The nationwide search continues for two boys Cole and Chase Hakken who were abducted from their grandmother's Tampa area home by their anti government parents officials said.
A vehicle similar to the Hakken's getaway vehicle was spotted in Etowah a city in southeastern Tennessee late Wednesday the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.
Their kidnapping prompted a national Amber Alert after authorities learned their father 35 year old Joshua Hakken tied up his mother in law and took the boys one day after losing his parental rights according to the Tampa Bay Times.
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He fled in Hauser's 2009 Silver Toyota with Cole 4 and Chase 2 and was later joined by his wife.
Hakken Sharyn Hakken 34 and the boys may be traveling in a 2006 black GMC Sierra with Florida tag number U95KT authorities said.
The vehicle may be pulling a 2012 Forrest River pop camper Florida Tag BHNV 86.
Both suspects are anti government and have attempted a previous abduction at gunpoint in Louisiana '' the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The Tampa Bay Times reported the couple first lost their children after Hakken was arrested on drug charges. They were placed in Louisiana foster care until Hakken appeared at the home with a gun.
The boys had been living with their grandparents since last year.
Anyone with any information is urged to call 911 or call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 813 247 8200.
Both subjects are considered armed and dangerous '' the statement said.
Under an Amber Alert information about the abducted children their parents and their vehicle is being broadcast on radio television lottery machines electronic road signs and digital billboards.
The alert system began in 1996 as a quick way to broadcast critical information about a child abduction to the public.
It's named for Amber Hagerman 9 who was bike riding near her grandparents' Texas home earlier that year when she was abducted and killed. The case remains unsolved.
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