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Dad Accused of Kidnapping Sons Apparently in Cuba Where There’s No Extradition
The two boys snatched last week by their parents from the Florida home of their grandmother – who had custody of the kids – may be in Cuba with their mother and father.
Chase, 2, and 4-year-old Cole Hakken were abducted last week and it is believed that their parents took them to Cuba, but “we’re not sure nor can we confirm” if they are there now, a source within the sheriff’s office in Hillsborough County, on the Florida Gulf Coast, told Efe.
However, CNN reported on Tuesday that it spotted the family boat, Salty, at the Hemingway Marina in Havana and spoke with a man who identified himself as Joshua Hakken – the father’s name – but did not want to make any remarks.
The network also reported seeing a boy playing in the aft section of the boat.
The boys were taken from the house of their maternal grandmother by their 36-year-old father, although also a suspect in the abduction is his wife, Sharyn, 35, who is believed to have been waiting outside the home.
Upon learning of the abduction, Louisiana authorities made public details of the parents’ descriptions and the reasons why the kids had been removed from their custody last year.
Louisiana officials said that in June 2012 police responded to a complaint that the couple was making too much racket in a Louisiana hotel room, where the children were and where later drugs and weapons were found.
Josh Hakken was arrested and Louisiana authorities temporarily took custody of the boys, but after a time, officials decided to give their maternal grandmother, a Florida resident, custody.
Published in Latino Daily News
2013-04-09 14:32:05
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