Newspaper: Bodies Of Children Missing For 3 Years Found East Of Kansas City

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of two children missing since 2004 says police have found their remains in woods east of Kansas City, a newspaper reported Sunday. <br/><br/>Tina Porter told the Kansas

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 7:13 pm

By: News On 6

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of two children missing since 2004 says police have found their remains in woods east of Kansas City, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Tina Porter told the Kansas City Star that Independence police officers arrived at her house Sunday morning to give her the news that they found the remains of Sam and Lindsey Porter in the woods in Sugar Creek, about eight miles from Kansas City.

``Maj. (Gregg) Wilkinson said they were 99 percent sure that it was Sam and Lindsey,'' she said. Police said they expected to have test results back in about 24 hours.

Police declined to comment Sunday, but police vehicles lined the road Sunday near the wooded area.

Sam and Lindsey Porter were 7 and 8 years old when their father, Dan Porter, picked them up from his estranged wife on June 5, 2004, for a weekend visit. The children haven't been seen since.

Dan Porter, 44, was convicted in February 2006 of parental kidnapping with the intent to terrorize his ex-wife and sentenced to 38 years in prison.

After his arrest, Porter told authorities several stories about what he had done with his children, including that he had cut them up and that he had strangled them.