Christian Morality strikes again.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15122704/?GT1=8618
Here’s one way to stop a wedding
Parents drove their daughter out of state, face kidnap charges
Updated: 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
SALT LAKE CITY - The parents of a bride-to-be told their daughter they
were taking her on a shopping trip, but then drove to Colorado and kept
her there until she missed the nuptials, officials said.
Lemuel and Julia Redd have been charged with second-degree felony
kidnapping. Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said Tuesday he met with the
couple’s daughter, Julianna, and her now-husband Perry Myers before
charging the parents.
“I’ve never had a case quite like this,” Bryson said. “It is strange
that parents would go to that extent to keep an adult daughter from
marrying the man that she had chosen to marry.”
The Redds told their 21-year-old daughter they were taking her on a
shopping trip Aug. 4 and then drove 240 miles from Provo to Grand
Junction, Colo., according to Provo police Capt. Rick Healey. Myers, 23,
called police when his bride didn’t attend a pre-wedding dinner with his
parents that night.
The Redds spent the night in Colorado and drove back to Provo, about 40
miles south of Salt Lake City, the next day, Healey said. They arrived
after the young couple was supposed to have been married in a ceremony
that day at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in
Salt Lake City.
The couple, both students at Brigham Young University, were married in
the temple on Aug. 8, Myers said. They are expecting their first child
in May.
The Redds didn’t want their daughter to get married, but the bride has
been reluctant to say what happened on the drive. Myers said he and his
wife were not discussing details of the car ride but said her parents’
objections were not about him.
“It really has nothing to do a lot with me. It really is some issues
with the family,” he said.
Bryson said after reviewing the police investigation it was clear a
crime was committed. Charges were filed Friday.
Lemuel, 59, and Julia Redd, 56, are scheduled to make an initial court
appearance Oct. 26. If convicted, the Redds could face one to 15 years
in prison.
A call made to a listing for Lemuel H. Redd at the address in
Monticello, Utah, listed in court documents went unanswered Tuesday. No
attorney for the Redds is listed in court documents and it couldn’t
immediately be determined if they had legal representation.
© 2006 The Associated Press
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shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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