Fugitive Kidnapper Surrenders After 10 Years on the Lam

A decade ago this month, Genevieve Kelley, with the help of her husband Scott, allegedly kidnapped her daughter from her biological father, who had custody of the child, and disappeared.

Since that time, police in the North Country as well as U.S. Marshals, Mary Nunes’ father, and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, have been searching for the Kelleys and Nunes, to no avail.

This summer, as Nunes turned 18, Marshals made another push to get information out to the public about the case. The Kelleys and Nunes were featured as fugitives of the week this summer and on Aug. 31, CNN’s new program, “The Hunt,” hosted by John Walsh, broadcast a feature on the Kelleys.

This morning, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeffrey White, Genevieve Kelley turned herself in to the Coos County Sheriff’s Office in Lancaster. The whereabouts of Mary Nunes and Scott Kelley, however, are unknown.

“I am happy that Genevieve Kelly is in custody and will face justice for these charges, but we will all be the happiest, when we know Mary Nunes is safe,” said U.S. Marshal David Cargill Jr. in a statement. “I am thankful for the hard work of all the investigators and the media that provided the push needed to get Genevieve Kelley to surrender.”

Genevieve Kelley is scheduled to be arraigned today on non-custodial kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution charges.

Marshals are still looking for assistance with this case. If you know the location of Mary Nunes or fugitive, Scott Kelley, please contact the U.S. Marshals at 603-225-1632, or call 1-877-WANTED-2, or submit a WEB-TIP, or TEXT the word NHTIP with any information to TIP411. The Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to this investigation is Jamie Berry and he can be reached at 603-225-1632.

Editor’s note: The following post was derived from information supplied by the U.S. Marshals Service. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch arrest report.