Missing Arizona teen Blaze Thibaudeau, who was ‘kidnapped by a doomsday mother’, is found SAFE near the Canadian border – after flying to Idaho with her daughter and brother because they believe the boy is the ‘ key’ is for the SECOND COME

A missing Arizona teenager feared had been abducted by his religious doomsday prepper mother has been found safe near the Canadian border.

Blaze Thibaudeau, 16, was discovered in Alaska with his mother Spring Thibaudeau, who had become convinced he was the “key” to the Second Coming of Christ.

The teen was found at the Alcan Port of Entry along with his sister Abigail Snarr, 23, and his uncle Brook Hale.

Police believe the teen flew to the border from his home in Gilbert through Idaho.

Warrants had been issued for Spring and Hale’s arrest after the family became concerned they could not contact Blaze.

On Friday, he was rescued by Alaska State Troopers, who arrested the two adults.

They were charged with custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial interference in Arizona. Snarr was not charged.

Blaze was reported missing on Wednesday by his father Ben Thibaudeau.

The concerned father had been given temporary sole custody. He said his estranged wife recently purchased thousands of dollars worth of survival gear and cut off all communication because she believes their son was chosen by God.

He told Eastern Idaho News: ‘They see him as a Davidic servant (chosen individual) who plays an important role in the return of the Savior.

“They felt they should take him to a secret location where he would receive his calling and understand his role in the Second Coming.

‘I fear for his safety, especially if my son is controversial, rebellious or combative. I’m afraid my brother-in-law will restrain him or do something that will incapacitate him.”

Snarr’s husband Brayden said his wife and her uncle tried to convince him to come with them to Idaho and even bought him a plane ticket to Boise Airport.

On Monday she called him and said she had to go to the hospital. But when he returned to their home in Gilbert, he found her packing and chatting about the Second Coming.

He told the outlet, “The apartment was a mess. She had gone to Sportsman’s Warehouse to buy a lot of hunting and camping gear. And in complete shock, she told me it was time to leave and that I had to come with her.”

Abi told her husband she had purchased flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Idaho, where her uncle would be ready to greet them.

He also explained how he initially agreed to his wife’s bizarre claims and even stocked up on food for two years.

He said, “I felt comfortable with it because I think preparedness is something we should strive for.

“But over time it started to become, for lack of a better term, more and more radical. It started to deepen and she came into contact with a number of different individuals with similar beliefs.”

He revealed that the family would talk about the Second Coming for hours and that Abi even questioned him about leaving their home if necessary.

“My response to her was, yes, if we were invaded by another country or our lives were in danger, I obviously wouldn’t be in my apartment in Phoenix. I’d leave, assuming that’s what she meant.

“But her beliefs kept going down and down, to the point where on Monday morning she said, ‘It’s time to go.’

After discovering she was gone, he informed Blaze’s father that their “worst nightmare” had come true.

Ben, vice president of international sales at wellness company Plexus Worldwide, said his wife had involved their daughter in her obsession with end-of-the-day conspiracies, which led to Snarr beginning to stockpile medical supplies.

About his wife he added: “She started spending a significant amount of money on food preparation.

“She bought a lot of winter stuff, even though we live in Arizona. She was buying tents. She was convinced that the Saints would have to gather high in the mountains in the last days, and she prepared for that.”

The family was members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, but Spring’s religious fanaticism grew when she began attending energy healing sessions.

The mother of two began having dreams about the end of the world, which she considered prophecies.

At the same time, Hale wrote a two-page “last will and testament” to his children, withdrew $50,000 in cash and began dividing his assets.

Ben feared his wife’s brother could become aggressive, adding: ‘I am very concerned that my son is in danger and that his uncle could be the aggressor if things don’t go in the right direction.’

He added that his son had never shown any interest in his mother’s conspiracies and that he did not believe he would have gone willingly.

It is thought that Spring expelled him from school because he was taken on a birthday trip.

“He is in no way an advocate of anything she has ever believed in,” he said.

“He’s a typical teenager, and all he wants to do is hang out with friends and talk on the phone. He’s on the football team and he worked so hard to be on that football team. There are still games to go this season. There’s no way he would have gone along with that.”

The alleged kidnapping took place after Blaze’s parents decided to separate. However, they still had dinner and church as a family.

It bears eerie similarities to the behavior of Lori Vallow, mother of the “Doomsday cult,” who was obsessed with the apocalypse and moved her children upstate to be with religious fantasist Chad Daybell.