“The collaboration of effort in this case can’t be overstated.” So said U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott of an international search that led to the safe recovery of two missing children located in Iceland, some 3,000 miles away from their Ohio home. A family member who reported the 8- and 9-year-old missing in October 2024 indicated their mother had mental health issues and had stopped taking her medication. The ensuing three-month search included the U.S. Marshals Service, State Department, Interpol, and local police departments. The mother took the children to New York and Vermont before being tracked to Denver, Colorado, London, England, the Island of Jersey in the English Channel, a remote fishing village in Iceland, and finally to the capital city of Reykjavik, where local authorities located them in a hotel. Elliott said recovering children abroad is “extremely difficult,” and credited dedicated law enforcement officers for their work. After the children were placed in the care of social services, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provided financial support to reunite them with family in the U.S. The mother was recovering in a hospital.