How to stop your kids from getting married

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » October 4, 2006 3:29 pm

Here’s one way to stop a wedding
Parents drove their daughter out of state, face kidnap charges
The Associated Press

Updated: 10:03 a.m. ET Oct 4, 2006
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.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 4, 2006 3:34 pm

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » October 4, 2006 3:36 pm

Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » October 4, 2006 3:37 pm

i feel SO sorry for flock's girls when they grow up... they are never going to see the light of day

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » October 4, 2006 3:37 pm

Silly mormons...

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 4, 2006 3:44 pm

txaggirl91 wrote:i feel SO sorry for flock's girls when they grow up... they are never going to see the light of day

sure they will.. piped into the basement and all.. and the sunlamps will help them maintain Vitamin D production

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » October 4, 2006 3:45 pm

If convicted, the Redds could face one to 15 years in prison.

I can see the discussions now at the prison table. "oh, yeah...well I kidnapped my own daughter...don't mess with me man"

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 4, 2006 5:47 pm

rednekkPH wrote:Silly mormons...

I'm gonna go out on a limb here..
most likely the Parents are not members
the couple have to speak to both their
Bishop and the Stake President in order to
get the OK to marry.. IF the parents
were that opposed to the union they would have shared this info to the Bishop.
then the Bishop would have put the brakes on
to see what the issue was, also to see if
they can mend the rift.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 4, 2006 9:16 pm

also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » October 5, 2006 1:04 am

STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » October 5, 2006 12:14 pm

chippewa wrote:Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

Since mom and dad may well be in jail, they won't have to fight over whose house to go to....

Flocker, just what keywords were you searching when you came up with this one???

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 5, 2006 12:16 pm

ragtopW wrote:also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??

they're naturals at that part... no practicing for years for them...

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » October 5, 2006 12:16 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
chippewa wrote:Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

Since mom and dad may well be in jail, they won't have to fight over whose house to go to....

Flocker, just what keywords were you searching when you came up with this one???

Well I was looking for how to make sure you kids never date

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 5, 2006 12:17 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
chippewa wrote:Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

Since mom and dad may well be in jail, they won't have to fight over whose house to go to....

Flocker, just what keywords were you searching when you came up with this one???

and the canned turkey roll they serve at the jail for "Family Day" can't be as good as the real thing...

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » October 5, 2006 12:34 pm

ragtopW wrote:also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??

Mormons are some of the most fertile people I know.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 5, 2006 12:40 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:
ragtopW wrote:also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??
Mormons are some of the most fertile people I know.

one shot, one rugrat..

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » October 5, 2006 1:21 pm

Capt.Flock wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
chippewa wrote:Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

Since mom and dad may well be in jail, they won't have to fight over whose house to go to....

Flocker, just what keywords were you searching when you came up with this one???
Well I was looking for how to make sure you kids never date

(((Eric)))

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 5, 2006 1:23 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
Capt.Flock wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
chippewa wrote:Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that family's Thanksgiving dinner...that's going to be a little uncomfortable...

Since mom and dad may well be in jail, they won't have to fight over whose house to go to....

Flocker, just what keywords were you searching when you came up with this one???
Well I was looking for how to make sure you kids never date
(((Eric)))

have you tried the "meeting the kids and telling them, 'this is the family you'll be marrying into'" approach?

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 5, 2006 1:27 pm

ragtopW wrote:also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??

The new pregnancy tests can tell a woman as early as 10 days into a pregnancy. She could have been aware of it by the end of August without even blinking an eye.

As for if the kid was conceived before or after the wedding...well...who knows...lol

.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 5, 2006 1:28 pm

Soraya wrote:
ragtopW wrote:also married in August and is aware of being Pregnant in
October... isn't that quick???

the Baby is due in May... Did they hit the lotto the first night??
The new pregnancy tests can tell a woman as early as 10 days into a pregnancy. She could have been aware of it by the end of August without even blinking an eye.

As for if the kid was conceived before or after the wedding...well...who knows...lol .

they're Mormon. I'd bet "after"