Steinbach RCMP are reporting that a 45-year-old woman, mother of two children, was recently arrested at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in connection to a parental abduction investigation.
On January 23, 2025, at 7pm, Steinbach RCMP received a report of a possible parental abduction involving two female children, ages 8 and 12, who were supposed to be picked up at school by their father earlier on the same day.
Police say that the father, a 47-year-old male from the RM of La Broquerie, advised that his 45-year-old wife had left with the two children. The father believed that they were attempting to leave the country.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the mother and her two children were last determined to be at the Winnipeg International Airport at approximately 1:20pm. RCMP learned that they had boarded a flight heading to Toronto.
Shortly before 8pm, the mother and her two children were located by the Peel Regional Police Service at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, attempting to board a flight destined to Turkey.
RCMP report that the 45-year-old woman was taken into police custody on charges of parental abduction. Members noted that arrangements will be made for her to be transported back to Manitoba for a future court appearance.
Officers noted that the two children were placed into care and will be returned back to Manitoba.
