Kevin had been in a relationship with Paula for some 11 years although they had never married. Paula had always dreamt of going to America, and for some three months to six months she had spent increasing amounts of time in internet chat rooms.

On 23 February 2002 Kevin found that Paula and their two children, Amy and Lewis had disappeared. On 25 February 2002, Kevin discovered a note from Paula which said amongst other things "hahaha, sorry I have to laugh, how does it feel dear to be left in the shit.....So dear I'm gonna leave it there and say have a nice life cause we are". It was quickly established that Paula had left with the children to pursue her internet romance in America.

Kevin took the necessary legal action to obtain Paula's new address, but the courts and police prevented this. It is not unusual for such action to be taken here in this country (UK). All that is required is for a woman to say that she does not want her new address to be given out. Paula's parents have been less than honest with the courts in order to obstruct contact by denying that they knew Paula's address whilst being in constant contact with her.

Kevin then commenced a contact application which was going well under the guidance of the senior circuit judge in the area. Unfortunately at a subsequent hearing a different judge decided that the contact application could not progress for jurisdictional reasons. Kevin has effectively exhausted his legal remedies in this country.

Kevin is not looking to force the children to return to this country but he does want contact with them. All official bodies have been unable to help for a variety of reasons and I am therefore making a plea that our friends in America help us to find these children because either Paula has misled a US citizen about Kevin or that US citizen is helping her keep the children from having contact with Kevin. The matter is made worse in that the young boy was only 15 months old when he was forcibly taken from this country and it does seem unfair for him to grow up thinking his father is a US citizen when he will inevitably discover the truth in his teens and suffer all the psychological damage of thinking he was neglected by a father who, in truth, loves him dearly.

The details available are:
Mother:       Paula Lambert d.o.b. 19.1 1972
Children:     Amy Louise Lambert d.o.b. 17.8.1994
                  Lewis Archer Lambert d.o.b. 7.11.2000
U S Citizen:  Keith Arthurson - a corrections officer with two children of
his own.
  Married Paula Lambert around April 2003.
  His uncle has a farm.
Probable location: Southern states or north eastern states.

If anyone has any idea of the whereabouts of these children please, please let me know. All replies will be treated in the strictest confidence, even to the point of not telling Kevin who has disclosed the information.

If you feel that there are other lists that may be helpful in finding the children, please feel free to post this request to them.