Chilling details have emerged about the recovery of the remaining two children after fugitive father Tom Phillips’ third child shared information about their whereabouts with police.
Both children were located on Monday afternoon after an intense search that involved over 50 New Zealand police officers, including specialist teams and tactical forces.
“It is with a great sense of relief that we have relocated those children, and they are now going to receive the care they need,” Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers said at a press conference.
“We have notified the mother and Tom Phillips’ parents as well,” she said.
Phillips was killed in a police shooting after he had been hiding with his three children in New Zealand’s remote bushland for four years. He was shot after opening fire o