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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13196054" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="paislee-shultis" source="Orion">Paislee Shultis</keyword>, 6, who went missing in 2019, was found in a stairwell at her grandfather's home.</li><li>Police said they were at the <keyword id="11892836" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york" source="Orion">New York</keyword> property nearly a dozen times in the past two years.</li></ul>Police said they went to an upstate New York house almost a dozen times over two years before finally finding a six-year-old alive under the stairs, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/us/paislee-shultis-found-staircase-what-we-know/index.html">CNN reported</a>.Officers now believe that her father and grandfather had kept her under the stairs when they visited.Paislee Shultis, who was reported missing in 2019, was found alive in a secret room under a wooden staircase of her grandfather's home in Saugerties, New York, on Tuesday.Police allege that Shultis was kidnapped by her biological parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., after they lost custody of her two years ago. It is not immediately clear why they lost custody. Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra told CNN that officers suspected the family was keeping Shultis in her grandfather's home but were never able to execute a search warrant until a critical tip-off this week. "We'd been at the home ... almost a dozen times over a two-year period to follow up on leads," Sinagra told CNN. Shultis' biological father and grandfather repeatedly told the police they didn't know where the girl was, and claimed her mother had taken her and fled to Philadelphia, Sinagra said.Her father and grandfather only gave police only limited access to the house and did not allow them into the bedrooms or basement area, the police chief told CNN.The men also told police <a href="https://www.insider.com/paislee-shultis-family-lied-about-saving-room-police-2022-2">that a child's bedroom in the house</a> was there in case she ever returned."Our belief is that at times when we went into the residence, although we were given limited access, they were using [the staircase] to hide the child," Sinagra <a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/02/15/6-year-old-allegedly-abducted-in-2019-found-in-saugerties-in-small-space-under-staircase/">told The Daily Freeman</a>During an almost four-hour search on Tuesday, officers found the six-year-old <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-girl-found-alive-sealed-stairwell-ny-police-2022-2">after seeing "small feet" while ripping off the staircase,</a> he said.The girl's father and grandfather were charged with one count each of felony custodial interference in the first degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-years-tip-finally-led-police-missing-girl-hidden-stairs-chief-says-rcna16409">NBC News reported.</a> Her mother was charged with custodial interference in the second degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, per NBC.

Police who found abducted 6-year-old sealed under a staircase say they went to the house 'almost a dozen times' before but missed her

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13196054" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="paislee-shultis" source="Orion">Paislee Shultis</keyword>, who was reported missing in 2019, was found in a stairwell at her grandfather's home on Tuesday.</li><li>Police believe her parents abducted her after they lost custody of her and her sister.</li></ul>The parents accused of abducting a six-year-old girl who was <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-girl-found-alive-sealed-stairwell-ny-police-2022-2">found in a stairwell earlier this week</a> took her while her sister was at school, police said. Paislee Shultis was found alive in a sealed area under a wooden staircase of her grandfather's home in Saugerties, <keyword id="11892836" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york" source="Orion">New York</keyword>, on Tuesday.<div type="image" title="Saugerties Police Deptartment hidden staircase new y" height="831" width="1120" msid="89642990" hostid="261"></div>Police believe Shultis was kidnapped by her biological parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., in 2019 after they lost custody of her and her sister. It is unclear why they lost custody. Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said <a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/02/15/6-year-old-allegedly-abducted-in-2019-found-in-saugerties-in-small-space-under-staircase/">told The Daily Freeman</a> that on the day authorities were meant to take custody of the girls, the biological parents abducted Paislee Shultis while her sister was at school. The sister was taken to a legal guardian, whose identity was not made public, <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/02/16/family-of-paislee-shultis-appear-in-court-after-shes-found-alive-hidden-beneath-basement-stairs/">CBS New York reported.</a>Meanwhile, Shultis' parents took her directly to Saugerties — a town 150 miles away from where they originally lived — where they "hid out" at her grandfather's house, Sinagra told The Daily Freeman. <a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/02/15/6-year-old-allegedly-abducted-in-2019-found-in-saugerties-in-small-space-under-staircase/"></a>After Shultis was reported missing in 2019, her biological father and grandfather repeatedly told the police they didn't know where the girl was, and that her mother had taken her and fled to Philadelphia, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/us/paislee-shultis-found-staircase-what-we-know/index.html">Sinagra told CNN.</a>"We'd been at the home ... almost a dozen times over a two-year period to follow up on leads," Sinagra told CNN.Shultis' father and grandfather only gave police only limited access to the house and did not allow them into the bedrooms or basement area, the police chief told CNN. The men also told police <a href="https://www.insider.com/paislee-shultis-family-lied-about-saving-room-police-2022-2">they had set up a bedroom for her</a> in case she ever returned."Our belief is that at times when we went into the residence, although we were given limited access, they were using [the staircase] to hide the child," Sinagra told The Daily Freeman.Sinagra told CNN that police were never able to execute a search warrant on Shultis' grandfather's house until this week. He said officers found the girl <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-girl-found-alive-sealed-stairwell-ny-police-2022-2">after seeing "small feet" while ripping off the staircase</a>.The girl's father and grandfather were charged with one count each of felony custodial interference in the first degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-years-tip-finally-led-police-missing-girl-hidden-stairs-chief-says-rcna16409">NBC News reported.</a> Her mother was charged with custodial interference in the second degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> reported. She is being held in Ulster County Jail as she was wanted on an active warrant from Ulster County Family Court.Hearings for all three were held Wednesday and their cases were adjourned until a later date.Shultis has since reunited with her legal guardian and her sister, police said. On her way to the police station, she asked officers for a McDonald's meal, Sinagra told The Daily Freeman.

Parents accused of abducting 6-year-old found in a stairwell took her when her sister was at school, police say

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11892836" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york" source="Orion">New York</keyword> <keyword id="11894211" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="police" source="Orion">police</keyword> have long-suspected that Paislee Shultis was abducted by her biological parents.</li><li>But it was a "fresh" and "concrete" tip that finally led cops to get a search warrant and discover the girl hidden under a staircase in a New York home.</li></ul>Cops have long-suspected that Paislee Shultis was <a href="https://www.insider.com/paislee-shultis-parents-abducted-while-sister-at-school-police-2022-2">abducted by her biological parents.</a> But, it was a "fresh" and "concrete" tip by a local that finally led authorities to obtain a search warrant this week and <a href="https://www.insider.com/police-searched-home-several-times-before-finding-girl-under-stairs-2022-2">discover the missing youngster hidden under the staircase</a> of her paternal grandfather's New York home. Before this week, authorities never received a tip "this concrete that we could corroborate and that was as fresh as this tip was," Chief Joseph Sinagra of the Saugerties Police Department told Insider on Friday. Little Paislee was 4-years-old when she was reported <keyword id="11913704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing" source="Orion">missing</keyword> in 2019 from Spencer, NY. Authorities believe that the child, now 6, was taken by her biological parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., after the couple lost custody of Paislee and her sister. It is unclear why they lost custody. Cooper, Shultis Jr., and Kirk Shultis Sr. were arrested on charges of custodial interference and endangering the welfare of a child after Paislee was found on Monday in a sealed area under the staircase of Shultis Sr.'s upstate New York home. Sinagra told Insider on Friday that though authorities suspected Paislee was being hidden inside the home, they never had the probable cause they needed to obtain a search warrant until Monday. Sinagra, who declined to comment on the specifics of the tip, said a "community member" provided "factual information and information that was timely and ripe" to authorities. "That was the first time in this particular case over the two-year period that we actually had somebody that provided information that was so fresh, that can be corroborated," Sinagra said, explaining, "That's why in the past we weren't able to apply for a search warrant."<div type="image" title="Saugerties Police Deptartment hidden staircase new y" height="831" width="1108" msid="89674037" hostid="261"></div>Since Paislee was reported missing, authorities received more than a dozen tips that only amounted to "hearsay," often with stale information, Sinagra said. And over the last two years, cops visited the Saugerties home up to 12 times and were given "limited access" to the residence, he said. Cops would go to the home and confront the parents with the tips they had that Paislee was inside, "And they would say, 'No, they're lying. It's not true. She's not here," Sinagra said. "On very limited occasions, officers would be allowed to walk into the house," Sinagra said, noting that cops were never given access to the basement where police ultimately found a "full apartment" complete with a "kitchen, living room, a master bedroom, Paislee's bedroom."The chief added: "Until we actually had that information that we could definitively say we are 99.9% sure that this girl is in that house, we were unable to get a search warrant."A door that was right off Paislee's bedroom went directly to the staircase where the child was found with her mother, said Sinagra. Paislee was discovered in the dark, cramped space after a detective "felt that there was something odd" about the staircase that showed signs that screws were removed a number of times, Sinagra said. "There's questions as to whether or not [Paislee] was receiving any type of medical attention," he said. "In our interview with Paislee, it was obvious she didn't read or write. So she wasn't being home schooled."The child is now in the custody of her legal guardian, police said. Her parents and grandfather have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. A lawyer for Cooper, Paislee's mother, declined to comment to Insider on Friday. Shultis Jr.'s attorney, Ann Weaver, told Insider that her client "has been fighting for his children for the past two-and-a-half years in family court without a final resolution of the case.""He has never relinquished custody of his children," Weaver said, adding, "It is ludicrous to think he would place his children in harm's way or endanger their welfare in any manner."Weaver continued, "The true facts of this case will be forthcoming and they will reveal that Mr. Shultis is a devoted, dedicated and loving father to his children."A lawyer for Shultis Sr. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

NY police suspected Paislee Shultis' biological parents abducted her, but it wasn't until they received a 'fresh' tip that they could get a search warrant

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paislee Shultis, who was reported missing in 2019, was found in a stairwell at her grandfather's home on Tuesday.</li><li>Police believe her family abducted her after they lost custody of her in 2019.</li></ul>A family accused of <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-girl-found-alive-sealed-stairwell-ny-police-2022-2">abducting a six-year-old girl and hiding her in a stairwell</a> kept a bedroom for her but told police it was only for in case she was found, <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/02/15/police-4-year-old-paislee-shultis-missing-since-2019-found-alive-in-ulster-county/">CBS New York reported.</a>Paislee Shultis, who was reported missing in 2019, was found alive in a sealed area under the stairwell of her grandfather's home in Saugerties, <keyword id="11892836" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york" source="Orion">New York</keyword>, on Tuesday, the Saugerties Police Department said.Officials believe Shultis was kidnapped by her biological parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., in 2019 after they lost custody of her and her sister. The reason for the loss of custody is not immediately clear.The family had kept Shultis in her grandfather's home — 150 miles away from where she lived with her biological parents — and hid her and her mother in the stairwell every time police came to search the house, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra told CBS New York.Police searched the property on several occasions in the past, but Shultis' father and grandfather had always denied that she and her mother were there, Sinagra told CBS New York.The family had a separate bedroom for Shultis, but told police they only kept it for in case she was found, Sinagra said.<div type="image" title="Saugerties Police Deptartment hidden staircase new y" height="715" width="954" msid="89622473" hostid="261"></div>Describing the room to CBS New York, Sinagra said: "On the wall, it said 'Paislee.' There were clothing items there, it appeared that someone had been sleeping in the bed and somebody had been using the bedroom, and of course, the father and the grandfather said, no, that they had set that room up like that so that if Paislee was ever found, she had a place to come back to."A neighbor of Shultis' grandfather told CBS New York they had never seen the girl.Though the six-year-old was found to be in good health, police said they were concerned about how long she was isolated."We are pretty certain that she probably wasn't receiving proper medical attention," Sinagra told CBS New York. "Obviously, the family just couldn't take her to a doctor because she was a reported missing person.""The other concern is you have a child that doesn't write or read because they didn't have the opportunity to go to school. They will now," he added.After the discovery, Shultis was returned to her legal guardian, whose identity was not made public.The girl's father and grandfather were charged with one count each of felony custodial interference in the first degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-years-tip-finally-led-police-missing-girl-hidden-stairs-chief-says-rcna16409">NBC News reported.</a> Her mother was charged with custodial interference in the second degree and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, per NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword>.

Family accused of abducting girl, 6, and hiding her in a stairwell kept a room for her but said it was for in case she was found, police say

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paislee Shultis went missing in 2019 at age 4. She was found in Saugerties, <keyword id="11892836" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york" source="Orion">New York</keyword>, on Monday.</li><li>Police said they believe her parents kidnapped her after they lost custody of her.</li></ul>A 6-year-old girl who went missing in upstate New York two years ago was found alive inside a sealed area under a wooden staircase on Monday, police told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-years-tip-finally-led-police-missing-girl-hidden-stairs-chief-says-rcna16409">NBC News</a> and <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/02/15/police-4-year-old-paislee-shultis-missing-since-2019-found-alive-in-ulster-county/">CBS New York.</a>Police say Paislee Shultis was kidnapped by her biological parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., in 2019 after they lost custody of her and her sister, NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> reported. It is unclear why they lost custody. Officers took her from <a href="https://www.insider.com/paislee-shultis-family-lied-about-saving-room-police-2022-2">her grandfather's house in Saugerties, New York,</a> on Tuesday after receiving a tip on her whereabouts, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra told CBS New York. The house was about 150 miles from where she used to live in Cayuga Heights.While searching the house, a police officer noticed something strange about the wooden stairs leading to the basement, Sinagra told CBS New York.The officer "saw what he believed was a blanket and based on that, they started ripping the steps off the stairs. And at one point they had taken several of the steps off, they could see small feet," Sinagra told CBS New York.Officers found the girl hiding with her biological mother, Sinagra said."It was pretty dingy. It was cold. There was blankets that were laying on the ground, on the concrete floor. They were completely soaked, extremely heavy," he told CBS New York."Now it is our belief that each and every time in the past two years that we went to the residence with new leads, that this is where the child and mother would hide," he added.Shultis was found in good health and was returned to her legal guardian, Sinagra told CBS New York. She was also reunited with her older sister, who had been living with the legal guardian. The identity of the legal guardian was not made public.The Saugerties Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.The girl's father and grandfather were charged with one count each of first-degree felony custodial interference and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, NBC News reported.Her mother, Cooper, was charged with second-degree custodial interference and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, NBC News reported.

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