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United Press International
MEMPHIS — A Texas
woman claims a man described
as a mail order minister and his
wife kidnapped her and forced
her to abandon her four chil
dren at a Memphis fast food re
staurant, police say.
Diane Hamlin, 29, of Hunt
sville, was found across the state
line in Chattanooga Monday
where she was staying at a Salva
tion Army shelter. She was
charged with abandoning her
children, ages 6 to 2, at a McDo
nald’s restaurant in Memphis
Thursday.
Mrs. Hamlin first told police
she left the children behind be
cause she couldn’t care for them
anymore, said Chattanooga
police detective John Brown.
“They moved into the Salva
tion Army because they didn’t
have any place else to stay,”
Brown said. “They had been liv
ing in a car for several days.”
Mrs. Hamlin later changed
her story and accused her travel
ing companions of abducting
her.
The companions — convicted
sex offender Robert Yeary, 42,
and his wife, Carolyn Yeary, 30
— also were arrested at the shel
ter and charged with abandon
ment. The Yearys’ 7-year-old
girl was turned over to juvenile
authorities.
“She (Hamlin) says she was
coerced to go with them,” police
spokeswoman Helen Cooper
said. “Their relationship went
from friendly to not so
friendly.”
Mrs. Hamlin also told police
the Yearys forced her to have
sexual relations with them and
Yeary stabbed her in the rib cage
with a kitchen knife, Cooper
said.
Police described Yeary as a
mail order ordained minister.
Police said Yeary was convicted
in 1976 in Indiana of theft,
assault, rape and sodomy.
Memphis police were to ar
rive in Chattanooga Tuesday to
investigate Mrs. Hamlin’s allega
tions.
Meanwhile, officials said
Hamlin apparently told the chil
dren their father, Donald Ray
Hamlin, had been killed a
month ago by the police. Hamlin
was in jail in Knoxville on an
embezzlement charge when he
learned his children were in the
custody of the Juvenile Court in
Memphis. Hamlin was released
on $2,000 bond, with the help of
his attorney, Richard Loffman,
and went to Memphis Sunday
for a one-hour visit with his
three sons and daughter.
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United Press International
A Texas cou-
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repeal of in
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greatest b id they endured 148 days
s the oneeiii :nta * torture - poor diet and
irvival at if in M interrogations as spies
Ioward Tlior e a congressman helped
rile dealert' i 1601 fr° m Cuban prisons,
lie Texas An :i ™ Hofstadter, 29, and his
Gina Strickland, 22, both
rownsville stepped off a
at Hobby Airport* Mon-
ntive Sa7un® ro PP ed t0 their knees aiul
repeatedly f. hhe g round - „
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love America,” Strickland
ted, throwing her hands in
ir.
Hofstadter, wearing an
gebaseballcapand sunglas-
mbraced waiting relatives
iroclaimed the day the hap-
in his life.
re couple was flown home
S. Rep. Mickey Leland, D-
who credited his close
It with Cuban President
Castro for the couple’s re
couple said they had
1 imprisoned in Cuba since
plane developed engine
J electrical problems and
id them to make an
rgency landing in a wet,
r field late at night on Nov.
Hofstadter said high winds
| them off their course from
ayman Islands to Florida,
he pair said they reported to
authorities and were immediate
ly questioned as spies and ac
cused of being members of the
CIA.
“It was very hard to com
municate to them we were not
CIA agents. We were never told
if or when we would be re
leased,” Hofstadter said.
He said the couple was forced
to choose between signing con
fessions charging them with
spying or drug smuggling..
“He had an alternative — to
either admit to being a CIA
agent and get 20 or 30 years in
prison or admit to being a drug
trafficker and be released in
four or five days. Unless we
signed either of the two, we
would be held in solitary con
finement,” Hofstadter said.
He and Strickland said they
spent 43 days in solitary confine
ment before agreeing to sign the
written statements. Both denied
the charges.
After signing the confessions,
they were taken to separate pris
ons. He was housed in an 8-foot
by 16-foot cell with five other
American men. She was put in a
cell with three .women from
Florida.
Hofstadter said they were fed
beans, rice and bread and were
forced to use the bathroom
through a hole in the floor.
“I prayed a lot and cried a lot
and took a lot of pills," Strick
land said. “They gave me lots of
tranquilizers.”
Both said they were hospital
ized for a week prior to their
departure. Strickland said she
was given an intravenous injec
tion for two days to alleviate
headaches, but Hofstadter said
he felt fine.
Hofstadter said he doubted
he would ever be released.
“You can’t believe anything
until it happens because Cuba is
a land of manana (Spanish for
tomorrow).”
Leland, who arranged the
couple’s release after a two-hour
meeting with Castro, praised
Cuban authorities for their
cooperation.
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