Red Deer mother and 4 children located: police

Police say a mother and her four children missing from the Red Deer area have been found safe.

A school representative first contacted police on Dec. 5. The children – ranging in age from 12 years to 11 months old – had been seen in school that day, but their whereabouts later became unknown "under concerning circumstances," police were told.

Police were not able to find their 38-year-old mother.

Mounties updated the public at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday that the family had been located, and thanked the public for their assistance.