The children were not allowed to talk about their ordeal. having the boys here is just amazing. reporter: the family dog, mattie was taken during the alleged abduction. the boys are nursing the terrier back to health after the pooch suffered dehydration. police say the hakkens, both engineers lost custody of their sons in june. but sharyn hakken s former boss remembers her as a good mom. she was a very normal, mild-mannered. laid back person. dedicated to her kids and family. reporter: he says he employed her nearly a decade and is shocked to find her in this situation. the grandmother says the boys had only bug bites after that dangerous trip. and that she has not asked them about the ordeal. letting them volunteer that information as they feel ready. such cute little boys. that s great they re not filling them in on why there is so much attention on their family.
Ended their week long nightmare. and really the thousands of other people who have said the prayers and went out to try to help find the grandchildren. we are very appreciative of that. reporter: the day after the hakkens lost their parental rights in connection with the father s arrest and erratic behavior in 2012 deputies say joshua hakken broke in the home. patricia hauser called for help. my son-in-law just kidnapped my two chagrandchildren. reporter: investigators learned joshua hakken purchased this boat the salty and headed south. the state department received information they were actually in cue bap. reporter: cnn s patrick in havana went to a marina popular with americans and sure enough, found their boat and the hakken family. i see a boy playing on the top deck and then a man with a large beard really kind of a
Waking up in a florida jail facing charges of kidnapping and child neglect after a week on the run. 2 and 4-year-old son, chase and cole, are back with their legal guardians, their gand grandparents, grateful to the authorities that ended their week long nightmare. and the thousands of people who said the prior prayers and out to try to help to find our grandchildren. reporter: the day after the hakkens lost their parental rights in connection with the father s arrest and erratic behavior in 2012, deputies say joshua hakken broke into the hauser s home in tampa. patricia hauser called for help. my son-in-law just kidnapped my two grandchildren. they ve been in my state custody. reporter: investigators learned josh what hakken purchased this boat and they were heading south. state department received information that they were actually in cuba.
Welcome back. i m john berman. i m christine romans. the parents accuse of kidnapping their own sons and sailing off to cuba will make their first appearance in a florida courtroom this morning. josh and sharyn hakken face a litany of charges. cuban officials handed them over to u.s. authorities yesterday. the boys are now back with their grandparents. cnn blackwell is live outside the courthouse in tampa. what can we expect this morning in court? the hakkens for the first time are going to hear this loose list of charges against them but they will not be specifically in the courtroom. they re going to be in the jail where they ve been for more than 24 hours. this is going to happen via closed-circuit television. josh what and sharyn hakken,
Moving patriot missiles into position around tokyo. now, as for timing, most believe that this launch will happen sometime this week because next monday is jim jong-un s grandfather s birthday. there s a tradition of tying all that together. on that day most of the launches have happened in the morning. so we will see very soon. bob woodruff, abc news, seoul. parents accused of kidnapping their children and taking them to cuba are in court. joshua and sharyn hakken facing kidnapping, child neglect, and interference with custody charges. children are back with the grandparents, who have legal custody. friends and former employees of the hakkens say they can t understand how their lives got so far off track. a man who passed himself off as a member of the rockefeller family has been convicted of murder. christian gerhartsreiter was accuseded of killing his landlord s son nearly a decade ago. john and his wife vanished in