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I thought the same thing, so did my 12 yr old. I thought it was odd she had a purse, it was visible by the video. How do you have time to get your purse when someone is holding a knife infront of you. ???

I was wondering the same things. Maybe mom was held at knifepoint till the girl could get her stuff and get away with him. She sure didn't seem upset to me. Could be that mom just didn't want her with him.

It looked very odd to see her carrying her purse while being "abducted" at this time of day (530am). I would understand if this abduction took place near noon at the mall and she had her purse.

The male that was arrested appeared to be late teens early 20's and he looked as if he "knew" her - it was in his eyes. I am hoping that they check any computers around the apartment and also his computer because that may shed some light also.

But, as of now, I'll believe it was a total abduction (even with purse) until I learn otherwise. Good insight folks and doesn't every news story seem fishy?

Ditto what everyone posted. First thing I said to my wife was that it looked funny that she had her purse and coat.

Thanks Jenny....I think we ALL thought he must have known her. And I think we ALL thought the Mom just said what she said to get the police to go after her. I hope he gets out of jail without too many problems. Made some poor choices there....esp the running from police. He should have pulled over.
As far as mom goes....I hope she gets in trouble, b/c what she did could have caused some peoples lives. What if someone was accidentally killed b/c of the chase or the boyfriend getting scared. He was driving fast and could have lost control of his car...LOTs of different things could have happened.
Everyone is very fortunate it turned out as well as it did. But Mom should be facing some fines or something!

This is Jenny again. Thank you for all the comments and that you all see through the lies. Unfortunately the Columbia Police say otherwise. The mother said that he was wearing a red bandana around his face so she did not know who it was. He does wear a red bandana around his head, not his face. The charge of sexual abuse is b/c she is 14 years old. She herself told my mother that she was 18 so how was he supposed to know? Word to the wise... ask for ID before you have sex with them. They did finally stop saying that he kidnapped her. The truth was that the mother tried to stop the daughter from leaving with him and he yelled at the mother. The daughter gave him the keys to leave in the mothers car. That is why now they are only saying the criminal assault and sexual abuse. Thanks again.

Child abuse is one thing, but this hangup we all have these days about overage guys with underage girls is just getting out of control.

How many times occur like this where the girl went with the guy voluntarily, but it's all the guy's fault for "assaulting" the girl. Come on.

In this case, for instance, that police chase, endangering the lives of MANY innocent people, was COMPLETELY ridiculous and out of proportion to the "crime" being committed. So he's over and she's only - *gasp!* - 15? Big deal, get a life if that bothers you so much.

Besides the coat and purse, her demeanor when she got out of the car (as shown on Fox) gave her away - she was with him because she wanted to be. And why is it any of our business? Only her mother should be concerned, and even then maybe it's just not that big of a deal.

The positive thing from this I want to mention is what a FINE job John Brubaker and his camera person do with following chases like this. Makes me wonder why the police don't have the same ability. Hmmmm - you think money is involved here (i.e. no money for police helicopters and pilots but PLENTY of money for the war for oil profits in Iraq).

Anyway, thanks John for doing such a good job following what COULD have been a disaster. Too bad our fine government leaders couldn't provide us with the same level of service.

The boyfriend is guilty of statutory rape from the beginning. 18 is legal, and 16 is not. Even if the parents agreed, which any decent parent would not do.