After 10 Years, NH Fugitive, Missing Girl Turn Themselves In

A New Hampshire fugitive that allegedly assisted his wife in fleeing the state with her now teenage daughter more than a decade ago is now in custody at the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, according to a post on People Magazine’s website.

Scott Kelley and Mary Nunes, who both went missing with Genevieve Kelley in 2004, after she allegedly took her daughter from her custodial father, walked into the embassy on April 13, 2015, to surrender, according to the report.

Genevieve Kelley turned herself into U.S. Marshals in November 2014, a few months after the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force made a big media push attempting to find her. A number of news programs, including “The Hunt,” hosted by John Walsh on CNN, featured the couple on its broadcast in late August 2014.

Genevieve Kelley was arraigned on non-custodial kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution charges after turning herself into marshals.

According to reports, Genevieve Kelley accused her husband, Dr. Mark Nunes, of sexual abuse after he was awarded lawful custody of Mary Nunes, then 8-years-old. The NH. Division of Children, Youth, and Families along with the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office investigated the allegations but found no evidence of abuse and never charged him with a crime. Genevieve Kelley allegedly fled the state with her daughter and new husband.

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The father responds

Dr. Mark Nunes, Mary Nunes’ custodial father, made the following statement after learning that both his daughter and Kelley were back in the United States after being transported to Atlanta, GA, from Costa Rica.

“We love Mary and are overjoyed that she is alive and back in the U.S.,” he said. “Our hearts and home are open to her, and we will do everything we can to insure she remains safe and healthy. We remain concerned about her emotional and physical well-being. We look forward to the day our family is finally reunited.”

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