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On Sept. 11, she called police to report the girls missing after discovering Matusiewicz hadn't returned to work.

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Police filed charges days later, and since then, they have been searching for Matusiewicz, his mother and the girls.

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Before he became a fugitive, Matusiewicz ran the Vision Center of Delaware at 317 E.

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But Family Court Judge Mark B. Buckworth -- citing a psychologist's report that concluded Matusiewicz was suffering from stress, anxiety, depression, and was "at risk of losing touch with reality" -- awarded joint custody.

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Matusiewicz also faces federal bank-fraud charges.

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Police set up a roadblock early Friday and Matusiewicz, with Laura in tow, was captured as he took her to school.

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Matusiewicz, his mother and the girls left Aug. 26, 2007, purportedly for Florida.

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The disappearance of Matusiewicz, his mother and the girls was chronicled in a February

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Belford, who met Matusiewicz at an optometry office where both worked, became his second wife in October 2001.

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After arresting Matusiewicz and taking Laura, authorities went to the home where he was living and arrested his mother, Lenore, and took the two younger girls -- 5-year-old Leigh, who has autism; and Karen, 3, said Belford.

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