{"id":44963,"date":"2025-08-29T14:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/video-appears-to-show-new-zealand-fugitive-who-fled-into-wilderness-with-children-4-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:54:28","slug":"video-appears-to-show-new-zealand-fugitive-who-fled-into-wilderness-with-children-4-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/video-appears-to-show-new-zealand-fugitive-who-fled-into-wilderness-with-children-4-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Video appears to show New Zealand fugitive who fled into wilderness with children 4 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A New Zealand father who vanished into the wilderness with his three children nearly four years ago was likely spotted on a CCTV camera during a break-in at a local store, police said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.govt.nz\/news\/release\/police-release-cctv-footage-believed-show-marokopa-man-tom-phillips?ref=&amp;search=&amp;cmin=&amp;cmax=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Zealand police<\/a>\u00a0on Friday released nighttime footage that they believe shows Tom Phillips and one of his children apparently breaking into a store before driving away on a quad bike.<\/p>\n<p>Det. Senior Sgt. Andy Saunders told reporters on Friday that the pair made off with some &#8220;grocery items,&#8221; according to a report by CBS News partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g6knz7e65o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g6knz7e65o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/6dba8eb2-7767-44b7-84e0-97943df1e9d5\/thumbnail\/620x465\/198110108d429f2dffd7a730eb1a56b7\/op-curly-29825.png#\" alt=\"op-curly-29825.png \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/6dba8eb2-7767-44b7-84e0-97943df1e9d5\/thumbnail\/620x465\/198110108d429f2dffd7a730eb1a56b7\/op-curly-29825.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">CCTV footage released by New Zealand police appears to show Tom Phillips and one of his children breaking into a store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                New Zealand Police<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phillips took his three children \u2013 Ember, 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12 \u2013 from their family home in December 2021 over what police said was a custody battle. They are believed to be hiding and camping in the North Island&#8217;s western Waikato region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A national search for the children was launched after their disappearance, and a $47,000 reward was posted for information on their whereabouts last year. The offer expired before it was claimed, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips and his children were last spotted in October 2024 when a group of teenage pig hunters spotted them trekking through the bush and filmed the encounter on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, his family has appealed to Phillips to turn himself in and return the children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of love and there&#8217;s a lot of support, and we&#8217;re ready to help you walk through what you need to walk through,&#8221; his sister, Rozzi Phillips,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/nz-news\/360794911\/mum-marokopa-fugitive-tom-phillips-writes-him-letter-every-day-i-hope-you-come-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told New Zealand news site Stuff<\/a>\u00a0in an exclusive interview earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the latest CCTV footage was released in hopes that the community would report additional sightings of Phillips and his chidren. The apparent break-in happened around 2 a.m. local time on Wednesday in Piopio, a small town in northern New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the pair appeared to use a power tool to break into a refrigerated container before making off with groceries on the quad bike.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Phillips is believed to have unsuccessfully targeted the same store in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips faces a range of charges, including aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the heart of this are three children who have been away from their home for four years,&#8221; Saunders said in a police statement. &#8220;Their well-being is our main focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Agence  France-Presse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/lucia-suarez-sang\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lucia I Suarez Sang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. 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