This poor kid...

[rootabaga]

His family staged a kidnapping because he was "too nice" to strangers.

Just horrifying; and hey, forget about strangers: I can't imagine how much therapy it's going to take to get him to trust his FAMILY again.

Wow.

The sheriff's office said the boy's aunt, Denise Kroutil, 38, enlisted the help of a co-worker, Nathan Wynn Firoved, 23, to stage a kidnapping to scare the child, and that the boy's mother, Elizabeth Hupp, 25, and grandmother, Rose Brewer, 58, agreed with the scheme.

On Monday, Firoved allegedly kidnapped the child after he got off a school bus and said he would never "see his mommy again," authorities said. Firoved also showed a handgun to the now-sobbing boy, then drove around in his truck, and finally tied him up and covered his face with a jacket when the child wouldn't stop crying.

The blindfolded child was then taken to family's home, put in the basement, and his aunt allegedly removed the child's pants and told him he could be sold into "sex slavery," the sheriff's office said. The boy was eventually led upstairs and lectured about the dangers strangers could pose.

Full story: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-charged-fake-kidnap-plot-scare-too-nice-child-n301281

 

[lunatic59]

Yeah, I saw that on the news this morning, too.

I can't begin to tell you what I think of that family (well, I could , but the language filters would censor me.)

Just a friendly reminder to keep this thread civil or risk having it moved to PC&A for a "livelier" discussion.

 

[dan330]

wow...

family of forest gumps

my daughter at that age was the friendliest kid.. talked to everyone that would talk back.
I was scared. but I was ALLWAYS around to supervise.
as she got older.. we talked to her about strangers. and the News on TV and what she hears from school. she now has a healthy fear of strangers.