Yesterday, in broad daylight, a 34-year-old lady lawyer was kidnapped by an armed abductor in Birmingham, Alabama, forced to drive off with him. For some reason, the guy takes the woman to a Comfort Inn. He walked in alone and asked for a room. A staff member checks him in, takes a copy of his driver`s license / ID, and then gives him the room key and he takes off.
When I read this story, I thought, ok, nothing odd about this scenario (disturbing, yes, but not out of the ordinary. After all, this is America). This type of thing probably happens more often than we'd like to admit. Except here's the kicker: The guy checked in using a coupon! When the hotel clerk realized that she didn't have rooms available for that rate, she gave him the next up from the coupon rate. This had me wondering. Where did the coupon come from? Was it in the paper, a flyer, what? The kidnapper had a coupon and he was using it during a kidnapping!
With tax and all, it was $70.15 for the room. Thankfully the guy was apprehended in the end and the woman was, amazingly, unharmed. I wonder if he was a former client of hers, or worse yet, someone that she prosecuted. That part of the story is still under investigation. Bizarre!
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