New Zealand's police say they will investigate how a father vanished into forest with his three children for years without detection, even as law enforcement expanded a search for them.
On Tuesday, a day after Tom Phillips was shot dead by the police and his children — now aged 9, 10 and 12 — were recovered from the wilderness existence they had inhabited since December 2021, the story didn’t have a simple ending, officials said.
For a moment, I thought the kids helped shoot their dad
For a moment, I thought the kids helped shoot their dad