Two young sisters in Kansas were reunited with their mother after police say their father took them, hours after their two older brothers were found dead at the family home.
According to reports, Leavenworth police received a 911 call on Sunday from a family member who went to check on the children after one of them missed a soccer game. Officers arrived and found the bodies of two boys, Logan, 14, and Austin, 12, inside the home.
Police identified the boys’ father, Donny, 40, as the prime suspect. When officers learned the boys’ younger sisters, Nora, age 7, and Aven, age 3, were missing, an AMBER Alert was issued in three states.
Several hours later, officials announced that the girls were found safe after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol stopped their father in Oklahoma. He was taken into custody, and the girls were reunited with their mother, Tara.
A GoFundMe page was created on Tara’s behalf to help pay for funeral costs. The organizer wrote that Tara “is now faced with the overwhelming task of paying for a funeral for her two sons.” By Tuesday the page had passed its $50,000 goal and had raised more than $55,000.
According to reports, Donny filed for divorce in 2019, and a divorce hearing was scheduled for next month. He remained in jail in Oklahoma and was expected to appear in court on Monday. Baller Alert did not find a public response from him at the time of this report.
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