Nathan Slinkard was Last week when his mother absconded with him , two siblings . His mother , Trena , fled after losing custody of her three children in a divorce . An Indiana man missing for 18 years after his mother abducted him and her two other children to Mexico was reunited with his father after the son went to a U.S. consulate and declared he wanted to go home at age 23 , authorities said . 5 years old , Slinkard went to a Indiana consulate in U.S. and showed birth certificate . `` You could tell there was a lot of emotion , '' officer says of reunion of son , father in Mexico .
Nathan Slinkard was Last week when his mother absconded with him , two siblings . His mother , Trena , fled after losing custody of her three children in a divorce . 5 years old , Slinkard went to a Indiana consulate in U.S. and showed birth certificate . `` You could tell there was a lot of emotion , '' officer says of reunion of son , father in Mexico .