The FBI has successfully rescued a ten-year-old boy who was allegedly taken to Cuba by his biological father and the father’s partner without the mother’s consent.
The child, who is biologically male but reportedly identifies as a female, was initially believed to be heading to Canada for a camping trip with the father, Rose Inessa-Ethington, also known as Eri Ethington. This information comes from a statement released by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
Rose, along with partner Blue Inessa-Ethington, also called Carly Ann Crosby, planned a trip with Blue’s three-year-old and the ten-year-old to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for camping. However, they never made it to their intended destination, neither the hotel nor the campground, where they were expected from March 29 through April 2, 2026, according to the press release.
Instead of reaching Canada, the group reportedly crossed into Canada on March 29 and subsequently flew from Vancouver to Mexico City. A few days later, on April 1, they took another flight from Merida, Mexico, landing in Havana, Cuba, as detailed in court documents.
The press release states that Rose and Blue are now in federal custody, facing charges of International Parental Kidnapping.
According to court documents, the FBI uncovered what they described as a “complex, multi-country kidnapping scheme” involving $10,000 in cash, as reported by the New York Times.
According to the press release, Rose and Blue “are in federal custody” and have been “charged in a federal criminal complaint of International Parental Kidnapping.”
In court filings, the FBI reportedly “described an elaborate, multicountry kidnapping plot involving $10,000 in cash,” the New York Times reported.
As local law enforcement in Utah, along with FBI officials such as FBI special agent Jennifer Waterfield, launched an investigation, evidence was reportedly found “of a planned operation following a search”:
Local police in Utah and the F.B.I. began investigating, with Ms. Waterfield, the special agent, detailing what the government said was evidence of a planned operation following a search of the their home: $10,000 in withdrawn cash and “to-do” lists detailing plans to empty bank accounts, learn Spanish, obtain tourist visas and put items in storage.
Investigators also said they found notes with instructions from a mental health therapist in Washington, D.C., related to “gender affirming medical care for children” and a request to send the therapist $10,000.
“Our priority in every parental kidnapping case is the safety and well-being of the child,” Robert Bohls, who serves as the Special Agent in Charge for the Salt Lake City FBI division, said.
