After almost two years, Vero mom found her mentally disabled daughter – 3,000 miles away

Editor's note:Laurence Reisman has followed this case since March 2022, facing numerous roadblocks for public records and interviews in the process. This is the second in a series. Read Part 1 here.

Supee Spindler had seemingly run out of options to find her 49-year-old mentally disabled daughter she’d been taking care of.

She'd hired lawyers and private investigators and sent letters to her state and federal representatives in an effort to find Nisarat “Nungning” Jittasonthi, who law enforcement agents took from Spindler’s Vero Beach therapeutic massage and facial business in February 2021.

On April 21, 2022, I wrote about how a year earlier the Thai immigrant, a U.S. citizen, had been cleared of abuse or neglect by the state Department of Children and Families, but Homeland Security officials refused to provide me with any information, claiming there was an ongoing investigation.