mexican officials say 16-year-old amy yu and 45-year-old kevin esterly were located in puerto morelos, mexico, ending a nearly two-week international manhunt. esterly, detained in front of an apartment complex, now in a miami jail, awaiting extradition. authorities confirming amy is unharmed and in good health, reunited with her mother in allentown. this, as new details emerge about esterly's alleged relationship with amy, his eldest daughter's close friend. >> it grew to be a situation where kevin was taking amy out of school on a regular basis, pretending to be a father figure, but it was more than that. >> reporter: esterly's wife stacey speaking to abc news through her attorney. claiming she repeatedly confronted her husband about the teen. >> it was reaching a breaking point. >> reporter: esterly now faces a third-degree felony charge of interference with the custody of a child. police are not ruling out additional charges. tom? >> erielle, thank you. >>> we head overseas to an election day in russia. vladimir putin casting a ballot for a fourth term in a presidential election th

that 16-year-old girl is now home safe in pennsylvania. 45-year-old kevin esterly, a married father ofes before he fled the country with a teen she said had been in their family for years. for stacey esterly, the past few weeks have been nothing short of a nightmare. >> i was worried. my children would cry every night asking when daddy is coming home. >> reporter: her husband, 45-year-old kevin esterly, arrested in mexico after fleeing the country with 16-year-old amy yu. ending an international manhunt. stacy recalling the last time she spoke to kevin before he took off. >> i kissed him good-bye. he said, have a great day at work. i'll see you when you get home. >> reporter: that morning, police say the father of four flew with the teen on one-way tickets from philadelphia, through dallas, to cancun. stacy says she later discovered kevin had withdrawn $4,000 from their joint account. amy, a part of their lives for eight years. stacy says she was best friends with their eldest daughter, the family first meeting her at church. >> we took amy on a lot of family vacations, a lot of family

police found amy yu and kevin esterly saturday. they were found in playa del carmen, mexico.as brought back to allentown yesterday. esterly is being held in miami. he often signed the girl out of school without her parents' permission. he will face a charge of child custody interference. >>> "the tampa bay times" reports a "circue du soleil" performer died after falling. during a show saturday night. 38-year-old yann arnaud apparently lost his grip on a ring and fell 20 feet to the stage. he died from his injuries later at the hospital. he'd been working for "circue du soleil" for more than a decade. >>> united reports they had to iowa divert their flight due to a dog being onboard. >>> the plane was diverted the akron, ohio, thursday after the dog was mistakenly loaded onto a newark to st. louis flight. it was supposed to go to akron. it was delivered safely to its owners. this was united's third dog-related incident in a week. and "usa today" says the winning ticket of the $400 million jackpot was sold in pennsylvania. the specific location has not been disclosed. it's the

kevin esterly was arrested and is now being held in miami.ged with child custody interference after being found with 16-year-old amy yu in mexico on saturday. police say the two were in a relationship. meg oliver is in allentown with a break threw on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. amy yu was taken to the hospital yesterday after she returned from mexico. she apparently was unharmed. yu's mother told me she was so relieved when they found her, she started crying. mexican police and u.s. federal agents found kevin esterly and amy yu hiding out in playa del carmen, the mexican resort town is more than 1,500 miles from allentown. police captain william lake. >> all reports indicate she left town with kevin esterly willingly. >> reporter: they west with their partports and $10,000. that night they flew from philadelphia to dallas and then cancun on one-way plane tickets. frank castrovinci said he was on one of their flights. at first he thought yu was esterly's daughter. >> i saw her leaning on him which daughters do.

back to allentown, pennsylvania, sunday, two weeks after the teenager ran off with 45 year old kevin esterly a family friend. authorities found them stat saturday in playa del carmen mexico. esterly was taken into custody in the u.s. the or deal began march 59. amy vanished after she wasp dropped off at her bus stop. police say amy and esterly bought one way airline tickets. they flew from philadelphia to dallas and ultimately to cancun. >> it should be noted that their flight to cancun, mexico, occurred at approximately the same time as her mother was making the initial runaway report total intown police department. >> on february 9th amy's mother mui lu discovered amy had listed esterly as her stepfather on school records. a police affidavit revealed he had signed amy out of school ten times between november and december without her mother's knowledge. luu also found text messages that suggested esterly was romanically involved with her daughter. amy is 16, the legal age of consent in pennsylvania. esterly, a married father of four befriended amy's family through church. amy was close with

how it all happened, it is sort of amazing, because amy lew, 16 years old, herst kevin esterly's family the two families had all gone on vacations together, he's married with a wife, they had gone to amusement parks together. now she is back home with her family, reunited, safe and sound. he is currently in miami, facing extradition back to the commonwealth. he was arrested in mexico yesterday and charged at this point with interference with the custody of a child. and that is out of pennsylvania. we don't know if there are going to be federal charges at this point. but just as you say, it was on february 19th that amy's mother contacted police because her daughter had been signed out of school by kevin esterly. come to find out, amy herself had put him down as her stepfather so that he could check her out and the academy confirmed with police that at least ten times in the last few months, he had checked her out. you know, the affidavit of probable cause calls it a secretive relationship. well, here's what we know. we know that she took, on march 5th, when she went missing, out of her

information received thus far leads investigators to believe that amy yu left allentown willingly with kevin esterlyhe search for the pair now stepping into mexico as new clues emerge about their time on the run. yu and esterly vanishing march 5th. yu's mother reporting her a runaway. officials say that same day esterly and the teen flew on one-way tickets from philadelphia to cancun. on thursday, ten days after yu's disappearance, an amber alert issued in mexico. authorities now fear yu may be in danger. police say the two may have been romantically involved for months before taking off. in the past, esterly signing yu out of school ten times after she allegedly changed school documents to identify him as her stepfather. police reports show when yu's mother discovered esterly signed her daughter out of class on february 9th, she called authorities. on february 15th, esterly was ordered to stay away from the teen's home. >> there was already knowledge of this relationship and clearly friction between her mother and the guy that she's left with. >> reporter: now yu's family praying for her safe retur

international search for the missing pennsylvania husband teenager is now over. 16-year-old amy yu and kevin esterlya married father of four were taken into custody in mexico over the weekend. yu is home in allentown, she is in good health and unharmed. esterly is in miami, awaiting extra diction to face a third degree felony charge of custodial interference. police are not ruling out other charges. >>> investigators in portland, oregon are looking into what caused the derailment of six empty cars of a freight train. no one was injured. the crews at the scene say there were no hazardous materials involved. >>> we are tracking a snowstorm moving east. the latest radar shows that storm system stretching 2,000 miles from north dakota down to florida as it marches on there. the latest weather map shows it tracking east, pushing the severe weather into the tennessee valley with possible tornadoes. the storm could dump 4-8 inches of snow in the mid-atlantic region through tomorrow night. i was looking ahead and forecasters are saying there's a fifth possible nor'easter for this coming week. >> come on, en

the wife of 45-year-old kevin esterly withdrew $44,000 in cash before he vanished.ice think the two could be traveling in his 1999 red honda accord and could be in hiding. the mother discovered the relationship between the two last month when she found esterly picking her up. esterly allegedly signed yu out of school ten times. yu's mother called the police, who told esterly and his wife to stay away from the teen. reportedly the teen added esterly to the records as her stepdad. >> the question is going to be, how, what is the vetting process the school goes through to add people to the list? >> reporter: school officials say parents should check records periodically. to make sure the school knows who has the authority to pick up your kids. and police are asking anyone with information to call them. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> up next, the 15-year-old murdered 32 years ago. what her sister, who became a police officer, is saying about the detectives who solved the case. >>> plus, this is our first look at a declassified department of defense video that some are say

missing pennsylvania teenager is over. 16-year-old amy yu, who allegedly ran away with 45-year-old kevin esterlye found in mexico. esterly who is married father of four is in custody. he is awaiting extradition to pennsylvania. >>> there's a new legal battle in the online dating world. the parent company of tinder and match.com is suing bumble. the lawsuit is claiming patent infringement, saying the co-creators of bumble are former tinder employees who set up a virtually identical service. just last november, bumble reportedly turned down a takeover offer from match. >>> someone who bought a powerball ticket in pennsylvania is several hundreds of millions of dollars richer. there was one winning ticket for saturday's $457 million jackpot. but powerball has not yet released the exact location of where that the ticket was sold. the cash value is $273.9 million. the eighth largest prize in powerball history. >>> when we come back, the craziest moments so far in the march madness tournament. >>> but first, the research that stephen hawking submitted days before his death about the end of the univers

esterly reportedly signing yu out of class ten times. police advising kevin and stacey to stay away from the teen. her family pleading for her safe return. >> i love you. can you come back? >> tom, if captured, esterly could face a third degree felony charge of interfering with the custody of a child. tom. >> erielle, thank you. >>> now to that dangerous high-speed chase through local streets all captured on police dash cam and body cam. the good samaritan getting involved. and what police say you should never do for everyone's safety, especially your own. here's abc's whit johnson. >> reporter: five teens on a wild, high-speed chase in a stolen car. the cops right behind them. >> 80 miles per hour. >> reporter: the suspect's vehicle clipping another car, debris going airborne over the quiet streets of butler, wisconsin. >> to get some kids who think they're above the law in jail for doing a car theft is worth it for me. >> reporter: then, something unexpected. 20-year-old andy westenberger, joining the pursuit in the white pickup truck. >> out of nowhere, pe

prompting a nationwide manhunt. 45-year-old kevin esterly is being held on $500,000 bail in pennsylvania 16-year-old amy yu were reported missing three weeks ago and were later found in playa del carmen. police say he had been checking yu out of school by pretending to be her stepfather. esterly's wife says she has no plans to speak with him. >> he did try to reach me several times from miami prison. i did not accept any of his phone calls. i don't want to hear excuses. i don't want to hear that he's sorry. there's no -- words, um -- there's -- he up and left his four children. >> stacy says her husband also secretly rented an apartment just four blocks from amy's house. she's moving forward with the divorce and will fight for custody of their four girls. >>> more than 100 passengers on a flight in europe are finally headed to their destination today. they were stranded in germany all weekend because authorities say their pilot was drunk. the air portugal flight from lisbon to germany was canceled friday, after an airport worker said the co-pilot was unsteady and highly intoxicated. his

desperate search for a 16-year-old girl believed to be on the run with a married man. 45-year-old kevin esterly was warned to stay away from amwu after their secret relationship was uncovered. she altered school records listing him as her step-father so she could leave with him as many as ten times over the last few months. they were last seen on monday. she took off from her bus stop. his wife said he took off in his car with thousands of cash. >>> to fairfield county, connecticut, tonight, to the gunman caught on camera shooting up a bridgeport shop. outside, you see one gunman armed with ar-15 shoot his accomplice in the hand before both make off in waiting car. the injured gunman dropped off at a local hospital. treated, but get this, he was released. police say they know who the suspects are and the search is on. >>> and just north of san diego, a paraglider stranded on a cliff in torrey pines. the daring rescue caught on camera, though. watch as a paramedic and a lifeguard rappel down more than 200 feet to free him. his parachute stuck in a ravine on the face of that cliff. another rescue

police believe 16-year-old amy yu was lured from school by 45-year-old kevin esterly.ice say he had taken her from school at least ten times. >>> the travel alert for americans in mexico. the u.s. state department warning about a security threat in playa del carmen. american government employees not allowed to travel there. it comes after a ferry explosion there injuring about two dozen people last month, including two americans. authorities found explosives on another ferry just last week. >>> when we come back, how did they capture this? even the penguins look confused. but he's got work to do. with a sore back. so he took aleve this morning. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. and for pain relief and a good night's rest, try aleve pm for a better am. what are the ingredients is it the places you go? the things you own? or the people that fill it with meaning? for 150 years, generations of fami

authorities say 16-year-old amy yu, you see her there, flew from philadelphia to cancun with 45-year-old kevin esterlyities say the two may have been romantically involved. he signed yu out of school ten times after she allegedly changed school documents to identify him as her stepfather. >>> a powerful home explosion in orange county, california. take a look at this, the moment caught on police dashcam. firefighters responding to a blaze in a mobile home telling residents to get out seconds before that blast. one minor injury reported. the case still under investigation. >>> o.j. simpson speaking out in his first extensive interview in a decade. the former football star responding to that recent airing of a 2006 interview called "the lost confession" emphasizing it was a hypothetical. saying if he had confessed to killing his ex-wife nicole brown-simpson and ron goldman, quote, you would have heard about it 12 years ago. simpson now on parole for an armed robbery and kidnapping conviction, refers to the murder trial in its aftermath as, quote, that whole l.a. thing. he said he may be battling the bra

kevin esterly and amy yu had gotten so close she often went on his family vacations. on his facebook page esterly often posted pictures of yu hanging out with his own daughters. but police say their relationship was not as innocent as it appears. >> amy, can you come back, mommy missing you. >> reporter: yu's mother mui luu, who did not want to show her face on camera, says she feels betrayed. you had kevin over to your house. >> yes. >> reporter: for meals? >> yes, for meals. >> reporter: luu found out on february 9 that amy had listed esterly as her stepfather on school records. esterly signed amy out of school ten times between november and february without her mother's permission. luu says she also found text messages that suggested esterly was romantically involved with her daughter who is 16, the age of consent in pennsylvania. you're upset? >> yes, i'm upset. >> reporter: john yu, amy's younger brother, last saw her at the bus stop. >> why? with a 45-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl? that's disgusting. >> reporter: esterly and yu vanished on march 5th. esterl

amy yu ran away with kevin esterly. amy has been safely returned to her family.harmed and in good health. she said the family had known esterly from church since amy was 11 years old. cnn has been unable to reach esterly's wife for comment. >>> a stunning upset in the head spinning ncaa tournament tournament. ninth seeded florida state advancing to the sweet 16 with the shocking upset of top seed xavier. the musketeers could not catch a fall with the basketball. and then the aggies with an 86-65 win over the tar heels. romans and i are done in the brackets. another 2 seed knocked down. bearcats blowing a 22-point second half lead. they lose to nevada 75-73. the celebration is on. and michigan state. they, too, head home after a 55-53 upset loss to syracuse. spartans failing to survive the first weekend for the third straight year. president obama's pick michigan state is done. the most mind boggling ncaa tournament we have ever seen. >> loyola in the sweet 16. >> sr. jean is dancing on. >>> breaking news overnight. austin police with a dire warning for residents

teenager two weeks after they vanished. 16-year-old amy yu willingly ran away with 45-year-old kevin esterlyturned to her family in pennsylvania. police say she is unharmed and in good health. amy's mother said the family had known esterly from church since amy was 11. >>> let's get a check on "cnn money." investors with anxiety. dow futures slipping. stocks in europe are down. federal reserve kicks off the two-day policy meeting on tuesday. investors expecting a rate hike. the first under the new chief jerome powell. the fed may have to increase the rate hikes for the potential of rising inflation. >>> some calling it the anti-trust trial of the decade. at&t and time warner fighting the justice department over the company's merger plans. both stocks popped in october when the deal was announced. they have pulled back since the department of justice sued to block the deal. opening arguments start wednesday. the two sides will be in court today and tomorrow for hearings. the doj claims the deal will hurt consumers and they have to prove that in court. at&t and time warner deny the claim. this

. >> reporter: this woman says her daughter, 16-year-old amy yu, met kevin esterly at church, and was friends with his oldest daughter. in early february, amy's mother first discovered esterly signed her daughter out of school early and called police. something police say he did ten times between november and february without her mother's permission. >> just a plain, nice guy. that tried to help amy. not anymore. now i think that he's a very bad guy. >> reporter: the lehigh valley charter school's ceo confirming he signed her out. but saying a student can be picked up only by someone on the emergency contact list provided by the parents. investigators saying amy changed the list, including esterly as her stepfather, making it possible for him to sign her out. police putting pressure on the pair, asking them questions when they disappeared. >> they've been gone for a number of days. with no sighting. the presumption is they'll be on the move. and go outside the state. >> reporter: esterly's wife reporting to police he withdrew $4,000 from her account the day he disappeared. police thin

nearly two weeks on the run with this married father of four. 16-year-old amy yu and 45-year-old kevin esterlythe subject of an amber alert in mexico and cross border manhunt located saturday morning in playa del carmen. authorities confirming amy is unharmed and in good health. esterly led away in handcuffs now awaiting formal extradition to face charges. this as alarming new details emerge about the relationship between esterly and the teen. his wife stacy speaking through her attorney telling abc news she saw red flags months before the pair vanished. >> it grew to be a situation where kevin was taking amy out of school on a regular basis pretending to be a father figure but it was more than that. they fought daily about amy. >> stacy's lawyer claiming his client repeatedly confronted her husband and tried to warn the girl's family. amy's mother reporting esterly to police who advised both him and stacy to stay away from the teen. >> there was an agreement that there would be no contact between kevin and amy. that didn't last. it didn't even last 24 hours. kevin could not stay away from amy

. >> kevin esterly is behind bars, arrested after fleeing to mexico with a 16-year-old best friend of his eldest daughter. international law enforcement finding the 45-year-old with high school student amy yu in this apartment complex outside of playa del carmen saturday morning. esterly hauled off in handcuffs. amy reunited with her mom in pennsylvania. authorities telling abc news she is unharmed and in good health. esterly's arrest comes after a cross border manhunt. authorities say on march 5th, he withdrew 4,000 from his wife's bank account. police believe amy flew willingly from philadelphia through dallas to mexico. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have the latest on the investigation with your gma first look, i'm erielle reshef, abc news, new york. >>> it's 5:15. new details about what life is like for the southern california siblings rescued from that so-called house of horrors. in an exclusive interview with abc news, the attorney for the seven adult siblings says that they got a first taste of freedom last week. they were released from a medical center in riverside county

that kevin esterly bought two one way tickets to cancun and the two left the country that day.est warrant was issued for esterly for interfering with custody of a child. police in mexico have issued an amber alert for them and are working with pennsylvania law enforcement for her safe return. >>> two women could be facing hate crime charges after allegedly stealing from a mosque and documenting the whole thing on facebook live. tonya and elizabeth broke into a mosque thursday and they say that they were trying to, quote, expose the illegal invasion of muslims with their three young children there and facebook friends watching this 24 minute tirade, they did things like this, stealing pamphlets and posters in the mosque and encouraging their dog to urinate on the property. they are both charged with third degree burglary and hate crime charges are being considered. >>> nearly six months after hurricane maria battered puerto rico and it appears that people are still dying from the effects of that storm. cnn has identified at least five deaths in 2018 believed to be related to mar

the wife of 45-year-old kevin esterly says he with drew $4,000 in cash before he vanished. police think the two, who met at church, could be traveling in his 1999 red honda accord with pennsylvania license plates. the teen's mother discovered the relationship between the two last month when she went to pick up her daughter from school and found esterly doing the same. according to an aft, estherly allegedly signed the teen out of school at least ten times. yu's mother called the police who told esterly and highs wife to stay away from the teen. they believe she altered school documents, adding esterly as the step dad. >> the question is going to be, what is the vetting process the school goes through to add people to the list. >> reporter: school officials say parents should check school records periodically to see who has the authority to pick up your kids. police are urging anyone with information on this case to call them. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >>> we should also point out that in pennsylvania the age of consent is 16 year old but it's got to be a very a

police think she went willingly with kevin esterly and they flew into cancun.last month the girl's mother discovered esterly had signed amy out of school 10 times - by posing as her stepfather. march 5th - the teenager was reported as a runaway and police discovered thetwo had flown to mexico. esterly is married with four daughters....and withdrew money from his wife's account before disappearing. the mexico amber alert says the teenager is considered a crime victim. steve and vicki? (steve) coming up... hard to believe with all this rain, but fire season is right around thecorner, what officials are doing to help us all prepare. (vicki) a woman upset with her partners computer game obsession... attacks him with a samurai sword we'll tell you where. (steve) the kidnapping case that made national headlines in vallejo now hasa financial settlement for the young couple at the center of the case. at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't. more experts preventing securi

kevin esterly apparently having a secret relationship with amy for months and she added him to her school'ssylvania once he is extradited and he faces a felony charge of custodial interference. ice agents arresting 115 illegal immigrants during a three day sweep in san diego. nearly half of those arrested are convicted felons, and at least seven illegally reentered the country. this is the agency's third call of california operations in less than a month. an 80 year old nun says a three- year legal battle with katy perry is leaving her completely broke, costing her hundreds of thousands of dollars sister rita calahan and late nun rose goldman suing perry after the singer bought a california convent for $14 million from la bishop gomez but the nuns say they own it and it's there's to sell. tragically, the sister whose in the back of this photo collapsed and died in court last week battling the case. ed: wow. rachel: serious stuff. political correctness striking another college campus. the college of the holy cross in massachusetts now dropping its night mascot and any night imagery. the scho

kevin estely a family friend. they found them in playa del carmen, mexico. the ordeal began march 5. amy vanished after dropped off at her bus stop. police say amy and esterlytimore one way airline tickets. they flew from philadelphia to dallas and ultimately to cancun. >> should be noted their flight to cancun mexico had occurred at approximately the same time as her mother was making the initial run away report to the allentown police department. >> february 9th, amy aept mother, moi lu, learned that she listed esterly as her stepfather. esterly signed amy out of school ten times between november and december, without her mother avenue knowledge. lu also found text messages that suggested esterly was romantically involved. amy is 16, the legal age of consent in pennsylvania. >> ha-ha-ha. >> esterly, married father of 4, befriended amy's family through church. amy was close with his daughter and often went on vacation with them. we sat down with moi lu, amy any mother earlier in the week. but she didn't want to show her face on camera. >>-up had kevin over to your house? >> yeah. >> for meals? >> for meals, for birthdays, amy's birthday. >> amy mother told