Marine Rousseau, a 41-year-old sexologist, and her partner Marc Ballabriga, 55, are facing serious charges after allegedly abandoning their two young sons, Barthelemy and Zacharie, aged five and three, in a Portuguese forest during a 1,200-mile journey from Colmar, France. CCTV footage shows the family at a petrol station in Miranda do Douro shortly before the incident, where the children were seen playing in the car. The couple reportedly claimed to be engaging the boys in a treasure hunt game called 'drive away the devil', which involved blindfolding them and instructing them to find buried knives. The children were discovered crying on a rural road between Alcacer do Sal and Comporta, approximately 90 minutes south of Lisbon, after a local bakery worker alerted the police. Rousseau and Ballabriga were arrested at a café in Fatima after a concerned pensioner recognized them from news reports. The boys are now in foster care and reported to be in good health. The couple is expected to face extradition to France due to European Arrest Warrants issued for their prosecution on charges including child abandonment and domestic violence.