THE hunt for a missing family who vanished on a camping trip has taken a stunning twist – months after they disappeared.
Nicholas Hansen, his ex-partner Jill Sidebotham, and their daughter Lydia, two, have been closing seen at a Walmart retailer in Maine in July.
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Months after they disappeared, an individual, who claimed to be Hansen, contacted the outlet WMTV to say that he, Sidebotham, and Lydia are safe.
He claimed the trio want to reside their lives in “private” nonetheless refused to reveal particulars of their location.
He moreover said that Sidebotham, 28, deliberate to speak to officers in Sanford on Thursday.
He claimed: “That’s when she’s going to essentially really feel safe to let everybody know that we’re safe.”
Cops are anticipated to provide an exchange on the case on Friday.
Hansen, 38, Sidebotham, and Lydia seemingly vanished with no trace on June 27 sooner than being seen days later on the grocery retailer in Mexico.
Sanford Police Lt Matthew Gagne said they’ve been procuring for meals from the store.
He said: “There didn’t appear to be one thing nefarious or legal.”
The family was moreover seen on the Coos Canyon Campground in Byron.
The footage confirmed every mom and father carrying their daughter.
Sidebotham was ensuing from return residence from the trip on June 30 nonetheless didn’t take motion.
Her father Ron knowledgeable Seacoastonline {that a} money jar containing an estimated $200 in money that Jill saved at home is nowhere to be found after her disappearance.
Final month, Hansen’s sister Kelly knowledgeable NBC Information that she’s nervous “one factor unhealthy” may have occurred on the trip.
She said: “It kills me to know that he’s modified and my niece, God forbid, is struggling attributable to this.
“I’m nervous that Nick snapped and did one factor foolish. I’m nervous that Jill might have snapped and did one factor foolish.”
She revealed that Hansen surrender his job after dropping custody of two of his completely different kids from a earlier relationship.
And, Hansen’s sister Kris Martin knowledgeable The Solar that his ideas wasn’t safe.