A California woman was found after being abducted for ten years. She is now 25, married to her captor, holds a job, has a car, was free to come and go, and even has children with the captor. Neighbors are baffled because she never appeared under duress. The woman and her captor have many family photos together which appear on their facebook.
From the article: No sign of abuse
Neighbors don't know what to think. They recall "Tomas" and his wife, who also used a pseudonym (CNN is not identifying the woman because she is an alleged rape victim), as a happy couple who liked to dance at their elaborate parties complete with catering and clowns. Photos obtained by CNN affiliate KNBC show an apparently normal couple, embracing and grinning for the camera.
"They'd be happy, kissing, holding hands," said Maribel Garcia, who has lived at the same apartment complex as the couple for four years.
The debate here is was the abducted woman really abducted? If convicted, the man faces life in prison.
The other side of the debate of course is Stockholm syndrome and mental duress.
I agree with bitterroot. We can't have a productive debate on this without all the evidence, and certainly not based on one CNN article that's about how confusing this case is.
A California woman was found after being abducted for ten years. She is now 25, married to her captor, holds a job, has a car, was free to come and go, and even has children with the captor. Neighbors are baffled because she never appeared under duress. The woman and her captor have many family photos together which appear on their facebook.
From the article:
No sign of abuse
Neighbors don't know what to think. They recall "Tomas" and his wife, who also used a pseudonym (CNN is not identifying the woman because she is an alleged rape victim), as a happy couple who liked to dance at their elaborate parties complete with catering and clowns. Photos obtained by CNN affiliate KNBC show an apparently normal couple, embracing and grinning for the camera.
"They'd be happy, kissing, holding hands," said Maribel Garcia, who has lived at the same apartment complex as the couple for four years.
The debate here is was the abducted woman really abducted? If convicted, the man faces life in prison.
The other side of the debate of course is Stockholm syndrome and mental duress.