Alberta family taken in naked kidnapping case were frightened, want answers

[Guest Nicole]

EDMONTON — An Alberta family allegedly kidnapped by a group of naked neighbours, who may have unknowingly drank some hallucinogenic tea, say it was a frightening experience.

And the family members say until they learn more facts about what happened, they don't know how to feel about the ordeal.

"We just don't have enough information," said one family member, who asked not to be named. "We have no answers as to whether anything was purposely taken or not purposely taken."

The family members were reluctant to share their experience because of the ongoing court case, but they told The Canadian Press they know the accused as neighbours. They are all members of the same Jehovah's Witnesses church.

When one of the female accused showed up at the family's home in Leduc County south of Edmonton on Monday morning, clothed and acting frantic, they thought there must be an emergency.

But the family said with her were four other people who were naked and the family was forced outside and into a BMW. The man was allegedly put in the trunk and his daughter and her baby in the car with the others.

While the car was being driven, the family said the man managed to jump out of the trunk. As the car slowed, the woman and her baby then managed to get away.

The man, woman and child were then picked up by a passerby in his truck, but the truck was allegedly rammed by the car.

RCMP have said that when they arrived at the scene of the crash, they took five people into custody. Three adults, a man and two women, are facing charges of kidnapping, resisting arrest and mischief and are to next appear in court Nov. 30.

Two teenage girls also in the car were released without charges.

No one was injured.

The father of the girls, ages 13 and 15, has said his daughters and their mother were having breakfast Monday morning with another couple when they decided to have some tea recently brought back from a trip overseas. The father said the tea was from India, but the family that was allegedly kidnapped said one of the accused had travelled earlier in the year to Thailand and South Korea.

"It's absolutely crazy," said the father, who cannot be named due to a court publication ban protecting the identity of youths involved in the case.

"It's a scary thought thinking, 'Oh, let's try this tea that we purchased.' And then all sit down thinking they're just going to have a nice morning and end up in that circumstance."

He said the girls don't remember what happened.

The Mounties have not said if they're investigating whether a hallucinogenic tea motivated the alleged crime but have said drugs and/or alcohol may have played a role.

Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press

http://www.cfjctoday.com/article/596725/alberta-family-taken-naked-kidnapping-case-were-frightened-want-answers

[The Librarian]

flakka involved?

 

[Space Merchant]

Must've been one of those nights.

[Guest Nicole]

Three people plead guilty in Alberta to bizarre naked kidnapping incident that ended with car crash

 

The RCMP said that three members of a family were forced against their will from a home south of Edmonton and into a car with several naked people inside

LEDUC, Alta. — Three people in Alberta have pleaded guilty after being charged in a bizarre naked kidnapping case that may have involved hallucinogenic tea.

Two women and one man, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, each pleaded guilty in Leduc provincial court Monday to unlawful confinement. One of the women, who is 36, also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.

Sentencing is scheduled to take place Dec. 20.

RCMP have said that three members of a family were forced against their will from a home south of Edmonton, and into a car with several naked people inside, on Nov. 6.

Officers were tipped to the drama after receiving a call about a crash between a car and a truck near Nisku.

Inside the truck, they found the three victims — a man, his adult daughter and her baby– who had apparently been rescued by the truck’s driver. And inside the car were five people — four of them were naked, and two of those without clothes were youth. No one was hurt.

The two teenage sisters were not charged. Their father told The Canadian Press at the time that the girls had been having breakfast with his ex-wife and a married couple. He said it’s believed the group unknowingly drank some hallucinogenic tea that was brought back from a recent overseas trip.

Read more: https://theprovince.com/news/canada/three-people-plead-guilty-in-alberta-naked-kidnapping-case-2/wcm/2c74959e-519f-445d-a8b0-f18380368c5c

[TrueTomHarley]

It is always worrisome to be kidnapped by naked neighbors. I hate it when that happens.