LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) – A woman who was accused of fleeing with her daughter to Central America in a custody dispute 10 years ago and recently returned home was sent to jail on Thursday to await trial.
Genevieve Kelley returned to New Hampshire last month to face a custodial interference charge in Coos County. She won’t say where her daughter, 18-year-old Mary Nunes, is but says she’s safe.
Kelley had been free on bail. But a judge on Thursday re-set her bail at $250,000 cash after prosecutors raised questions about whether she has failed to turn over passports she may hold in other names.
The judge didn’t rule on the prosecutor’s request to order that Nunes be brought out of hiding but said he doesn’t have the authority to force her to undergo a psychological evaluation. County Attorney John McCormick had wanted the court to order an evaluation and treatment of Nunes free from her mother’s influence.
Kelley, of Whitefield, is under orders to have no contact with her daughter. Her lawyer, John McKinnon, says the prosecutor has no legal basis to support the request.