Billionaire heiress abducted during her Friday morning run in Memphis

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The billionaire grandfather just died and all they can pony up is $50k reward?

Nope. It's the husband.

Apparently he has multiple DUI arrests and is actively “in recovery.” Plus bad tattoos. It’s sorta weird that a WASP like her would be mixed up with him. I’d love to know their backstory.

That said, her social media is fully open to the public. If someone wanted to kidnap a billionaire heiress, she’s a pretty good target given her social media use, public stature within the community, etc. Not hard to put together who she is and ascertain the means of her family.

They met in church I think. She was a private school teacher and he was a coast guard mechanic who was working at a boat place. So clearly their lifestyle was being funded by her inheritance.

How does a billionaire’s family allow her to marry and have children with such a deadbeat? My gosh.

Sounds like they met in recovery. But it sounds like his addiction issues were much more severe.

Oh no, this sounds like my brother...who met his first wife in a mental hospital. What could possibly go wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, here’s a story about the victim of the perp’s initial kidnapping back in the early 2000s

https://www.lewisthomason.com/remembering-kemper-durand-2/

Wow is right!

"Both men were tried and found guilty. At the sentencing hearing for one of the two men, a well-known lawyer appeared in the courtroom. It was Kemper. He told the judge he wanted to testify. Kemper took the stand, and testified that the man who was about to be sentenced was not the man who accosted him at gun point on that fateful evening. Yes, the man had been there and could certainly be considered an accomplice, but as Kemper saw it, the man was at the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time. Kemper then further described how during those hours he spent in the trunk of his car, he heard the two men talking. The man who was now about to be sentenced had pleaded with his friend to “stop the car, let this man out, give him his keys, and go!”

Forever the effective criminal defense lawyer, Kemper portrayed the man before the judge as an unwilling accomplice. He asked that the judge give him the most lenient sentence possible. The judge agreed."

Wonder if one of the "innocent accomplices" from then is the guy they arrested on this case!

https://yale1961.org/kemper-b-durand/

https://lawyers.findlaw.com/profile/view/1709216_1

No, the perpetrator of the current kidnapping served quite a bit of time but not nearly enough. Violent criminals should be kept incarcerated. This woman has paid a huge price for her kidnapper's freedom.

I’m not blaming the authorities on this one. The law and sentencing guidelines stipulate that he can get paroled after he serves 85% of his sentence if he maintains good behavior while in prison. He served his 85% and was paroled. If he posed a demonstrated danger, he would not have been paroled.

The is just a sociopath.

Then the original sentence should have been longer. He should not have been free to hurt or kill again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, here’s a story about the victim of the perp’s initial kidnapping back in the early 2000s

https://www.lewisthomason.com/remembering-kemper-durand-2/

Wow is right!

"Both men were tried and found guilty. At the sentencing hearing for one of the two men, a well-known lawyer appeared in the courtroom. It was Kemper. He told the judge he wanted to testify. Kemper took the stand, and testified that the man who was about to be sentenced was not the man who accosted him at gun point on that fateful evening. Yes, the man had been there and could certainly be considered an accomplice, but as Kemper saw it, the man was at the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time. Kemper then further described how during those hours he spent in the trunk of his car, he heard the two men talking. The man who was now about to be sentenced had pleaded with his friend to “stop the car, let this man out, give him his keys, and go!”

Forever the effective criminal defense lawyer, Kemper portrayed the man before the judge as an unwilling accomplice. He asked that the judge give him the most lenient sentence possible. The judge agreed."

Wonder if one of the "innocent accomplices" from then is the guy they arrested on this case!

https://yale1961.org/kemper-b-durand/

https://lawyers.findlaw.com/profile/view/1709216_1

No, the perpetrator of the current kidnapping served quite a bit of time but not nearly enough. Violent criminals should be kept incarcerated. This woman has paid a huge price for her kidnapper's freedom.

I’m not blaming the authorities on this one. The law and sentencing guidelines stipulate that he can get paroled after he serves 85% of his sentence if he maintains good behavior while in prison. He served his 85% and was paroled. If he posed a demonstrated danger, he would not have been paroled.

The is just a sociopath.

Then the original sentence should have been longer. He should not have been free to hurt or kill again.

He got 25 years for a kidnapping the first time around. That’s appropriate, imho. He was paroled after serving 85% of a 25 year sentence.

The law is the law.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any of you who have taken the Metro after dark (and in the winter, that means about 6 p.m.), even once, can take several seats before you lecture other people about safety.

Think of your choices during college. As a young professional, going to happy hours and walking or taking an Uber in the dark. Ever used a dating app? Bought or sold anything on Craigslist? Got a ride from a friend of a friend? Gone to a New Year’s Eve party at a bar and turned away from your drink, even from one second?

None of you—NONE of you judgmental harpies has been perfectly safe 100% of the time. Admit it. And here you are judging a mom for running. There but for the grace of God go you, so you cannot be so hypocritical.

Amen.

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Oh no, I didn't realize that the fact that my husband's tattoos make him a criminal!! Thank you DCUM for letting me know!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no, I didn't realize that the fact that my husband's tattoos make him a criminal!! Thank you DCUM for letting me know!!!

DCUM hates tattoos. Not “classy.”

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Anonymous wrote:Other than coming from a relatively poor background is there any evidence that the husband is a bad person?

In March 2022, she wrote, “Yesterday marked 8 years married to [husband]. To say it has all been rainbows, prettiness, Hollywood movies, and easy would be a lie. I am grateful for every 2922 day of these 8 years. We have worked hard, showed up, failed, forgiven, and loved. Thank you Richie! Love you! Lets make a beautiful mess of many more years together. ❤️”

Richie also wrote, “ANXIETY is REAL, DEPRESSION is REAL, ADDICTION is REAL, MENTAL HEALTH is REAL!” an old Instagram post read.

A wasp and her lower class posting stuff like this is very weird. Wasps are generally reserved. It paints a picture both had mental health and/or substance abuse issues they were coping with. "Meeting at church" isn't quite as charming if it was in some sort of 12 Steps program.

How do we know that she had mental health problems? She could have fallen for the wrong guy and had a rescue complex

"WASP'S ARE generally reserved" That is only old old money and even that always has scandals ask me how I know. Are you insinuating that all Wasp's are exactly the same? Hum.. wrong!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no, I didn't realize that the fact that my husband's tattoos make him a criminal!! Thank you DCUM for letting me know!!!

Is your husband a recovering addict? Tattoos on his arms, legs, and even fingers? Works at a boat shop?

I assure you everyone in the family's orbit was wondering what in the hell she was doing with this guy.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Memphis was a really violent and poor town? They live in Memphis proper? Is there like a historic mansion ritzy sliver of town rich people still live in?

Public record shows they paid $600k for a charming 3k sq/ft cape cod style home a couple years ago. Pretty big money for Memphis. And not a home you can afford on just a pre-k teacher’s salary. Near the university and a couple golf courses, which seems like the concentrated pocket of wealth for the otherwise downtrodden city.

It’s really not. A simple Zillow search will show you hundreds of houses that sold for more (in many cases, much more) than $600k in the area immediately surrounding the University of Memphis in the past couple of years.

Median home in Memphis is $200k, per capita income in $26k. It's a downtrodden lawless town. Their house now zillows for $750k. Please find me pre-k teachers (<$50k salary) and "boat salesman" ( ) who have $750k homes and brand new $100k Jeep SUVs without access to a trust fund.

I’m just saying, for a true billionaire heiress, with the kind of money that could convince the local university to open their gym early just for you ( ), as some posters insist, she could have had her pick of much, much nicer houses. Plenty of people are spending $1M+ in this apparently downtrodden town.

But she didn't want to. She's not you. Her values are different, clearly.

[Anonymous]

Took a peek at the searchable crime map for Memphis. Enter an address and area around it, can also drill down to type of crime.

https://www.memphisdailynews.com/CrimeReport.aspx

Suffice to say it's an eye-opener. Memphis is consistently in the top 10 most dangerous cities in America. Look at where she was abducted and her running route in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would a billionaire heiress be working as a teacher? Wonder why she didn't stay at home with her kids. That is beyond bizarre.

Do you ever ask why fathers work (if they don't have to???)

Many people want to spend their most productive years doing more than making meals, cleaning a house and doing child care. (Or for a richer person, supervising staff, choosing fabric and resort getaways).

I admire her for trying to contribute to society and form an identity that is not attached to her successful ancestors.

If she was male, you would probably describe her very differently.

(And this scenario is quite common. I have known teachers and social workers who absolutely did not have to work.)

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Anonymous wrote:When I first heard this story, I was unaware she was a billionaire heiress. If there has been no ransom demand, that is a very bad sign. Those poor kids. Something tells me their lives will never be the same!

It's also very discouraging that they've arrested someone but don't know where she is and are searching a nearby dumpster......

+1 That's my take, too. The fact that they've made an arrest but don't appear to be any closer to finding her alive is very scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Took a peek at the searchable crime map for Memphis. Enter an address and area around it, can also drill down to type of crime.

https://www.memphisdailynews.com/CrimeReport.aspx

Suffice to say it's an eye-opener. Memphis is consistently in the top 10 most dangerous cities in America. Look at where she was abducted and her running route in general.

Wow. DP. I had no idea that Menphis was like that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, here’s a story about the victim of the perp’s initial kidnapping back in the early 2000s

https://www.lewisthomason.com/remembering-kemper-durand-2/

Wow is right!

"Both men were tried and found guilty. At the sentencing hearing for one of the two men, a well-known lawyer appeared in the courtroom. It was Kemper. He told the judge he wanted to testify. Kemper took the stand, and testified that the man who was about to be sentenced was not the man who accosted him at gun point on that fateful evening. Yes, the man had been there and could certainly be considered an accomplice, but as Kemper saw it, the man was at the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time. Kemper then further described how during those hours he spent in the trunk of his car, he heard the two men talking. The man who was now about to be sentenced had pleaded with his friend to “stop the car, let this man out, give him his keys, and go!”

Forever the effective criminal defense lawyer, Kemper portrayed the man before the judge as an unwilling accomplice. He asked that the judge give him the most lenient sentence possible. The judge agreed."

Wonder if one of the "innocent accomplices" from then is the guy they arrested on this case!

https://yale1961.org/kemper-b-durand/

https://lawyers.findlaw.com/profile/view/1709216_1

No, the perpetrator of the current kidnapping served quite a bit of time but not nearly enough. Violent criminals should be kept incarcerated. This woman has paid a huge price for her kidnapper's freedom.

I’m not blaming the authorities on this one. The law and sentencing guidelines stipulate that he can get paroled after he serves 85% of his sentence if he maintains good behavior while in prison. He served his 85% and was paroled. If he posed a demonstrated danger, he would not have been paroled.

The is just a sociopath.

Then the original sentence should have been longer. He should not have been free to hurt or kill again.

He got 25 years for a kidnapping the first time around. That’s appropriate, imho. He was paroled after serving 85% of a 25 year sentence.

The law is the law.

Should have been life without parole. What in the hell do you think these monsters were going to do with the lawyer after they got his money? Same thing it sounds like they did to this woman. You can't reform demons like this. Shame on that late Ivy League lawyer for helping him get a weaker sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Took a peek at the searchable crime map for Memphis. Enter an address and area around it, can also drill down to type of crime.

https://www.memphisdailynews.com/CrimeReport.aspx

Suffice to say it's an eye-opener. Memphis is consistently in the top 10 most dangerous cities in America. Look at where she was abducted and her running route in general.

She did the equivalent of going for a run at 430am in Baltimore, in the area around JHU campus. Home wood is nice, but adjacent neighborhoods get very sketchy very quickly. It’s a block-by-block scenario. Memphis is exactly the same way.

For example, the area around Graceland is pretty awful.