ANDERSON, Ind. (WTHR) - There’s relief for the mother and grandmother of three children for whom an Amber Alert was issued earlier Sunday afternoon.
Anderson Police say the three children, 2-year-old twin girls and their 8-month-old baby brother, are fine after Illinois State Police took them into custody Sunday night, along with their father, Blake Rindahl.
They were found in Roscoe, Illinois, a town near Rockford, a few hours after the Amber Alert went out.
Roscoe is about a four-and-a-half hour drive from Anderson near the Illinois-Wisconsin border.
Investigators with the Anderson Police Department say it all started after the children’s father, assaulted his wife and took their children from their home on Highland Avenue around 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
Police believed would be armed and dangerous.
Police say Rindhal and his wife were living together despite a protection from abuse order she filed against her husband, preventing him from having contact with her or their children.
Court records show Mrs. Rindahl filed for divorce on June 7th and later that same week filed for emergency custody. According to court records, neither showed up for the hearing on that matter later in the month.
According to police, the couple is originally from Minnesota and that’s where they believed Rindahl was headed when he took off with his children.
"The mother feels that her children are in danger and we’re doing everything that we can to find them and to get the children back to safety,” said Anderson Police Major Joel Sandefur.
Police say Rindhal is facing charges of domestic battery and strangulation and could face more in relation to Sunday’s Amber Alert.
Eyewitness News spoke off camera with the children’s maternal grandmother who said she was very relieved her grandchildren were okay, calling it "a great blessing."
