I cannot imagine what could have been the end of this story if one of the girls did not regret her actions and called the police.
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Prosecutors say Alisa D. Betts, 17, and Lauren M. Gash, 19, kidnapped Amanda Howard, 18. Gash, of Odessa, and Betts, of Atchison, Kan., were arraigned on felony kidnapping charges Tuesday. Gash also was charged with assault. Police believe the suspects lured Howard into a car Monday, sprayed her with Mace and bound her with tape, according to the complaint from the Jackson County prosecutor's office. Gash and Betts are accused of then driving the victim to a motel in Blue Springs, a Kansas City suburb. The complaint said Gash sat on Howard's abdomen and twisted her neck back and forth, "a substantial step toward" trying to "kill or cause serious physical injury" to Howard. Betts apparently "started to get cold feet and exited the room and called police," said Detective Troy Pharr of the Blue Springs Police Department... |