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A little too much parenting here, perhaps?
Sometimes your children make bad choices and it is the role of a parent to step in and take charge.
That's what a Maine couple is accused of doing Friday by allegedly kidnapping their 19-year-old daughter and forcing her to go to New York to have an abortion. Their hometown sheriff, Mark Dion of Cumberland County, said Lola and Nicholas Kampf were upset that their daughter, Katelyn, became pregnant by a black man. The Kampfs are white. The couple — he, 54, and she, 53 — are well-known developers in their hometown, the Boston Globe reported. Their lawyer denied that race was a factor and said this was a big misunderstanding. Katelyn, an honor roll student, was tied up with rope and gagged with duct tape, but escaped from the family Lexus in New Hamphire after being unbound, going to a public restroom, swiping her dad's cellphone and calling authorities, police reported. The dad of the unborn child is Remé Johnson, 22, of Portland, Maine, police said. Johnson is serving a six-month prison sentence for possession of a stolen weapon, Maine authorities said. Katelyn Kampf is living with Johnson's mother, Peggy, at their Portland home. One could argue that kidnapping and binding your adult child is going a little too far in the parental roles. The courts in New England will decide this case. Posted by Steve E. Swenson The Houston Chronicle gave a detailed account of the case. 13 comments from 7 users
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posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 19, 2006 at 09:05 AM
It is every bit as wrong for someone to be forced to undergo an abortion she does not want, as to force her to bring a pregnancy to term that she does not want. I'm glad she escaped from her captors. posted by
LeeAnn
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:30 AM
The girl is over 18 for Pete's sake. If she wants to have the baby, there's not much anybody could do. It's ultimately her decision, not the parents or anybody elses. What the parents did is wrong, and unbelievable.
posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:37 AM
And criminal.
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:42 AM
It's nice to see rich parents finally take an active roll in their child's life. That being said, they should go to jail for kidnapping and transporting an adult across state lines. It's almost hilarious that the Kampf (gee, they're really white? I never would have guessed) family said it was all a big misunderstanding. You know I use rope and duct tape to restrain my kids when I don't understand them. Doesn't everybody? Yeah, and this has nothing to do with the fact that her boyfriend is black. It makes me wonder if the "well known developer" didn't have Reme Johnson arrrested too.
posted by
TomW
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:47 AM
This is insane. I hope that after the parents are sent to prison, this woman files a civil suit and takes their business away. As an honor student, I'm sure she could run it well. What the hell kind of parent even comes up with a plan to tie up their pregnant daughter and gag her with duct tape? There is a history of abuse in that family. Bet on it.
posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Pete, you don't mean to say that the word of a rich white developer would hold any more weight with police than that of a poor black man, do you?. I am *SOOOO* disillusioned. posted by
dgrealish
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:52 AM
I think this is a foreshadowing of April Gaede's life in about five or six years. This is the same kind of ignorance she and her girls have been traveling around the central valley spewing. I remember many years ago now, a sixth grade teacher asked his class to write an essay on how to end racism. One sixth grader came up with the idea that if we didn't know the color of the child we'd be getting when we gave birth, that would end racism. If white parents could have black children, hispanic parents asian children or asian parents white children and so on, we would all love our own children and want everything to be equal for them. Of course I'm paraphrasing, but it was quite a concept for a child to put together. I still admire that child for their depth of understanding.
posted by
TomW
on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:56 AM
If you haven't read the article, go read it. Here's the line that got me: posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 19, 2006 at 11:12 AM
Bingo. This doesn't come out of the blue. I hope the poor woman gets counseling, she's going to need it.
posted by
TomW
on Sep 19, 2006 at 11:19 AM
DG, I totally agree about Lamb and Lynx. As for the other part, that's an awesome kid that put that together. There's a real political theory called the "Veil of Ignorance" which is basically the idea that you should design government from the point of view that you are not yet born and have no control over who your parents are.
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 19, 2006 at 07:00 PM
If she was forced to have the baby, this would have been bigger news.
posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 19, 2006 at 08:52 PM
No it wouldn't, Anny. Because that happens all the time.
posted by
medlock
on Sep 20, 2006 at 12:58 PM
This situation reminds me of those who are forced to marry "before they show." Pretty sad.
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