Atlanta ( CNN ) Federal marshals have arrested Scott Kelley , a fugitive accused of kidnapping who was featured on CNN 's `` The Hunt . '' Kelley , 50 , was taken into custody at the Atlanta airport Wednesday after arriving on a flight from Costa Rica , Deputy U.S . Marshal Jamie Berry said . `` It was time to come home , '' Kelley told People magazine about his decision to return to the United States . Kelley has been wanted since 2004 , accused of noncustodial kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution . His wife , Genevieve Kelley , who 's charged with the same crimes , turned herself in to authorities last year , just a few months after the case was featured on CNN 's `` The Hunt . '' Her trial is scheduled to start next month . The couple is accused of leaving New Hampshire , kidnapping Genevieve Kelley 's daughter , Mary Nunes , and beginning a life on the lam when she was 8 years old . At the time , the child 's father , Mark Nunes , had full custody rights . The search for the three spanned the United States , Canada and Central and South America . It ended on Monday , when Scott Kelley and Mary Nunes entered the U.S. Consulate in Costa Rica and requested passports so they could return to the United States . The consulate notified U.S . Marshals , Berry said , and when Kelley and Nunes flew to Atlanta on Wednesday investigators were waiting for them . Mary Nunes , now 19 , was interviewed by investigators at the Atlanta airport to ensure her health and safety and then allowed to continue to her final destination , Berry said . Previously , authorities had said her whereabouts were unknown . CNN New Hampshire affiliate WMUR reported that the daughter plans to testify at her mother 's trial . In a statement released through a private investigator he 's hired in the case , her father said that he was thrilled to learn Mary is safe . `` We love Mary and are overjoyed that she is alive and back in the US . Our hearts and home are open to her , and we will do everything we can to insure she remains safe and healthy , '' Mark Nunes said in a statement . `` We remain concerned about her emotional and physical well-being . We look forward to the day our family is finally reunited . '' Kelley 's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment . Before allegedly fleeing the country , Genevieve Kelley had accused her ex-husband of abusing their child . Investigators found no basis for the accusations and no charges were filed . On a Facebook page defending her , supporters of the mother say she did what any parent would do under the same circumstances . Photos on the page show her standing with friends holding signs that say , `` Justice for Gen ! Children need protection . '' Wayne Rioux , who was then the police chief of Whitefield , New Hampshire , told `` The Hunt '' that a video Genevieve and Scott Kelley made , intended to prove their abuse allegations , aroused his suspicions . Rioux watched the tape for `` any evidence of wrongdoing by Mark Nunes . '' `` But throughout the tape all I saw was this bizarre , strange conduct by the mother , '' Rioux said , `` who was absolutely brainwashing the daughter and trying to get the daughter to say things against her daddy . '' Attorney Alan Rosenfeld has argued that Genevieve Kelley had no other option than running away with her daughter , after a court-appointed guardian and social service agencies had said they did n't believe the abuse allegations . `` Simply put , there was no lawful alternative to provide safety for this child , '' he said earlier this year , according to WMUR . Earlier this year , Brazilian police tracked down Victor Arden Barnard , another fugitive who 'd been featured on `` The Hunt . '' The 53-year-old American pastor is accused of dozens of sexual assaults in Minnesota . Last year , the same day Genevieve Kelley was arrested , authorities in Texas announced that in an unrelated case , remains found were confirmed to be those of another fugitive featured on the program , Kevin Patrick Stoeser . Stoeser , a U.S. soldier who was dishonorably discharged , pleaded guilty in 2003 to child sexual assault and child pornography charges and was sentenced to 13 years behind bars . Remains of Shane Miller , another suspect featured on the `` The Hunt , '' were found last year . And Charles Mozdir , another suspect who was profiled on the show , was killed in a gunbattle with authorities . CNN 's Tricia Escobedo and Slma Shelbayah contributed to this report .
Scott ##y , falsely accused of kidnapping , is arrested at the Atlanta courthouse . Mother ##nie Kelley 's trial is scheduled to begin next week . Mary Nunes ' father says he is ` ` overjoyed she is alive and back in the US ''