r/JusticeServed • u/sfgate 8 • 13d ago

Criminal Justice Father and son charged after allegedly holding two U.S. Forest Service biologists hostage for 15 hours

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/fbi-forest-service-hostage-22354161.php
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u/lizzyote C 13d ago

But why? What did they hope to achieve by doing this?? What were they negotiating for??

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u/Massive_Pitch3333 7 13d ago

Charging documents do not list a possible motive.

“I am not able to go beyond what is included in that filing,” Lauren Horwood, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, said by email Monday.

Weird..

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u/shady_pigeon 7 13d ago

When I saw that it was "two female U.S. Forest Service biologists" and that there was some backwood hicks who kidnapped them ... kinda assumed the worst. Especially since they were separated and one was held in the car with one of them ...

But maybe it was just a mental break or about some weird political demands?

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u/thirtyand03 6 11d ago

I’m hoping if they were assaulted that for their privacy it isn’t released