Photos for Headline Surfer / TOP: The Edgewater Police Department on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, was dealing with a parental abduction allegedly by Emily St. Clair, along with a pic of the car used to flee. LEFT: 7-year-old Eislee Kraus and 5-year-old Abel Kraus are the abducted siblings.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- The Edgewater Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two children involved in a parental abduction on Sunday evening in the 600 block of West Indian River Boulevard.
Here is a synopsis of what has occurred, as provided by Edgewater PD:
Emily St. Clair followed the children’s father unknowingly to a gas station. When the father went inside, the mother, St. Clair, removed 7-year-old Eislee Kraus and 5-year-old Abel Kraus from his vehicle and fled the area.
St. Clair has an active felony warrant for drug possession and is under a Department of Children & Families court order prohibiting contact with the two children.
She was last seen as a passenger in a newer-model Chevrolet SUV, traveling southbound on U.S. 1 from West Indian Indian Boulevard (SR 442).
CHILD DESCRIPTIONS:
-- Eislee Kraus (DOB: 3/28/2018)
• White female;
• Blonde hair;
• Approximately 4 feet tall, 40–50 pounds;
• Last seen wearing a one-piece nightgown (possibly purple).
-- Abel Kraus (DOB: 8/24/2020)
• White male;
• Blonde hair, blue eyes;
• Approximately 3’6”, 35–40 pounds;
• Clothing unknown.
EDGEWATER POLICE WARNINGS:
If you see Emily St. Clair or the children:
• DO NOT APPROACH;
• Call 9-1-1 Immediately.
If you have any information, please get in touch with the Edgewater Police Department non-emergency number (386) 424-2000 option 3 or email tips@cityofedgewater.org.
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