Reader comments: Man in tangled kidnap case/beating to stand trial

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More going on... | 6:16 p.m. Aug. 21, 2008
...than is so far in the media. Bell may have have gotten off too easy when the family responded.
The guy's story sound fishy | 6:29 p.m. Aug. 21, 2008
The guy's story sounds a bit fishy to me. I am glad he is going to stand trial.

I must say, however, that I think the beating was wrong, too. Perhaps we will eventually have two trials.
lenn | 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21, 2008
with all the drinking and partying going on how could any reasonable parent expect to keep check of their children. there is a lot of blame to go around here. the children are victimes of the men that took them into their home and also the parents that allowed it by not checking on them. where alchol and drugs lurk, so does the Devil and his helpers.
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Talisyn | 9:32 p.m. Aug. 21, 2008
I wonder how close to the smart kidnapping the mom is gonna make this look...pathetic excuse to cover up her own negligence.
Kraft is a media hound | 11:20 p.m. Aug. 21, 2008
Kraft is trying to draw attention away from the facts of the case by using the media. He is attempting to create a situation that does not exist. This is just wrong---and he should be ashamed of himself.
Good Karma | 2:16 p.m. Aug. 22, 2008
If the neighbor, in fact, removed the children from their home, he acted inappropriately. What I don't understand is how the children's adult family members can break into the home of their neighbor's, beat them to the point of requiring hospitalization and surgery, and not have charges brought against them.

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