Stephanie Soo

Thomas, the ex-husband.

Now this text message reads, Good afternoon.

I wanted to give you a heads up that we have a family trip planned from November 2nd to November 8th.

We'll be going on a cruise that departs from Miami and stops in Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Mexico before returning to Miami.

In order to move forward with the necessary travel documents, could you please send me your current mailing address so that I can send you the passport forms that need to be signed?

And I'll include a prepaid envelope for returning them.

Thanks in advance, Chantel.

Chantel and her ex-husband, Thomas, they share two kids together.

a 16-year-old son, the stepbrother, and a nine-year-old daughter.

She's going to take them both on this cruise.

And she wants permission because, you know, that's how custody works.

About a month later, the ex-husband, Thomas, he still not sent the forms back.

He just responds, I'm not sure if I'm willing to sign the forms.

I'm not okay with my kids going out of the country.

Until we can find some common ground and set something up, I'm not okay with them leaving the state.

Being that I have not talked to or seen my kids in so long,

I will talk to my attorney and see what can be done.

Maybe we can agree on something that benefits the kids having both parents in their lives.

Chantel will take the kids on the trip anyway.

And by the end of it, her 16-year-old son is going to be a suspect in the murder of Anna Kepner.