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Death to Mothers
April 28, 2015 permalink
Mother Valerie Moran has been charged with kidnapping. A court ordered her to hand over her daughter to Mississippi DHS, and she refused.
In the aftermath of the Lindbergh kidnapping, many states punished kidnapping by death. According to wikipedia, five states still have a death penalty for kidnappers. But today kidnapping by strangers is rare. Most persons charged are parents taking, or as in the Moran case, refusing to surrender, their own children.
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Mother faces kidnap charges
Valerie MoranA local woman was charged with kidnapping last week after she allegedly refused to turn her daughter over to the Department of Human Services.
Hancock County Sheriff's Chief Investigator Glenn Grannan said Tuesday that Valerie Moran, 36, was charged with kidnapping and is currently incarcerated at the Hancock County Jail.
According to Grannan, a formal child custody hearing was conducted regarding Moran on April 11.
Moran was ordered to turn her daughter over to DHS custody, but she apparently refused to obey it, Grannan said.
"She did not follow through," Grannan said. "We also made several attempts to contact her and she did not respond to our requests, either."
Moran and the chid were located a few days later and she was arrested for kidnapping, Grannan said. The child was then taken into DHS custody.
Moran was booked at the Hancock County Jail on April 17. Her bond was set at $15,000.
Source: Sea Coast Echo (Bay St Louis Mississippi)
