Utah police hunt father who fled with two infants to Mexico

Authorities in Utah are searching for two young brothers believed to have been abducted by their father, who may have fled with them to Mexico. An Amber Alert remains active for one-year-old Will Richman and his ten-month-old brother, Wesley.

The boys were last seen on May 16 when their father, 46-year-old Dane Stephen Richman, picked them up from their mother’s home in Shelton, Washington, for a scheduled visitation. He failed to return them to their mother, Lizzie Tomich, at a designated location in Saratoga Springs, Utah, on Saturday, May 23.

Richman has been charged with two counts of custodial interference, a third-degree felony, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. The Amber Alert states there is concern for the children's safety, noting the suspect has been described as seriously depressed, facing financial stress, and had sold his possessions and abandoned his home.

According to charging documents, the situation began to unravel when Richman failed to appear for a deposition in the ongoing custody case on Friday, May 22. Tomich contacted police, who performed a welfare check at his Saratoga Springs residence. Officers found the home vacant, with evidence that...