AMBER ALERT Issued in Washington State for Lars Baugher & Remi Baugher (UPDATES) FOUND SAFE
AMBER ALERT was issued in Washington State for 2 year old Lars Baugher and 4 year old Remi Baugher. They were taken by their father, John Baugher. Authorities fear for the children’s safety due to the fathers mental health.
(John Baugher, father)
Mental problems had plagued him, and after his divorce, he lost custody.
During his marriage, police say they were called to the Baugher home for domestic problems, but he’d just been granted limited custody by the courts.
Now the family hopes the man they once called a good father will seek help.
“I believe in my heart that if he knew the damage he was doing to their emotional state that he wouldn’t be doing it, but he doesn’t realize that at this point,” said Pierre Remillard, the children’s great uncle and their mother’s uncle. (KNDO)
John Baugher, 34, is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.
(Lars Baugher)
Lars Baugher, 2, is about 2 feet 7 inches tall and 29 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown or green jacket, jeans and black Converse shoes.
(Remi Baugher)
Remi Baugher, 4, is 3 feet 1 inch tall and 37 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing a pink jacket with a yellow jacket on top, jeans and Strawberry Shortcake shoes.
The car, a 1978 two-toned brown Volkswagon Transporter Van, was found abandoned. (KOIN)
UPDATE I: Empty van found; children still missing
A van connected to a Washington State Patrol Amber Alert was found in Stevens County on Monday, but authorities were still looking for the two missing children – 2-year-old Lars Baugher and 4-year-old Remi Baugher – and their father, John Baugher.
UPDATE II: Police: Confirmed sighting of missing kids in Missoula, Montana
Investigators announced Tuesday evening that two children and their father, sought as part of an Amber Alert, were spotted in the Missoula, Montana.
Police said the three were seen at a fast food restaurant and that they appear different from photos released when the alert was first issued. (KOMO-TV)
Reports: Father, Missing Kids Seen In Montana
According to tips authorities have received from the public, two young Washington state children who are the subjects of an Amber Alert and their father were reportedly seen in Missoula, Montana, Monday at a fast food restaurant.
KHQ-TV of Spokane reports that the FBI told the Missoula County sheriff’s office that an ATM card belonging to the father, John Baugher, was used at an ATM near the Missoula airport. (KIRO-TV)
UPDATE III: Reports: Father, 2 Missing Kids Reportedly Seen in Montana
According to reports the children appear to have shorter hair than they did when they initially disappeared. An obvious attempt by John Baugher to conceal the children’s identities. The positive sign is that the children are still alive and unharmed.
The children, Remi Baugher, 4, and 2-year-old Lars Baugher, both reportedly had shorter hair than when they disappeared, according to the tips. The man with them had several days’ growth of beard.
Baugher, 34, was charged Monday in Walla Walla County, Wash., Superior Court with two counts of first-degree custodial interference, accused of failing to return his children to their mother, who has custody, after a visit, Walla Walla police said. A warrant was issued for his arrest, with bail set at $100,000. (Fox News)
UPDATE IV: KXLY tip aids in Amber Alert arrest , Family overjoyed Lars and Remi Baugher are safe
SPOKANE — Acting on a tip from a KXLY4 reporter, authorities in Idaho Springs, Colorado have arrested John Baugher, the subject of a regional Amber Alert after he failed to return his two children to his ex-wife over the weekend.
The children, Lars and Remi Baugher, were taken to the local police station in Idaho Springs. Baugher was arrested without incident and taken to the Clear Creek County Jail where he has already been scheduled for his first court appearance Friday morning.