Arkansas mom orchestrated staged kidnapping of mentally disabled daughter to teach her bizarre lesson
An Arkansas mom allegedly orchestrated a staged kidnapping of her mentally disabled daughter as a scare tactic to stop her from speaking to a stranger posing as singer Luke Bryan online, according to authorities and reports.Tamara “Tammi” Hamby, who formerly served on the Crawford County Library Board, turned herself in on Wednesday after allegedly enlisting three people to help kidnap her 22-year-old daughter, 5news reported.
On Nov.17, deputies responded to a possible kidnapping of Hamby’s daughter, who has intellectual and physical disabilities, according to an arrest warrant and court records obtained by the outlet.
Hamby allegedly pioneered the scheme to teach her daughter a lesson not to talk to strangers on the internet, including someone reportedly pretending to be country singer Luke Bryan, the outlet reported.An in-home nursing assistant, Shannon Yazmin Yvonne Childers, who helps care for the daughter, was informed by Hamby of the staged kidnapping, the warrant detailed.
Hamby allegedly planned for someone who pretended to be an associate of Luke Bryan to contact her daughter and arrange a meet-up.After that, the person would pick up Hamby’s daughter, take her to a field, and demand money before tying her to a tree, the warrant alleged.
The mom was then supposedly set to show up and “rescue her” from the staged scheme, cops wrote.Childers allegedly recruited two individuals, David Q.Quach and Nico Austria, to assist with the plan.
The two showed up at Hamby’s home in ski masks and snatched her disabled daughter, the outlet reported.Austria took a wrong turn and ended up in a different field than was planned, and ziptied Hamby’s daughter and tied her to a tree, the warrant stated.Hamby’s frightened daughter eventually broke free and tried to run away, but was allegedly tackled by Austria and Quach, who re-tied her to the tree.Hamby had been watching the entire time, the outlet said.
Her daughter then escaped on her own and was able t...