The Virginia mother and her two young children who vanished after she went on a weekend blind date have all been found safe after police determined they left “on their own free will.”

Monica Lamping and her two kids — 7-year-old Kai and his baby sister, 9-month-old Oria — left were found together in an “adjoining” state, Virginia Beach Police announced Wednesday, without specifying which state. Police initially claimed the mom and kids were in danger — a theory investigators later retracted. “Investigators have determined that they left on their own free will,” police said in a statement.(nydailynews)…[+]