Sheriff: Parents accused of kidnapping daughter upset over boyfriend's race
SALEM, N.H. A sheriff in Maine says a couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter and driving her to get an abortion was upset because the baby's father is black.
The sheriff says he was told by Katelyn Kampf that her mother "was pretty irate" about it.
Kampf escaped Friday at a New Hampshire shopping center and called police.
Police say her parents were apparently taking their daughter to New York to try to force her to get an abortion there.
The parents were arraigned yesterday on kidnapping charges. Investigators say rope, duct tape, scissors and a 22-caliber rifle were found in the car.
The judge set bail at 100-thousand dollars each and has ordered the Kampfs to have no contact with their daughter.
The couple's attorney has said there was no evidence the parents threatened their daughter or her unborn child.
I like the quote at the end ;P
Should these parents be tried for attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder? I am foggy as to what an unborn child is technically (and,please,this isnt an abortion debate). I mean,if a person shot a pregnant woman and the fetus also died,would it be considered two murders? In my head yes but as far as the law is concerned? I thought this article brought up some pretty interesting points. Well,not the article, but the case i mean~
