9.13.19 - Recent Developments
Arrested for DUI in County Kildare, Ireland and believed to be
in a blue Saab 95 with license plate SJY 006.
case Details
The case is centered on Majken Trolle Wadum, originally of Copenhagen, Denmark. Until their divorce, she was married to Bart Critser, formerly of Oxford, Miss., and now a resident of Houston. The two were married for 10 years and have two daughters, Ebba (11) and Silvia (5) – and until last year, were living in Oxford.
Majken took the girls to Denmark to visit her mom this past summer and, violated a court order to return on Aug. 5. Bart won full custody of the girls on Sept. 11. He travelled to Denmark several times for Hague Convention court proceedings, and on January 30, the high court ruled that the girls are to return to the U.S. Upon learning of this decision, she and the girls completely disappeared with no leads. They were last seen on the border near Germany.
The FBI, Danish Police, Interpol and US State Department are looking for them. There is an international warrant issued for Majken’s arrest. Please contact any one listed below with information about Majken, Ebba, and Silvia.
Contact
If you have information about these girls, please contact:
FBI:
Special Agent Molly Blythe
Danish Police:
In Denmark dial: 114
From outside Denmark: +45 33 14 14 48
Case 0100-72151-00004-19
Bart Critser 662-550-0812
Bart’s Attorney:
Hal Nielsen
Timeline
June 2017: Majken Trolle Wadum found in Copenhagen train station passed out with 4-year-old Silvia running about.
June 2017: Majken trips and falls in the middle of a Copenhagen street. A passerby assisted taking them to her apartment. Silvia was wearing soiled diapers that had not been changed in perhaps days. Passerby cleaned Silvia up and reported Majken to social services.
June 2017: Bart Critser, upon receiving call from social services, flies to Denmark to bring Silvia to his parents’ home in Signal Mountain, Tenn., where Ebba (the second daughter (Silvia’s sister), then 9) was spending the summer.
August 2017: Bart files for divorce and files for full custody of his children due to the endangerment that Majken has time and again subjected them to due to her long-standing alcoholism. The girls start school on Signal Mountain where they are happy, well adjusted and allowed to be children.
September 2017: Judge Robert Whitwell forever changes the trajectory of these girls’ lives when he orders them back to Mississippi to live with Majken (who, by then, had returned to Oxford.) Judge Whitwell orders joint-custody with Bart and held the passports of all four to prevent flight from the United States.
June 2018: Judge Whitwell grants Majken’s request to again travel to Denmark, this time with both daughters, during the month of July. He returns Majken’s passport to her, along with the passports of the girls. Bart’s legal team objects, stating that Majken is a clear flight risk, noting particularly that the children had indicated to Bart that they are “moving.” Judge Whitwell orders Majken to return to Mississippi with the children no later than Aug. 5.
August 5, 2018: Majken sends Bart an e-mail saying that she and the girls were staying in Denmark to start their new lives.
Sept. 11, 2018: Divorce finalized and full custody of the girls is granted to Bart.
Sept. 2018: Majken refuses to return to the United States with the girls. Bart travels to Denmark to begin the Hague Convention process.
Oct. 2018: Bart travels there again for court proceedings. The lower court rules that the children should return to the United States. Majken appeals to high court.
Dec./Jan. 2018/19: Bart travels there again twice for high court proceedings. High court judge orders a psychological evaluation of all four of them. A psychologist facilitates a session with Bart and the girls. This is the first time Bart is allowed to see his daughters since July 2018. Psychologist presents detailed report to high court judge.
Jan. 30, 2019: High court judge rules that the girls should return to the United States. Bart’s attorney requests a hand-over plan from Majken’s attorney by Feb. 4.
Feb. 6, 2019: Majken agrees for Bart to collect the girls on Feb. 6. Bart goes to her apartment – there is no answer at the door. Neighbors say they have not seen Majken and the girls in four days. Bart has made numerous attempts to find the girls. Danish police have searched the apartment. Majken’s mother and brother claim they do not know where she is. She has deleted her email account, her bank account and credit cards are frozen, Interpol has put a warning on her passport – and yet she has disappeared with the children without a trace.