Manitoba RCMP say they’re on the lookout for three children who were found by police on the weekend — after being reported missing from Ontario last December — but have disappeared again.
The boys — 12-year-old Leon, 11-year-old Christopher, and Thomas, 9 — were taken into care by RCMP early Sunday morning after they were stopped at the Canada/U.S. border at Boissevain, Man., travelling with their mother, Astrid Schiller.
RCMP said they were attempting to cross into the United States.
Schiller, the subject of a warrant for child abduction issued in Durham, Ont., was arrested but later released by RCMP as the warrant’s jurisdiction didn’t extend into Manitoba.
Police were notified around 1:30 a.m. Monday that the three boys were missing from the Forrest, Man., home they’d been placed in, and are believed to be on the road again with their mother.
Schiller is believed to be driving a 2018 white Mercedes GLC with a British Columbia licence plate reading SJ975W.
“We’re not sure if they’re heading back to Ontario or perhaps they’re heading west,” RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre told 680 CJOB.
“Right now it’s wide open as to where they could be, so we’re trying to get the message out across the province here. If further tips come in that she has perhaps entered another province, then we’ll help to get that message spread out even further.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 911, Blue Hills RCMP at 204-726-7522, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or to leave a secure tip online at http://www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.