#Vanished- The Thomas Phillips true story.

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vanishing into the wilderness with his children, police were notified when he hadn't responded and was gone for 19 days, and he shortly returned with the children, claiming a camping trip had gone awry. police dismissed his actions and the mother's concern as a civil matter.
He truly vanished with them, from '21-'25,

Ending tragically in bank robbery and death in 2025, his wilderness escapade with the 3 kids came to an end, leaving 2 of the 3 missing for hours after his death.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/s/5EbeJeQctZ

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-09/who-is-tom-phillips-new-zealand-family-disappeared/104449022

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/fugitive-father-tom-phillips-how-saga-unfolded-new-zealand#:~:text=It began just before Christmas,legal custody of his children.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360475344/tom-phillips-parents-speak-out-locals-reveal-why-they-support-fugitive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_family_disappearances#:~:text=Tom Phillips and his three,spotted walking through Marokopa farmland.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573133/what-will-it-take-for-the-tom-phillips-children-to-reintegrate-into-society

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/tom-phillips-new-zealand-man-fugitive-father-outside-help-nz-police-ntwnfb

https://apnews.com/article/tom-phillips-marokopa-children-new-zealand-shooting-a7f340cb837b513a21f31bb587589ebe

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-photos-released-as-tom-phillips-primary-campsites-found/ZVSPUVGYK5DDNPDAD5Q4TY2QNE/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-making-of-marokopas-monster-tom-phillips-childhood-hobbies-and-descent/SSFQSW7DZNHMFOTFHICCCPCHSY/?ref=readmore

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v37ye0l0ro.amp

https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/world-news/new-zealand-mothers-chilling-theory-as-missing-kids-re-emerge-in-bushland-with-father-tom-phillips/

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Phillips family disappearances

Tom Phillips and his three young children disappeared from the isolated rural Waikato town of Marokopa on 9 December 2021. New Zealand Police believe that the children were taken by their father to a location somewhere in the western Waikato, after a dispute with their mother. Phillips is alleged to have committed a bank robbery in September 202...

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The latest CCTV pictures believed to be of fugitive Tom Phillips taking his child along to burgle a Piopio superette had the lead detective openly posing a question.
Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Saunders wondered aloud: Has Phillips fallen out with whoever has been helping him or is he simply getting more brazen?
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Heartbreaking: Fugitive Tom Phillips’ Sister Breaks Silence After...

Tom Phillips disappeared from Marokopa in December 2021 with his three children - Jayda, Maverick and Ember - and has been on the run ever since. Despite brief sightings, the family has lived in hiding in New Zealand’s King Country bush for four winters.

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A glimpse inside the camp that was home to fugitive Tom Phillips an...

There was no doubt Tom Phillips wanted to kill. Those words from the Police Commissioner today, after Phillips opened fire and critically injured a highly respected local police officer in the early hours of Monday morning. He was then shot and killed by another officer. The injured policeman is recovering at Waikato Hospital. Imogen Wells has m...

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