CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A woman who fled with her 8-year-old daughter a decade ago during a custody dispute turned herself in Monday to face trial. 
 
 Genevieve Kelley of Whitefield disappeared with her daughter, Mary, into Central America in the fall of 2004 after her attempt to prove her ex-husband had harmed the child backfired. 
 
 The U.S. Marshals Service investigated numerous tips through the years. Shortly after her daughter turned 18 in February and was no longer subject to the family court, Kelley, 50, made contact. Her lawyer said she wanted to face a jury on her custodial interference charge. She said her daughter is safe. 
 
 Police felt Kelley's ex-husband, Mark Nunes, was unfairly accused. He was never charged with a crime. 
 
 Kelley turned herself in Monday in Lancaster, New Hampshire, and was arrested, Deputy U.S. Marshal Jamie Berry said. He said her lawyer and Coos County Attorney John McCormick were arguing bail. 
 
 Mark Nunes hasn't given up hope of being reunited with his daughter and hopes to learn more about her. 
 
 "Is she alive? Is she safe?" he said Monday. 
 
 It wasn't immediately known if Mary Nunes was in the courtroom. In an interview last week, Kelley's lawyer, Alan Rosenfeld, said his client would likely appear on her own first. 
 
 "She wants to be vindicated," Alan Rosenfeld said. "She wants a trial." 
 
 Rosenfeld, a Colorado attorney who specializes in child advocacy and domestic violence cases, had asked prosecutor McCormick twice this year if he would agree to recommend to a judge that Kelley voluntarily return and not be jailed unless she is convicted. He said she would not be a flight risk, but McCormick disagreed, noting she left in the middle of a family court proceeding in 2004. 
 
 "She fears there's a chance she'll be held, a fear that's probably well founded," McCormick had said. 
 
 Rosenfeld had said if things didn't work out, "she's just going to show up unannounced one day." 
 
 Mary Nunes, presumably, would be a witness at the trial, he said. 
 
 "She was old enough to know what was going on," he said. 
 
 Mary was 7 when her father last saw her. 
 
 "I am happy that Genevieve Kelly is in custody and will face justice for these charges, but we will all be the happiest, when we know Mary Nunes is safe," U.S. Marshal David Cargill Jr. said. 
 
 In an emailed statement, Nunes said he is heartbroken about his daughter. 
 
 "We want to say publicly that we as Mary's family love her, look forward to her coming home and to keep an open mind as we believe that she has been told falsehoods and misstatements on the events of her youth," he said. ||||| Missing girl taken by mom in custody battle found after 11 years; stepdad arrested 
 
 By DAVE SOLOMON 
 
 New Hampshire Union Leader 
 
 Mary Nunes, 19, shown at the Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday. (Photo Credit Klein Investigations and Consulting) 
 
 After more than a decade in hiding, a New Hampshire girl spirited out of the country in the middle of a custody dispute is back in the United States.Mary Nunes, now 19, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Atlanta and is on the way to an undisclosed location in Colorado.Nunes and her stepfather, Scott Kelley, were taken into custody at Atlanta International Airport early Wednesday afternoon. Kelley was arrested on a kidnapping warrant and is being held pending extradition to New Hampshire.Nunes, her mother Genevieve Kelley and her stepfather had not been seen publicly in New Hampshire since 2004, until the girl’s mother surrendered to authorities last November.Genevieve Kelley, seeking medical treatment for a son born to her and Scott Kelley while they were on the run, agreed to face charges but refused to disclose the location of her husband and daughter.Genevieve Kelley and Mark Nunes, father of Mary Nunes, were embroiled in a contentious custody dispute, in which Kelley alleged that Nunes was sexually abusing their daughter. After those charges were deemed unfounded by police and court authorities, Genevieve Kelly, Scott Kelley and Mary Nunes disappeared.“We love Mary and are overjoyed that she is alive and back in the U.S.,” said Mark Nunes in a statement released by a private investigator hired by the Nunes family. “Our hearts and home are open to her, and we will do everything we can to insure she remains safe and healthy.”Nunes said he remains concerned about Mary’s emotional and physical wellbeing. “We look forward to the day our family is finally reunited,” he said.That will be up to Mary Nunes, who has not seen her biological father since she was 8.“She is 19 years old. She will have to make that decision for herself,” said Philip Klein, a private investigator who specializes in child abduction cases related to marital disputes.The long odyssey of Mary Nunes came to an end this morning, when U.S. Marshals were notified by officials at the U.S. embassy in Costa Rica that Mary, Scott Kelley and their attorney, Alan Rosenfeld, had walked into the embassy.According to Klein, they were told Scott Kelley could return to the U.S. without facing charges. “This was not an arranged surrender,” Klein said. “Scott Kelley thought he was coming back to the U.S. without charges. That’s what he was told at the embassy. He was tricked.”Kelley was immediately arrested upon exiting the aircraft, according to Klein, and Mary was given the option of deciding what she wanted to do. She stayed with Rosenfeld and she is en route to an undisclosed location in Colorado, where his practice is based.“The family is elated to have Mary back in the United States, and they would like to have Mary be independently examined,” said Klein.He said the 19-year-old told U.S. marshals that she had only a 10th-grade education, “because she was moved from place to place and she was on the run.”“We are urging the county attorney in New Hampshire to prosecute both Genevieve and Scott Kelley to the fullest extent possible, and send a message that you do not kidnap children and take them to foreign countries,” said Klein.Kelley remains on track for a May 8 trial after Judge Peter Bornstein on March 24 denied a motion to dismiss the state’s charge of custodial interference pending in Coos County.County Attorney John McCormick claims that Kelley, accompanied by Scott Kelley, took Mary first to Colorado and then to Central America, where Genevieve Kelley’s passport indicated that she entered Honduras through Guatemala.As a condition of her bail, Kelley is not allowed to have contact with her daughter. 
 
 
 
 Crime ||||| Story highlights Genevieve Kelley, featured on CNN's "The Hunt," was on the run since November 2004 
 
 Kelley was wanted for kidnapping her daughter and unlawful flight 
 
 Kelley is in the custody of authorities after turning herself in on Monday 
 
 The whereabouts of her now 18-year-old daughter are still unknown 
 
 A woman who allegedly took her daughter in violation of a court ruling and then went on the run for a decade has turned herself in, according to U.S. marshals in New Hampshire. 
 
 The whereabouts of the woman's now-18-year-old daughter remains unknown, authorities say. 
 
 Featured on CNN's "The Hunt" in August, Genevieve Kelley was wanted by law enforcement since November 2004, accused of noncustodial kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid persecution. 
 
 Kelley, 50, along with her husband, Scott Kelley, 49, fled New Hampshire with her daughter, Mary Nunes, when the child was 8. At the time, the child's father, Mark Nunes, had full custody rights because of allegations of mistreatment, according to the Marshals Service. 
 
 Marshals were involved in efforts spanning the United States, Canada and Central and South America to locate Mary Nunes and Genevieve and Scott Kelley. 
 
 Genevieve Kelley was featured as the U.S. Marshals Service "Fugitive of the Week" in New Hampshire, coinciding with the nationally televised story of Mary Nunes and her kidnappers aired on "The Hunt," which is hosted by John Walsh. 
 
 After Genevieve Kelley surrendered Monday, U.S. Marshal David Cargill Jr., "I am happy that (she) is in custody and will face justice for these charges, but we will all be the happiest, when we know Mary Nunes is safe." 
 
 Scott Kelley is considered a fugitive and is being sought, the Marshals Service said in a news release. 
 
 Cargill credited the media and investigators for providing the "push needed to get Genevieve Kelley to surrender." 
 
 In March, Genevieve Kelley informed the New Hampshire prosecutor through her attorney that she wanted to negotiate her surrender. 
 
 Kelley is in the custody of the Coos County Sheriff's Office and has made an initial court appearance. 
 
 Breaks in other 'Hunt' cases 
 
 Kelley's arrest came the same day authorities in Texas announced that in an unrelated case, remains found in September were confirmed to be those of another fugitive, Kevin Patrick Stoeser , also featured on CNN's "The Hunt." 
 
 Stoeser, a U.S. soldier who was dishonorably discharged, pleaded guilty in 2003 to child sexual assault and child pornography charges and was sentenced to 13 years behind bars. 
 
 Authorities said Monday it's unclear when or how he died. No other remains were found, they said. 
 
 Remains of another suspect featured on the "The Hunt" were also found earlier this year, and another suspect who was profiled on the show was killed in a gun battle with authorities. 
 
 In August, the remains of Shane Miller were found in California. Miller was the prime suspect in the deaths of his wife and two young daughters.
– In the midst of a bitter custody battle, Genevieve Kelley took her 8-year-old daughter and vanished in November 2004. Over the past decade, the US Marshals Service followed up on tips that had them looking for the New Hampshire woman—along with new husband Scott Kelley, daughter Mary Nunes, and two horses that also disappeared—in the US, Canada, and Central and South America (Kelley, a one-time flight surgeon with the Air Force, is fluent in Spanish). Then, in March of this year, Kelley made contact through her lawyer, who told the New Hampshire prosecutor that Kelley was prepared to face her charge of custodial interference. The 50-year-old turned herself in Monday. Says her lawyer per the AP, "She wants to be vindicated. She wants a trial." Mary turned 18 in February, meaning she is no longer under the purview of family court. In 2009, the AP categorized the girl's vanishing as "the climax of a long, acrimonious tug of war." Kelley and Mark Nunes divorced in 1998, with Kelley retaining primary custody of the girl. The ensuing years were not exactly smooth, and in late 2003, Kelley told police that Nunes had sexually abused Mary; those allegations were determined to be unfounded. Roughly a month after the trio disappeared, Mark Nunes was awarded legal custody of the child. Mary's current location remains unknown, per CNN, though Kelley says she is safe. The Find Mary Nunes website has a phone number in the right rail of every page, along with this message: "Mary, here is a number so you can talk to your daddy. It is on 24 hours a day. We love you and miss you."