Three young girls, ages 2, 5 and 8, who had been missing since May 22 have been found safe, Mesa police announced Sunday.
Mesa police said no charges were filed in this case because it was not a kidnapping case. The only living parent, the children’s mother, was arrested in Texas and a family member had agreed to take the children. When the mother was released to prison, she asked for them to be returned.
One child was located in California and the other two were found in Texas. Mesa police said each state’s Department of Child Services was contacted and the children were turned over to them.
The missing children were previously reported as 8-year-old Barbara Demetro, 5-year-old Saleen Demetro and 2-year-old Legend Demetro. Before police reported them missing, the children were last seen around 8 p.m. May 22 near Country Club Drive and Broadway Boulevard in Mesa with their uncle Tony Hallam, 44 , who has no custody of the children.
