LIMA, OHIO — Police in Ohio have issued an endangered missing child advisory for four children taken by their non-custodial mother.

They were last seen early Tuesday morning on North Main Street in Lima, Ohio.

The Lima Police Department says 40-year-old Marianne Merritt does not have custody of her children, but is said to be headed to Florida with a man named Charles Perkins driving a dark blue 2000 Chrysler Voyager with a white passenger side door. The vehicle has an Ohio license plate FMQ3175.

Merritt is described as a white woman who is 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 210 pounds. She has red hair and green eyes.

Perkins is Merritt’s boyfriend. He is described as a 39-year-old white male who is 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 164 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Perkins have active warrants and is said to be abusive toward the children.

The four children missing are 13-year-old Damara Croley, 12-year-old Benjamin Karl-Leland Croley, 9-year-old Patience Wilson and 8-year-old Damien Wilson.

Children’s descriptions:

CHILD: DAMARA RAZIEL CROLEY
RACE: White
HEIGHT: 5’3″ WEIGHT: 180 lbs
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Blue
Last seen wearing a red OSU shirt and Spiderman web pants.

BENJAMIN KARL-LELAND CROLEY
SEX: Male
RACE: White
HEIGHT: 5’1″ WEIGHT: 120 lbs
HAIR: Blonde or Strawberry
EYES: Blue
Last seen wearing yellow smiley emoji pants.

PATIENCE WILSON
SEX: Female
RACE: White
HEIGHT: 4’5″ WEIGHT: 80 lbs
HAIR: Blonde or Strawberry
EYES: Blue
Last seen wearing a white top with dark blue or black leggings.

DAMIEN WILSON
SEX: Male
RACE: White
HEIGHT: 4’5″ WEIGHT: 111 lbs
HAIR: Blonde or Strawberry
EYES: Blue
Last seen wearing blue shirt and red and black shorts.

Source: WTHR