Her husband was dying. She was accused of theft. Again. Then, a N.H. mom did the unthinkable.

M ADBURY, N.H. — The money was gone and so was the couple suspected of stealing it.

It was winter 2016, and police on Nantucket wanted to question Emily Hobson, a 24-year-old restaurant manager from New Hampshire, and her boyfriend.

More than $11,000 had been drained from the bank account of Nixs, a brew pub on the island where the pair had worked until that prior December. They had been fired amid suspicions about missing cash and alcohol.

Now, they were both on the other end of the world in Thailand, posting photos of their tropical adventure on Facebook. They hung out at fancy hotels in Bangkok. Caught fish in the jungle. They ate authentic dishes of tender rice noodles with fresh basil leaves.

It’s unclear if police ever got the answers they were looking for. Hobson, after retu