Maine Authorities Release Chilling Images of Missing Parents, 2-Year-Old Girl, Who Never Returned from Camping Trip

Maine police published updated photographs Monday as they continue to beg the public for information or sightings of a missing mom, her ex, and their 2-year-old daughter, who went missing about three weeks ago.

Jill Sidebotham, 28, Nicholas Hansen, 38, and their baby Lydia set out on a three-day camping vacation on June 27. The clothing they were wearing on June 29 at the campground is shown in newly released security photographs.

Missing Maine Parents, Daughter Seen on Security Footage

On June 29 and July 2, police verified two sightings, the latter at a Walmart shop in Mexico, Maine, some 100 miles from Sidebotham's home in Sanford.

Sanford Police Lt. Matthew Gagne told Fox News Digital that detectives traveled to Mexico on Friday to look into certain leads. Store employees who approached the parents and youngster noted nothing out of the ordinary and no signs of anxiety.

Despite claims that Hansen was aggressive, authorities believe Sidebotham went on the trip freely and that she was not in distress. Hansen has no violent offenses on his state criminal record, as per Fox News.

The couple, who are divorced, and their daughter, who lives with Sidebotham, were meant to return on June 30. According to The Boston Globe, Sidebotham's phone has been shut off since June 28, while Hansen's has been without a signal since June 29.

Since then, police have confirmed two CCTV sightings of the family: first on June 29 at the Coos Canyon Campground and again on July 2 at a Walmart shop in Mexico, Maine, nearly 100 miles from Sidebotham's home in Sanford.

They have also increased search operations around the state, including utilizing fixed-wing aircraft to look for the automobile they were in near where they were reported to be camping.

Police Ask For Public Cooperation To Locate Missing Family

There have been no additional sightings of the family, and authorities are asking the public for assistance in locating the missing three. A ground search has not been coordinated since it has been difficult to pinpoint where they could be right now.

Police surveillance photos published on Monday show both parents carrying their daughter. Hansen is dressed in a red tank top with a white pattern on the back and gray shorts, while the mother is dressed in a black T-shirt with a green design, spectacles, and light-colored shorts.

Police said they do not suspect foul play in the disappearance and are hopeful that they will be found safe. However, numerous members of Sidebotham's family have stated that Hansen may have abducted his child's mother.

According to the mother's relatives, Hansen persuaded Sidebotham to embark on an unplanned camping trip just before the trio vanished. Sidebotham is also the mother of a 10-year-old boy who has been 'hurting fairly severely' since his mother and half-sister disappeared, according to his grandfather Ron Sidebotham, 61, on July 9.

Ron believes Jill's ex-partner, Nick Hansen, 39, is a domestic abuser and that if he is cornered, he would damage or possibly murder his ex-partner and their kid. Jill walked left with Nick over two weeks ago while Ron was at work, and when he got home to the apartment he shares with his wife, daughter, and her two children, he was notified Jill had taken off, Daily Mail reported..