Police find two children allegedly kidnapped by parents

The Cape Girardeau Police Department recovered two young boys Wednesday from the back of a U-Haul truck along Interstate 55 South near the 96 mile marker, according to an email from police.

Police received information Wednesday morning about a parental kidnapping in Rector, Arkansas, according to an email from police spokesman Jason Selzer. The parents allegedly took the children, ages 10 and 13, from their grandmother, who has legal custody of them.

The parents' U-Haul truck was traveling through Cape Girardeau on I-55 South about 9:20 a.m., according to the email. Police managed to stop the vehicle and investigate.

Two adults were in the front of the U-Haul and an adult and two children were inside the enclosed bed of the truck, according to the email. Police arrested the adults in connection with the incident and took them to the station pending formal charges, the email said.

The two children were taken into custody and released to child welfare officials. The boys were to be picked up by their grandmother, who was given custody of them by a court in Arkansas, according to the email.