By
Associated Press
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Published: Thu, August 07, 2008 - 3:54 am
Last Updated: Thu, August 07, 2008 - 7:25 am
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas authorities say a woman who opened her hometo a family after Hurricane Katrina has run off with their five
children.
The woman, Rhonda Tavey, told a Dallas TV station (WFAA) that
she had taken the children for their own safety. She says it's not
kidnapping on her part, it's "child abandonment on their part."
Tavey is facing five counts of kidnapping. She tells The Dallas
Morning News she plans to turn herself in as soon as she talks to
her attorney.
One prosecutor tells the Houston Chronicle that "they were all
one big happy family" before the mother called the Harris County
constable's office to report Tavey was reluctant to allow her to
see her own children.
Authorities are still searching for the children.
Amber Alert for the Alphonse children: http://tinyurl.com/5lbtt7
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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