LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been charged after she fled to Europe with her 9-year-old and 11-year-old daughters.

The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office says Samantha Elmer was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated interference with parental custody.

Authorities say Elmer and the girls were was last seen Oct. 26 in Lawrence. The girls’ father, Justin Bush of Smithville, Missouri, says he contacted Elmer after the girls missed several days of school and Elmer told him the girls were ill.

Bush contacted Lawrence police a few days later and they traced Elmer to Europe.

Sgt. Trent McKinley says missing person profiles have been created on Interpol, which assists in solving international crimes.

Bush says Elmer left ahead of a custody hearing and a Nov. 2 trial on theft charges.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas authorities say a woman has fled to Europe with her 9-year-old and 11-year-old daughters who have been missing since late October.

The Lawrence Journal World reports Samantha Elmer was last seen in Lawrence, Kansas, with the girls on Oct. 26. The girls’ father, Justin Bush of Missouri, says he contacted Elmer after the girls missed several days of school and Elmer told him the girls were ill.

After his daughters missed four more days of school with no doctor’s note, Bush contacted Lawrence police, who traced Elmer to Europe. Sgt. Trent McKinley says missing person profiles have been created on Interpol, which assists in solving international crimes.

Bush says Elmer left ahead of a custody hearing concerning their daughters. They have joint custody of the children. Elmer was also set to stand trial Nov. 2. to face theft charges.