In late summer 2014, 10-year-old Amina Kandil and her 8-year-old brother Belel were taken from their mother’s home in James City County, Virginia, by their father, Ahmed Abdallah Taha Kandil, during what the mother was told would be a visit with his sister. The children were reported missing on August 29, 2014; the last confirmed sighting was August 30, 2014, when the father and children boarded a flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Amina is described as having brown hair and blue eyes, about 5 feet 2 inches and 82 pounds at the time they disappeared.

The father, a naturalized U.S. citizen with dual Egyptian citizenship, flew with the children to Boryspil, Ukraine, then to Ataturk, Turkey, and investigators believe the children may be in the Alexandria, Cairo, or Giza areas of Egypt or the Hatay region of Turkey. The Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County granted the mother sole legal custody on September 5, 2014, and a federal arrest warrant for international parental kidnapping was issued for the father on November 21, 2014. Age-progressed photos have been released; the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office, James City County Police Department, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children continue to seek public tips.

Did anyone in the New York, Turkey, or Egypt travel networks see Amina or Belel after August 30, 2014?