The happy couple.
Posted on 10/04/2006 5:24:12 AM PDT by freepatriot32
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.
The happy couple.
>>>"It really has nothing to do a lot with me. It really is some issues with the family," he said. >>>
Yeahhhh, sure buddy.
Now there are loony parents out there, but I'll bet this guy is a REAL loser and her parents felt they were protecting her. Unfortunately, you just legally can't prevent some children from making incredibly stupid decisions.
This guy just may have a great life. The lovely young lady places her hand in a very nice place for photos.
He is close to her in age, both college students, so what's the beef? She apparently is pregnant by him, also. This being in Utah, I wonder if polygamy is somehow involved, say that the parents wanted her to be someone's plural wife.
Should make for some interesting family get-togethers...
It looks like he's quite a bit older than she is. On the other hand Mr. Fairview is quite a bit older than I am, and we have gotten along fine for many years.
>>>It looks like he's quite a bit older than she is. On the other hand Mr. Fairview is quite a bit older than I am, and we have gotten along fine for many years.>>>
She's 21, he's 23. Pretty close.
But I'll bet there are other reasons, unless it's religious. I have known a few Jehovahs Witnesses who would do this to avoid their child being excommunicated or whatever they call it for marrying outside the religion.
He's 23, she's 21.
Thats what I'm thinking, or perhaps the parents are just loons
That's going to make Thanksgiving dinner a bit awkward.
Runaway parents-of-the-bride!
So, I imagine Thanksgiving and Christmas will be at HIS parent's home.
Oh good grief.
read the story. It says they got married in the SLC Temple - that's the real Mormon Church - not the breakaway that practices polygamy.
They crossed a State line. It looks like they are just facing charges in Utah, but they could be charged in Colorado and in Federal court too, I think.
I bet it will be fun for the bride to explain to her children why Grandpa and Grandma live in prison...
POLYGAMY???
"I'll bet this guy is a REAL loser and her parents felt they were protecting her."
Sure. The concept of a completely disfunctional family isn't even on the radar.
If they got married in the Temple - as the story says - they are both LDS
(thinking to self: Egad. what a lot of ignorance there still is about the Mormon Church.)
A couple notes, folks: The Mormon Church does not practice or allow polygamy and only church members can marry in the Temple
I was going to point that out but I see its been covered. Lots of ignorance about the Mormon church out there. Reminds me of the total ignorance about the Church of Christ when the Mary Winkler case was being discussed. By the way, in case anybody wondered what happened to Mrs. Winkler, she is living in McMinnville again, with some woman in town. She has a job at the local dry cleaners. She just wants to "get on with her life". I think she has forgotten one little incident in her life.
Im probably the one and only case anyone has heard of where me, a nice guy with a head on his shoulders, not ugly (average looking) and with a career was flatly told my future wife's father said "No." when I asked permission to take his daughter's hand in marriage.
It really wasnt about me, it was about his inability to let go of his daughter.
The guy loves me like his son and regrets his actions. I joke with him now and he accepts the brunt.
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