Two abducted Missouri children missing for a year are found shopping in Florida grocery store

Two Missouri siblings who were missing for nearly a year have been found with their ‘non-custodial’ mother in Florida nearly a year after she abducted them.

Brooke and Adrian Gilley, 11 and 12, were taken by Kristi Nicole Gilley on March 15 last year in Clay County and have now been discovered eleven months later.

Gilley, 36, was not the guardian of the children at the time, and officers managed to track her down after a routine vehicle tag check.

Officers learned that she was the car’s owner, with the vehicle coming to their attention near a Winn-Dixie store in Florida – more than 1,100 away from Missouri.

High Springs Police department discovered that Gilley was a fugitive and apprehended her in the grocery store – located around 20 miles from Gainseville.

Gilley, 36, was not the guardian of the children at the time, and officers managed to track her down after a routine vehicle tag check

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High Springs Police department discovered that Gilley was a fugitive and apprehended her in the grocery store

She had been with her two children shopping when she was arrested, with authorities confirming that the three had disguised themselves.

Gilley was detained and arrested on an active kidnapping warrant out of Clay County.

Brooke and Aiden are now in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families Services.

They will be reunited with their birth family, according to officials. They were previously believed to be in California with Gilley.

No details were immediately provided on what led to the alleged abduction almost a year ago.

Brooke (left)  and Adrian Gilley (right), 11 and 12, were taken by Kristi Nicole Gilley on March 15 last year in Clay County and have now been discovered eleven months later