Idaho Falls Father Searches Nearly a Year for Twin Girls Who Vanished After Utah Gymnastics Trip
A father’s desperate search for his two young daughters has stretched nearly a year, with no clear resolution in sight. Joshua Johns says his 7-year-old twins, Amelia and Sophia, disappeared after their mother took them to a gymnastics class in Orem, Utah, and the girls have not been located since.
Johns, who spoke publicly about the case this week on the Courtroom Insider program hosted by East Idaho journalist Nate Eaton, described his ongoing struggle to find the twins and seek answers from the legal system. The case raises serious questions about parental custody enforcement and the challenges families face when a child disappears under murky circumstances.
The twins’ whereabouts remain unknown. Johns has been working through legal channels for months in an effort to track down his daughters and hold those responsible accountable. Cases involving parental abduction or disappearance of minors can become prolonged legal battles that cross state lines, complicating jurisdictional authority and law enforcement response.
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What Comes Next
Joshua Johns has indicated he will continue pursuing every available legal avenue to locate Amelia and Sophia. No arrests have been publicly reported in connection with the girls’ disappearance as of this report. Bonneville County News will update this story as new information becomes available.