This Nov. 30, 2010 photo provided by Lucas County Sheriff's Dept. shows John Skelton, who was under psychiatric care at a hospital, and has been speaking with investigators after his three sons went missing on Thanksgiving Day.More than one month before
, 39-year-old John Skelton signed them out of school and threatened to move them to Florida without their mother's consent, according to a police report
.
Morenci officer Larry Weeks said in the report that the boys' mother, Tanya Skelton, called on Sept. 13 to complain her husband had taken the children and may be trying to leave the state.
Weeks said in the report he reached
by telephone, advised him that he could be charged with parental kidnapping if he left the state and set up a meeting at Morenci City Hall. Skelton failed to arrive at the agreed-upon time, but Weeks said he eventually met with both parents and was able to resolve the situation without making any arrests.
Authorities last month charged Skelton with parental kidnapping in the disappearance of his children, who were last seen on Thanksgiving. He remains jailed in Ohio but faced as extradition hearing on Tuesday that could force his return to Michigan.
Tanya Skelton reported the kids missing after their father failed to return them from a court-ordered visitation. Police have said John Skelton lied to investigators when he said he gave the boys to a female acquaintance to hand over to their mother before he tried to commit suicide.
Investigators have said they don't expect a positive outcome to the case.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.