Fugitive father and children spotted in remote New Zealand wilderness three years after vanishing

Tom Phillips and his children Ember (8), Maverick (9), and Jayda (11) had not been seen in three years.

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A fugitive father and his three children who had not been seen in three years were spotted in the New Zealand wilderness by pig hunters.

Tom Phillips and his children – Ember (8), Maverick (9), and Jayda (11) – were seen walking across a field near Marokopa town on the country’s North Island.

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