-year-old man. Interpol as well as gardaí, the PSNI and police in Britain were involved in the search.

Chloe, Jessica, Jon and Megan were located safe and well in the seaside town on Sunday afternoon.

The four Eaton children, aged 12, ten, five and one, had disappeared from their Co Louth home with a man on Thursday, while their mother was in hospital.

"We would like to thank the public for their assistance with the appeal", a PSNI spokeswoman said.

"Police will continue to work with their colleagues in An Garda Siochana."

(BMcC/GK)

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