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A mother who never thought she would see her son and daughter again got a miraculous break when she found one of them on Facebook.
The mom's husband Faustino Utrera kidnapped the children in 1995 when they were two and three years old from San Bernadino, California and told the mom she would never see them again.
Fifteen years later she found her daughter by typing her name in on Facebook. She added her as a friend and through conversations became convinced it was really her child.
The San Bernadino police were contacted and eventually Utrera was arrested in Central Florida where he had moved with the children. He's been charged with two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of violating child custody orders.
The kids. now ages 16 and 17 are now in state custody. The mom is trying to get them back, but Carrie Hoeppner of Florida's Department of Children and Families said initially things might be difficult for all of them.
"There is no relationship there," Hoeppner said. "You don't have that immediate joyful reunification. If in fact that is what will progress, it will take time. These children will have to build a relationship, and that is something that will not happen overnight."
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