3 missing children found safe in Texas; parents detained after standoff

INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU/Gray News) - Three children who went missing from Indianapolis are safe and being cared for after an hourslong standoff at a Texas motel, WNDU reports.

The Silver Alert police issued for Frankie, Queen and King Terrell was canceled Wednesday. The children, ages 4, 3 and 1, are safe after they were found by authorities in Pearsall, Texas.

Indianapolis Police say the children’s biological parents, Willie and Jessika Terrell, were detained. The parents didn’t have custody of the three children, according to WTHR.

The Terrells were found in Texas using cell phone location data. When approached around 3 p.m. Tuesday, the parents barricaded themselves inside a motel room.

The situation was resolved peacefully seven hours later.