Wild Update in Massive Search for Fugitive Dad, Missing Kid and Fiancée

An Idaho man's missing 2-year-old daughter and fiancée have been found safe in Mexico over a month after authorities launched an international hunt for the fugitive father.

The girl, Seraya Aung Harmon, her father, Aaron Aung, and his fiancée Nadia Cole, were located over the weekend by the Pullman Police Department at a roadside checkpoint near Santa Ana. They were all detained by Mexican authorities and turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Harmon has since been in the care of Arizona Child Protective Services. Aung is being held in the Santa Cruz County Detention Center in Nogales, Arizona, awaiting extradition back to Whitman County on an outstanding warrant for Custodial Interference 1st Degree.

Cole, 21, was deported back to the United States, police say.

Detectives with the Pullman and Moscow Idaho Police Departments have been working with FBI Seattle since June 3 to find Harmon and reunite her with her mother, Samara Harmon, after Aung failed to return the youngster to her after his scheduled visit.

"Words can't even begin to describe the pain, terror, and downright trauma this has caused not only me, but I can only assume my precious baby girl as well," Samara wrote in a June 29 Facebook post. " A whole month apart is nothing but torture."

In late June, Multiple police departments and the FBI served a search warrant on Aung's Idaho home. The fugitive father was an operations manager hoping to join the National Guard.

Cole was also reported missing to Port of Seattle Police after she was last seen on May 29 leaving Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The recent Washington State University grad was supposed to go to Italy with her family, who were also at the airport.

A private investigator hired by Cole's family told King 5 that she left her belongings at an airport gate to use the restroom but never returned. The family called it "entirely out of character for her." Cole was believed to be traveling with Aung and Harmon, though their whereabouts were unknown.

Police believed the couple were fleeing towards Mexico.

In a press release, Aung's family claimed Seraya calls Cole "mama," and they have observed Seraya smelling like "weed, dog urine, smelling dirty like a garbage truck and unkempt" while in Samara's care. They also outline their issues with Samara, including her alleged drug use,

"Due to the custody issue surrounding Seraya, we discovered the family court system in the United States is a disaster, often, very willing to hand over almost full custody to dead-beat moms, and essentially 'castrating' young, capable men," the press release reads.

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