US mother accused of abducting children, then posing as father

A US woman accused of abducting her two young children from their father, then radically changing her appearance and assuming his identity, was in custody on suspicion of kidnapping, North Carolina authorities said.

Shellie White, 30, was taken into custody in Roanoke Rapids on Friday, more than two years after she was charged with custodial interference in the children’s disappearance, the US Marshals Service said. Her ex-husband, Ernest Karnes, was living in Globe, Arizona, and had custody at the time.