More than two months after Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury vanished, police have arrested her ex-boyfriend and father of her children on suspicion of murder after discovering human remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adam Fravel, 29, was taken into custody on second-degree murder charges Wednesday night \u2014 weeks after he\u2002insisted that he had nothing to do\u2002<\/a>with her disappearance, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kingsbury\u2019s aunt, Rebecca Jacobson, told Fox News Digital\u2002<\/a>in a statement that the \u201cfamily believes the right person is in custody and holding out hope that we\u2019re going to find Madeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police said human remains were found in some brush off Highway 43 north of Mabel, Minnesota \u2014 about 45 miles south of where Kingsbury was last seen alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The body was located using information generated during its investigation, according to the Winona Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause of this, law enforcement personnel have arrested Adam Fravel on probable cause in connection to her disappearance,\u201d the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner\u2019s Office is working to confirm whether or not the remains belong to Kingsbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kingsbury, 26, vanished on March 31\u2002<\/u><\/a>after dropping off her two kids, ages 5 and 2, at their daycare in Winona with Fravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police described her disappearance as \u201cinvoluntary and suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fravel told police he left their house at 10 a.m<\/a>. and Kingsbury wasn\u2019t there when he returned, but her phone, wallet and jacket were. He was the last person to see her alive, according to authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 2,000 people have volunteered<\/a> to help find the missing mom since the search began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities also said they have served \u201cnumerous search warrants\u201d as part of the effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last month, a special prosecutor, Phil Prokopowicz, the former chief deputy attorney in Dakota County, was yanked out of retirement<\/a> to help with the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kingsbury\u2019s family is also in the middle of a bitter custody battle<\/a> over the children with Fravel, who petitioned for custody after their mother vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two kids are currently living with Kingsbury\u2019s parents, although they are technically in the custody of Winona County, KARE11 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The missing mom\u2019s sister, Megan, previously told Fox News Digital that Fravel and his family kept silent despite their attempts to talk to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time Kingsbury disappeared, she and Fravel were no longer in a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n