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.
Pictures of the building and furniture, etc, are permitted. Pictures or recordings of people and ceremonies inside the temple are not.
Say, don't I know you?
"Save their ancestors' souls?" That's beyond arrogant.
There's a reason for "leave and cleave" in the Bible, and "for better, for worse" in the marriage vows.
Just empty gestures.
This reminds me of an interview with the late Carrol O'Connor who said that parents should come between their child and anyone trying to harm him no matter what the age. Of course, he had a legitimate cause regarding his son. Here I don't know.
and it isn't
The work can only be done for ancestors WAY back - and even then, is only as an offering, as it were.
As Mormons, (Latter Day Saints) believe in Jesus and that everyone continues to live after 'death' = they believe that those ancestors who have passed over - still retain God's greatest gift, Free Will, and they can then accept or reject the offering...
That's very complicated; you wonder why they bother.
I don't think that's true. I've been asking questions and getting answers.
Check the wedding date and the due date. The were married before she was preggers, but I doubt if they used birth control on the honeymoon.
No, it's not. The Tabernacle is, as you have learned, open to the public for tours and attendance at various meetings. The newly constructed conference center is the same way.
Temples, on the other hand, are dedicated for use by faithful LDS members only.
Click here for more info, if you're interested.
And I agreed with that; I asked my questions based on rumors I'd heard but no real knowledge. Perhaps you were insulted because you equated "ignorance" with "stupidity", and they are not synonymous.
My daddy didn't think my hubby was good enough for me either in the beginning. Now he thinks I'm not good enough for hubby, LOL. Both my parents think he is the cat's meow.
Drive south where the polygamous sects dwell? Polygamy, definitely! Gee, what a lot of ignorance there still is about polygamy!
Maybe. Do I look familiar?
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