Associated Press: A northeast Nebraska couple who vanished with their children after being interviewed about allegations of abuse turned themselves in Monday and were taken into custody, a sheriff said.

Knox County Sheriff Jim Janecek said in a news release that he met with Matthew and Rowena Schade and their children on Monday.

The Schades, on probation for burglary, were taken into custody. He was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation in neighboring Antelope County, and she also was being held, the news release said.

The release did not give the children's condition. The children, ages 11 and 8, will be placed after state officials talk to them, the news release said.

Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Jeanne Atkinson said she could not provide information on the case, citing privacy laws.

The family disappeared March 20 after the Schades were interviewed in their Creighton home about allegations of abuse.

A search extended to remote areas of South Dakota before winding back to Nebraska last week.

Janecek did not return phone messages seeking additional comment. Neither did the Knox and Antelope county attorneys.

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