If this was a young couple eloping or running away by mutual consent to start a life together, "staging" a kidnapping would guarantee they'd have more attention from law enforcement than they would probably want.
If there had been a lot of shouting matches between daughter and parents prior to this disappearance, kurfew violations and the like, then it may be a lovers' pact. I would rather it be a setup, as the other scenario is too horrible to contemplate.
11 posted on 06/05/2002 1:22:05 PM PDT by Middle Man