Parents in Kidnap Case Reach Deal {Katelyn Kampf kidnapped for forced abortion }

AP via SFGate ^ | 10/10/7 | DAVID SHARP, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

Portland, Maine (AP) --

A husband and wife accused of kidnapping their daughter to force her to have an abortion last year have reached a plea agreement in which they will serve no time behind bars, the couple's lawyer said Wednesday.

Nicholas and Lola Kampf have agreed to plead guilty Friday to misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges to resolve the case, said Thomas Hallett, Nicholas Kampf's attorney.

Under the agreement, the couple will avoid jail time and the assault charge will be dropped once they complete counseling, Hallett said.

"The reality is this was a family matter from the get-go. We tried to resolve this in the best way possible. It was in the best interest of everyone not to blow this up into a big trial," Hallett said.

The Kampfs were accused of tying up their daughter Katelyn, forcing her into their car and heading toward New York for an abortion. They were arrested last September at a shopping center in Salem, N.H., after Katelyn fled and called police on a cell phone.

Katelyn Kampf, 20, said she is frustrated that District Attorney Stephanie Anderson is dropping the felony kidnapping charge.

"She's just letting my parents get off with barely a slap on the wrist," Kampf told the Portland Press Herald in Wednesday's edition.

[trumandogz]

Why not attempted murder?

[fatrat]

I bet they would be in jail if they had kidnapped her to keep her from getting an abortion.

[TheSarce]

Ping...

[peggybac]

This is a soap opera in itself! Boy, oh boy.

[r9etb]

Katelyn Kampf

Her loving parents.

[TASMANIANRED]

Same defense can be offered for honor killings.....It was just a family matter.

[peggybac]

“I bet they would be in jail if they had kidnapped her to keep her from getting an abortion.:

Ain’t that the truth!

[knuthom]

The reality is this was a family matter from the get-go.

If kidnapping an adult can be a "family matter", why can't domestic violence? Yeah, I hit my wife, but it was only a family matter.

[peggybac]

If the father of the baby had seen what the parents looked like, he may have thought twice about having sex with the daughter. (The daughter looks really cute, though.)

[r9etb]

Here's the original thread.

[Peelod]

Under the agreement, the couple will avoid jail time and the assault charge will be dropped once they complete counseling, Hallett said.

Huh? Isn't kidnapping across state lines a capital offense.

[darkangel82]

Only if the victim is killed.

[poobear]

Wow, they killed their grandchild and permanently scarred their own daughter for life.

Parents of the year award!

[Pyro7480]

It’s a federal offense though.

[dellbabe68]

POS “parents.”

[Pyro7480]

I don’t think the abortion was actually performed (thank God!).

[sbMKE]

The parents are pro-choice, anti-"immigrant" racists? Which side are they on? The story recounts the parents' reasoning as being distraught over the mixed-raced pregnancy. The baby's father, Reme Johnson, is being held by immigration officials and scheduled to be deported to his native South Africa after serving time for receiving stolen property.

[KosmicKitty]

No, the daughter didn’t end up having an abortion. Baby boy born in January. Dad of baby being deported back to South Africa.

[Hydroshock]

Something tells me Thanksgiving will be fun for that family.