The suspected biological mother of Florida State shooter Phoenix Echner, who had never seen his estranged son years after he accused him of Europe a decade ago, but claimed he was concerned about his happiness.
Anne Mari Eriksen said she has concerns with her 20-year-old son before being accused of killing Aramark employees Til Chaba, 45, and Robert Morales, and injuring six other people on the Tallahassee campus.
“I’ve been worried about him in the past, but I’d never thought of it,” says Anne Mari Eriksen. I told WPLG on friday.
Eriksen lives in Tallahassee and reveals that he lost contact with Ikner after a fierce custody battle with Christopher Ikner, the father of his son.
“I was alienated from him,” Eriksen told the outlet.
The messy legal struggle reached its peak when Eriksen lured Christian Gunnar Eriksen-born Phoenix Ichner and flew him to Europe in March 2015.
Eriksen claimed he was taking his son to South Florida for spring break, but instead the Motherson duo traveled to Norway.
Eriksen, who had custody of the boy, violated an agreement with older Ichner by not agreeing to travel abroad.
Christopher Ekner wasn’t hooked on a Scandinavian excursion until his son accidentally spilled beans on the phone.
Elderly Ichner filed an emergency motion seeking custody, fearing that his son had delayed development and said he had special needs.
Eriksen returned to Florida in July 2015 and was arrested on July 27, 2015 at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.
She was sentenced to 200 days in prison without complaining of a dispute to illegally take a child from Florida.
Since then, her son has lived with his father Christopher Ichner and his wife, Jessica Ichner, deputy of the Leon County Sheriff.
Phoenix Echner is accused of using a handgun that belonged to his stepmother during the shooting.
Hours after the shooting, before Ikner was identified as a suspect, Eriksen took him to Facebook to oppose his son’s father and stepmother for failing to communicate about his son’s condition.
“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.”
Authorities have not revealed the motive for the fatal rampage.
Ichner is a student at FSU and after transferring from Tallahassee State University, he enrolled in school classes and earned his associate degree last fall.
He is a junior studying political science, and FSU spokesman Amy Farnham Patronis told the Associated Press.
Ichner was first shot by police without following the orders and was later arrested.
