How about kidnapped child and her abductor?

You are correct.

Guess he's in for a surprise.

But, hey, I hear so much about how young people these days lack initiative. So, look at the upside.

Where has that line been heard before?

Be that as it may, I am not familiar with the laws of Kentucky as it may pertain to age gaps among teens.

But, yes this guy is in deep shit, no matter how it is sliced.

It just appears to make the assertion. Interesting, too, the choice of 19 as opposed to 18.

In any case, she is a child. Not just a minor, but a child. And I think the man should be treated as a person who has abducted a child or worse if she has also been raped by him, which, if they have had sexual intercourse, she has since it is not possible for a child of her age to give consent for same.

Which is what I mean by "as wrote".

The story doesn't say they are engaging in sexual intercourse at all, so I don't see the point of standing on "evidence" cited therein to support either (a) his knowledge of her age, which is likely irrelevant, or (b) whether they are engaging in sexual intercourse.

Whether they are doing so, is not even merely asserted in the story, which is silent on that point.

The KY statute of relevance to that fact which you have assumed is:

510.050 Rape in the second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when:
(a) Being eighteen (18) years old or more, he engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fourteen (14) years old; or
(b) He engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is mentally incapacitated.
(2) Rape in the second degree is a Class C felony.

That charge is likely the least of his legal problems.

Seems weird that there isn't a quote from one of the parents or something to actually provide at least a minimal amount of evidence to support that claim.

It seems hard to believe that an 18 year old male and 19 year old female (which is apparently how old she represented herself as being) are "sweethearts" who have not had sexual intercourse, but you are right to say that is just conjecture on my part.

I guess I am just annoyed (clearly) at the "teen sweethearts" descriptor used in the headline.

Donny Osmond - Age 14

It used to irritate my older siblings no end to have child performers like Donny Osmond or Michael Jackson singing love ballads.

A 14 year old performer doing this one was just... weird as hell:

She was my favorite of the family Osmond.

My God, the dreck that occupied time growing up in the 70's...

Makes it clear that he knew what he was doing before leaving with her, apparently.

What the hell does that mean?

Youth is wasted on the young.

I think the time, for purposes here, to stop seeing him as a "kid" was less than 12 months ago.

If they had been black teens, they would have been shot on sight.

This movie will not have a happy ending .My hearst goes out for the juvinile female and I would love to kick the boy down a flight of metal stairs .

even if you didn't mean it.

What am I doing wrong?

rocktivity

Missing Grayson County girl, boyfriend arrested in Florida

Authorities found the couple in Panama City Beach

Published 4:50 AM EST Jan 18, 2015



PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. —The U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement in Panama City Beach, Florida discovered Cheyenne Phillips, 13, and Dalton Hayes, 18, inside a stolen 2001 Toyota Tundra Sunday morning.

Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins says the two were taken into custody without incident. They are now being extradited back to Kentucky.

Phillips was reported missing on Jan. 3. Authorities say she ran off with Hayes, her presumed boyfriend.

The two are accused of stealing vehicles and evading police for about 14 days.

http://www.wlky.com/news/missing-grayson-county-girl-boyfriend-arrested-in-florida/30786278

(Short article, no more at link.)