Authorities in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri are on the lookout for a teenaged brother and sister who ran away from a facility late Tuesday night, in Fremont County. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope says that at approximately 11:30-pm Tuesday, deputies were called to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg for two juveniles that left the hospital. The pair had previously been reported as runaways. When deputies arrived, the children were already gone. Authorities were able to make contact with a person who had been thought to harboring the children and keeping them from the guardians. Following an investigation, 46-year old Michelle Beard, and 17-year old Matthew Beard, were both arrested for harboring runaway children and interference with official acts.

The pair was able to hide the children and pass them off to other people involved before deputies were able to locate the children. The Beard’s were transported to the Fremont County Jail, where Michelle was being held on $8,300 cash bond. Matthew Beard was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs.

Fremont County Deputies are still looking for any information that could lead them to the two runaway juveniles. The runaways are 16-year old Jacob Michael Sederburg-Apperson, and his sister, 16-year old Hannah Renee Apperson. Jacob stands 5-feet tall and weighs around 145 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Hannah is also about 5-feet tall, and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. The last known position of the two was at a field entrance in Page County Iowa near Coin. Reporting party states the two maybe headed to Council Bluffs, or Maryville Missouri.

If you have any information on these runaways please contact the Fremont County Sheriffs Office at (712) 374-2424 or your local law enforcement agency as these two children may be a harm to themselves.