Posted on 09/06/2022 12:56:09 PM PDT by Morgana
A California mom arranged for her estranged son to be abducted after he applied for emancipation, with the youngster then driven 27 hours to a boarding school.
Shana Gaviola, 35, is said to have embarked on the scheme in August 2021 on learning the unnamed 17 year-old boy wanted to legally break away from her.
Gaviola, of Fresno, has been charged with violating a protective over the incident by a federal court, and remains in custody.
The boy, who had successfully applied for a restraining order against Gaviola, was approached by a 'transfer team' from the Agapé Boarding School for Boys in Missouri.
He was working at his job in Fresno at the time, and was ordered into a rental car after being presented a falsified court record by two men.
The boy had his phone taken from him and his hands cuffed behind his back, and was driven for 27 hours to Agape.
His journey continued despite the two people in charge of the transfer being phoned to tell them that what they were doing was illegal.
Sandoval is also said to have ignored that instruction.
On arriving at the school, the boy was kept there for eight days, until he was released at the direction of his father, who has not been named.
he previously granted restraining order meant Gaviola could legally not stalk or contact her son or limit his movements in any way, having been accused of mistreating him.
The judge additionally ordered that only the teen was allowed to possess and operate his mobile device.
Despite being informed of the restraining order by police, Sandoval instructed his transport team to continue their journey from California to Stockton, Missouri, according to a report in the SF Chronicle.
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Exactly and further, this was planned so conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery for the fake documents, and I am sure a half dozen other charges.
It sounds like he wanted to be free and his adversary wanted him to be a captive instead.
Not for long I think.
I used to know the guys kidnapping cult people for deprogramming, I had a permanent job offer to help, which was tempting because it was good money and European travel, but it was just too weird and muddled morally and legally for me.
These kidnappers need to be treated as such. Just like “deprogrammers”. Lock em up for 20 years.
I have a cousin that had a similar thing done with his boy. If not his son would probably be dead right now, if not the family. Kid did a 180 and is enjoying his life for the first time in years. I am sure it does’t always work, but at some point you run out of options.
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