CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The three Americans who fled to Scotland following an alleged 2018 attempt to kidnap five Old Order Mennonite children and execute their parents were arraigned in Charlottesville federal court on Wednesday.
Alleged ringleader Valerie Hayes and co-conspirator Jennifer Amnott each pled not guilty. Both face life in prison, as does Gary Reburn, who will be arraigned on Thursday.
During explanation of the charges against them, Judge Joel Hoppe outlined the alleged conspiracy: to take two children from one house and three from another. The parents would then be killed…