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This undated booking photo released by the Pueblo, Colo., Police Department shows Joshua Robertson, and Brittany Humphrey. Eleven days after the body of a woman was found in the Los Angeles area, the couple suspected of killing her and kidnapping her three children have been arrested in Colorado. Robertson, and Humphrey, were arrested Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 without incident in Pueblo, Colo. about 40 miles south of Colorado Springs. The couple was wanted in connection with the death of Humphrey\'s half-sister, Kimberly Harvill, whose body was found with multiple gunshot wounds along a road in a remote area of Los Angeles County on Aug. 14. (Pueblo Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Kids taken after mom’s death back in California

LOS ANGELES – The Latest on the kidnapping of three children whose mother was found dead near Los Angeles (all times local):

11:30 a.m.

Authorities say three young children kidnapped from the Los Angeles area after their mother was killed are back in California after being found safe in New Mexico.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s Capt. Steve Katz said Friday that the children were flown back Thursday night.

They’re in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, which will decide whether they can be placed with family.

A couple wanted in connection with the kidnapping and the death of the children’s mother were arrested without incident Thursday in Pueblo, Colorado.

Katz says detectives are flying there Saturday to interview Joshua Robertson and Brittney Humphrey, the victim’s half sister.

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