The accused biological mother of Florida State shooter Phoenix Ichner, who lured him out to Norway in a bitter custody battle a decade before the fatal shooting, court documents reveal.
Anne Mari Eriksen took her 11-year-old son to the Scandinavian country in March 2015 in violation of her custody agreement with Christopher Ichner. According to an affidavit from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, which the Post saw after telling his father he was taking him to South Florida for spring break.
Eriksen and Phoenix Ichner went to his birth name, Christian Gunnar Eriksen at the time – American and Norwegian citizenship.
“In exchange for staying in South Florida, the defendant allegedly fled the country with him in violation of his custody agreement,” the affidavit said.
Christopher Echner discovers that his son was invited when the 11-year-old spilled beans while on a call with his father.
Although custody was in rights of custody, Eriksen, who stipulated that the contract might not take him out of the country without high-level notice, said she would return the boy to the US and his father on March 27, but according to the affidavits.
Christopher Echner then quickly became worried and warned the authorities, saying that his son “has “developmental delays and special needs.”
The affidavit stated that Phoenix Echner was “taken medications for several health and mental issues to include growth hormone disorders and ADHD.”
Her mother did not return to the United States until July 27, 2015 when she was arrested at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. She later did not plead for a dispute to illegally take the child out of Florida.
A few months later, in October 2015, Eriksen filed a lawsuit against his wife Jessica Ichner and two other relatives claiming slander and honour-rich damages against Christopher Ichner.
“The emotional and psychological harm done to minor children has been apparent for years, requires counseling, and given that the child is 11 years old, memories are affected by all defendants’ actions due to false claims towards the mother and the alienation of close-knit parents.
The lawsuit stated.
Eriksen sought $80,000 in damages for use in the Young’s College Fund.
Phoenix Echner was also listed as plaintiff in the suit and was ultimately dismissed seven months later.
Christian Gunnar Eriksen changed his name to Phoenix Eekner in 2020.
The now 20-year-old is accused of firing at the Tallahassee campus, killing two people and injuring five others Thursday afternoon.
The fatal rampage began near the campus student union building.
The horrifying video was filmed the moment the gunman walked through the area and fired a shot from a handgun believed to be an old service weapon owned by his stepmother Jessica Ichner.
Heavyly armed first responders converged in the area and confronted the gunmen.
Officials say Ichner did not follow orders and was shot before being taken to police custody.
He was hospitalized due to an injury.
Before the identity of the suspicious gunman was revealed to the public, Eriksen ranted Christopher and Jessica Eekner about her failure to communicate with her about her son’s whereabouts.
“When your alienated son’s dad is mentally unstable with his LCSO cop wife, when you write to ask if everything is okay with my son studying at FSU, when they can’t respond, By Daily Mail.
“The whole family [sic] It’s nuts. He should write a book on how to make parents awful, but he can’t communicate,” Eriksen added.
“I feel sorry for FSU and all of its children.”
The two deadly victims whose names have not been revealed were not students at the school, said the chief of campus police Jason Trambower.
Authorities have not revealed the motive behind the attack.
