The Assistant Warden's Wife

Yeah, me too. Strange!

On what charge?

Isn't working on a chicken ranch punishment enough?

Joe(hand me that shovel)Nation

Doesn't say she helped him escape, just that she went with him when he did.

If she did help him escape, there's probably a statute of limitations.

Debra
Now the lady (Mrs Parker) is saying she was held against her will for 11 years................?

I'm trying real hard to swallow that..

I'm glad she finally showed some interest in her daughters.

Perhaps an aiding and abetting charge? I haven't reviewed the Oklahoma criminal statutes, but generally it is a crime to aid or assist a convicted offender to escape.

Perhaps. Generally, a statute of limitations is tolled when an offender flees the jurisdiction to avoid prosecution. I would like to hear her story.

I agree with Squinney. That's what I meant when I wrote "On what charge?" I don't see anything in the story which accuses the woman of aiding and abetting anybody. In fact, the way the story is worded, she could have been a kidnap victim. Whatever the case, I'm sure that the Oklahoma prosecutorial authorities (state's Attorney General or whoever) decided that they had no case to bring before a judge and jury and decided to just let sleeping dogs lie.

The article said that the FBI had considered her an endangered person. The article in the other thread on this subject also seemed to suggest that she may have considered herself, or her family to be in some danger.

It'll likely take a while before the truth is revealed - if it ever comes out.

Gee. Either I know much less than I thought, or you people are severely wrong, and incredulously forgiving.

I don't think there's a "statute of limitations" on helping someone break out of prison--and she was also obstructing justice. She'sprobably guilty of a few other counts.

The reason she's not arrested yet is she's trying to pass off the lie that she was held against her will.

So far, they're not challenging her on it.

I don't think it will be long before they do.

They may be allowing her poor daughters a decent reunion before slapping the cuffs on her.

Did anyone else immediately think she was lying?

In a word "yes!!!".

I have a feeling that this woman is not very smart--in fact she's probably well below average in intelligence.

Channeling every defense lawyer in the US, :::: what we have here is a person mesmerized by another, a victim of a dynamic personality, a Svengali, who lured her away to another life and kept her captive through intimidation and threats to her family.


What do you think? A year in jail followed by a movie/book deal??

According to reports, they are still investigating the assistant warden's wife's role in the escape. They're still not sure if she was the escaped convict's hostage or his woman. They shared the same bedroom. She has had a countless number of opportunities to get away from him over the years. She had her own car and went by herself into town to buy groceries and supplies. Was she suffering from Stockholm Syndrome? Nobody really knows yet.

Unlike usual Stockholm syndrome cases, where was the escapee's motivation for holding his hostage after his getaway?

I'm not sure of his motivation. I can only speculate. But I did see him on a television report dressed in his orange jumpsuit. He was an ominous character. He seemed to quote with pride from a book about him (and his escape) wherein the author warned that he wasn't the type of person that anyone wanted to cross.

Immediately thereafter, he said that the deputy warden's wife didn't have anything to worry about because SHE wasn't responsible for his capture.

It was also reported that his last wife was murdered approximately one month after he went to prison. Obviously, he didn't murder her because he was behind bars -- but did he have someone else do the job? That in and of itself would be terrifying to his captive IF he told her that he could harm her family, even from behind bars, just like his last wife. She very well could have lived all those years believing the only way her family would EVER be safe was if she stayed with him.

Debra:
You see an ominous character, I see a "Papa" Hemingway like character.............You say potatoes and I say.........