Allene and Mollie Hari found after chase leads through Carroll Co

Two Clarence, Ill. girls abducted more than a year ago have been reunited with their mother following a chase that led from Illinois to Carroll County and finally Central America.The saga of Allene, now 13, and Mollie Hari, 15, began on April Fools Day 2005 when the girls’ mother Michelle Frakes was to have a scheduled visit.Michael Hari, the girls’ father, and Frakes had divorced earlier and Frakes was working through the court system to acquire custody of the girls because, according to her at the time, Hari failed to ensure their attendance at school.“At the time, I was given liberal visitation and the two of us (Frakes and Hari) agreed upon the girls coming to visit me on April 1. I received a phone call that they were all running late but were on their way – they never came,” said Frakes in early May, 2005 when information reached the Herald Journal.Hari also failed to show up for an April 6 court date, and Frakes was then granted temporary custody of the girls. Another petition w...