A woman wanted in Arapahoe County in a child custody case has been arrested in Texas and is awaiting extradition to Colorado. Clarissa Gardette was taken into custody July 21 at a hotel in Houston, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. She is being held at the Harris County jail on several warrants including violation of child custody, failure to appear and contempt of court. Female Suspect in the Parental Kidnapping ArrestedOn July 21, 2023, law enforcement was able to track down the female suspect Clarissa Gardette to a hotel in the Houston, Texas, area where she was taken into custody.https://t.co/BvcfIRzJlY pic.twitter.com/zVJJgkJICM — Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO) July 27, 2023 The four missing children and Howard Myles, the noncustodial father of the siblings, remain at large and are believed to be in the Houston or Baton Rouge, La., area where both Gardette and Myles have family.