Crime & Safety

Missing Florida Mom And Kids Located

A Florida mother and her two children had been reported missing from a South Florida hotel.

Police located a Florida mom and her two children after asking for the public's help.
Police located a Florida mom and her two children after asking for the public's help. (Via Boynton Beach Police Department)

BOYNTON BEACH, FL — A Florida mother and her two children were located Monday after being reported missing from a South Florida hotel where they had been staying, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department.

Thirty-seven-year-old Bethany Keen had been last seen at the Courtyard Marriott, 1601 N. Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach.

"Bethany Keen and her children have been located and are safe," said Stephanie Slater of the Boynton Beach Police Department. "Thank you to everyone who helped us spread the word to locate them."

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Slater said the three were found together in Palm Beach Gardens.

"We are sending a detective up there to investigate further," Slater said late Monday morning.

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The children were identified as nine-year-old Adanoi Zajac and six-year-old Ostara Zajac. The family was believed to have been in a White Honda CR-V.

"Keen has a history of neurological disorder," Boynton Beach police said earlier on Monday.

Police said the boy had been seen with his mother around 2:45 a.m. The girl had not been seen on Sunday but had been seen recently with her mother and brother at the hotel.

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