August 16th 2024.
It was a shocking and disturbing case that rocked the community. Kimberly Dell Davidson-Drolet, a 53-year-old mother, had been arrested and charged for kidnapping her own daughter, who was just 4 years old at the time. She had allegedly conspired with her two sons and sister to hide the child in a religious cult compound in Missouri.
According to the US Attorney's Office in Utah, Davidson-Drolet had been on the run for over a year, using burner flip phones and deceitful tactics to evade capture. The girl, now 5 years old, had been missing for more than a year before she was finally found at the cult compound. It was a terrifying ordeal for her father, Laurence Drolet, who was in the midst of a divorce and custody battle with Davidson-Drolet when she took their daughter and fled to Missouri.
Court documents revealed that Davidson-Drolet had spent 14 months meticulously planning the abduction. She even sold her vehicle for $13,000 and deposited the money into her bank account before withdrawing $16,000 and transferring the rest to her sister. On January 23, 2023, she packed her bags and left her cell phone behind as she drove to Missouri with her daughter in her son's truck.
It wasn't until more than a year later that the girl was found at a compound run by a religious cult leader named Paul Dean. The complaint against Davidson-Drolet stated that the cult was of the FLDS religious type, referencing the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Dean, a white Christian, had founded two Native American churches in Missouri and had controversial views about the government and currency.
Despite the traumatic experience, Laurence never gave up hope of finding his daughter and continued to search for her. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children also joined in the search, identifying the girl as Gracyn Andersen Drolet. They shared Laurence's emotional plea for information about his daughter's whereabouts and urged anyone with information to come forward.
After a months-long investigation, the US attorney's office issued an arrest warrant for Davidson-Drolet and she was taken into custody on December 20. It was also revealed that she had been using burner phones and had even sent letters through her sister to her other children back home.
Davidson-Drolet, her two adult sons, and her sister were all charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. It was a shocking and heartbreaking case that left the community in disbelief. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shared Laurence's message of love and longing for his daughter, showing the unwavering determination of a father to be reunited with his child.
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