WINONA, Minn. – The missing Winona woman Maddi Kingsbury had legal custody of her pre-school children – not their father. This is according to the Winona County Health and Human Services Department. After Kingsbury disappeared March 31, the Department said in court documents that there was no legal guardian. Social workers went to the home of father’s family in Mabel to take the children. The father, Adam Fravel, objected. According to the court documents, an unpleasant scene followed. Fravel took the 2-year-old boy into the house, locked the door, and began shouting profanities. Apparently the other child, a 5-year-old girl, was in the house. Eventually the social workers, backed by police, obtained custody. The county’s position: With no one having legal custody, the children needed to be in the care of the county. Maddi’s sister Megan told a KTTC news reporter that the children were safe and well. Meanwhile, Fravel has taken steps seeking custodial rights as the father
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Fravel. Wants his kids back.