What is the story of the mother of these children? I have not read anything about a mother.
Looks like the mom had an affair which caused the divorce and likely enjoying her life with her new man.
Neither have I. A couple of local stories have been posted on FR and that's all we have locally as well. I know one of the first stories said the mother said it was not unusual for the dad to disappear with the kids and not know where they were. I'm guessing that's why these missing children were not a big news story until 2 days ago. I think they disappeared on 9/3.