Pig hunters captured video of Tom Phillips and his three children in camouflage walking in rugged terrain in the Waikato region
A fugitive father and his three children have been spotted together for the first time in nearly three years, along the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.Phillips has not been seen since last November after he allegedly stole a quad bike from a rural property and broke into a shop in Piopio. CCTV footage showed two figures on a street, believed to be him and one of the children.
Patrols began throughout the area on Thursday night and a search was launched the following morning, but the group has not been seen. Nineteen days later, they walked into his parents’ farmhouse just outside Marokopa and Phillips claimed he had taken his children on an extended camping trip. He was charged with wasting police time and resources.
“He said to them, ‘What are you doing here? Who are you? Does anybody else know you’re here?’ The kid said ‘only you’, and then they just kept walking,” McOviney said.
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