[babygene]

"am now leaning towards this being the work of a family member or close friend."

I'm leaning towards her running off with her boy friend.

[crystalk]

I feel that by now, if Elizabeth had anything that remotely resembled a boyfriend, we would have seen that fact, and probably his identity, bannered over every paper from here to Sheboygan.

[ladyjane]

I'm leaning towards her running off with her boy friend.

who just happens to be her first cousin

[razorbak]

Youthful marriages in Utah have been much more common historically than in other places in the U.S. My aunt eloped when she was 15. I hope for the best.