Utah mother arrested in Croatia for allegedly kidnapping her children and abandoning them at an orphanage due to doomsday beliefs.

Elleshia Anne Seymour, a 35-year-old Utah mother, was arrested in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on January 16 after allegedly kidnapping her four children and abandoning them at a Croatian orphanage. Authorities say she flew from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam and then to Croatia on November 29 without the consent of the children’s fathers, influenced by doomsday beliefs. She faces four third-degree felony charges in Utah for custodial interference. Federal and state officials are working on extradition, but no timeline has been set. The children, including a fifth American minor, remain in the orphanage, with legal and psychological challenges complicating their repatriation.