My love for you has no limits or boundaries. "I pray for you every day and think about you all day long. "I love you forever and I hope you're safe, happy and I'm always looking forward to seeing you again someday," he wrote at the time, sharing a baby photo of his missing daughter. While the girl was missing, including in 2020, authorities released age-progression photos of her and asked again for the public's help locating her.Ī glance at her father's Facebook page shows that he never stopped posting about her and in January 2021, he posted a birthday tribute to his daughter. The girl's mother was allowed to have weekly visitations with the girl, ending in the abduction in July 2017, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. The girl's father was awarded full custody in January 2017 and Kayla moved in with her father, his wife and her two children. Her mother, however, didn't allow that to happen, citing medical reasons. Kayla's father said previously, Heather took their daughter to Athens without a visitation arrangement.Īfter a series of court visits, a judge ordered that the girl's father be allowed to see her in Illinois during school breaks. Before the abduction, her mother expressed a desire to live off-the-grid and a live a more carefree lifestyle, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said the girl's mother had been inactive on social media since she went missing. I want to thank the South Elgin Police Department, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and all of the law enforcement agencies who assisted with her case," said her father, Ryan Iserka. In a statement posted on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Facebook page, Kayla's father shared his thoughts about being reunited with his daughter. The department is also helping the family get social services. The department said the now 15-year-old is in good condition and good spirits since being reunited with her family. Her mother was arrested Saturday in Asheville and charged with child abduction, a felony, before being released on bond, the South Elgin Police Department said in a news release. Netflix reboot: 'Unsolved Mysteries' helped solve the Kayla Unbehaun case. According to television station ABC Chicago, a store owner in North Carolina who had seen the show recognized the girl at an Asheville shopping center and called police. Kayla Unbehaun was 9 years old when police said her mother, Heather, abducted her in July 2017 from South Elgin, Illinois, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago.Ī photo of Kayla as well as a photo of her mother were shown at the end of a 2022 episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" on Netflix. Hall and Callie Carmichael, USA TODAYĪn Illinois girl who went missing six years ago has been found safe in North Carolina, according to a Facebook post from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
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