MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Three young children missing out of Citra after their parents avoided efforts by the Department of Children and Families to take custody of them, were found safe Monday, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
1-month-old Kelton Isaac LaDuke, 1-year-old Connor Elijah LaDuke and 2-year-old Titus Alexander LaDuke, pictured at the top of this story, were considered missing and endangered, deputies said.
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The three were found in good health in Dooly County, Georgia and are now in DCF custody.
The parents, Jarod Donald LaDuke, 29, and Ashley Sue Winningham, 27, averted a court order that Marion deputies said they attempted to assist DCF staff in carrying out April 1 to assess the well-being of the children.
No other details were disclosed.