Day 1 : State vs. Christine - A Family Divided by Edgar J. Steele April 30, 2002 Roseburg, Oregon. This will be a brief update concerning the "kidnap your own kids and go to jail" trial of Ruth and Brian Christine, which got underway today in this picturesque, hilly and wooded locale situated in west-central Oregon. I'll provide others as we go along, time permitting. The first items on the agenda at any trial are always preliminary motions of one sort or another. Today, we had several, the most daunting of which was a motion to suppress evidence and testimony...