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发帖数: 95 | 1 Couple who took Amish may have planned more kidnappings
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/16/amish-kidn
A New York couple arrested in the kidnapping of two Amish sisters may have p
lanned to abduct more children.
St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin Wells said Saturday that "there was the de
finite potential" of additional victims and that additional charges may be f
iled against Stephen Howells, 39, and Nicole Vaisey, 25.
The Hermon, N.Y., couple have been arraigned on charges they intended to phy
sically harm or sexually abuse a 7-year-old and 12-year-old after abducting
them from a roadside farm stand in northern New York State earlier this week
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Wells says the motive was "to take these girls from their home and victimize
these girls."
The sheriff said Howells and Vaisey "were targeting opportunities" and did n
ot necessarily grab the girls because they were Amish.
"There was a lot of thought process that went into this," Wells said. "They
were looking for opportunities to victimize."
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office issued a statement late Friday sayi
ng the arrests of Howells and Vaisey "no doubt saved young children from fut
ure abuse."
District Attorney Mary Rain declined to discuss a motive for the abduction o
r provide any other specifics about the suspects. She said information provi
ded by the girls helped lead to Howells and Vaisey whose home is about 13 mi
les from where the girls live.
"The girls were strong," Wells says. "They were able to verbalize to the inv
estigators some different facts about their time in captivity."
Bradford Riendeau, a lawyer for Vaisey, said, "We're going to be reviewing t
he available evidence." He expects to speak with her in jail later Saturday.
Contributing: Associated Press |
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