05-27-2016, 03:16 PM
GUILTY PLEA
A man who initially denied kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and raping her repeatedly during nine months of captivity changed his plea to guilty on Thursday -- with the girl in the courtroom to witness it.
Nathaniel Kibby had been scheduled to go on trial next month in Laconia on nearly 200 felony charges related to the girl's October 2013 disappearance and the months that followed. He acknowledged his crimes during a change-of-plea hearing Thursday in Belknap County Superior Court, where corridors were packed with police officers and FBI agents who worked the case.
Kibby pleaded guilty to aggravated felonious sex assault, kidnapping, criminal threatening, witness tampering and other counts. He has been sentenced to 45 to 90 years in prison.
Before Kibby could enter his new plea, a prosecutor said Kibby had kidnapped the girl by offering her a ride home from her school and then brandishing a gun when she attempted to get out of his car.
Prosecutor Jane Young said the girl and Kibby didn't know each other and she accepted a ride because she'd worn boots to school and her feet were blistered. Young said when the girl tried to get out of the car in a parking lot Kibby pulled out the gun and threatened to "blow her brains out."
AH is a survivor; I'm glad she was able to watch her assailant be held accountable for his crimes. I'm still curious how she managed to convince Kibby to let her go.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-hampshir...iel-kibby/
A man who initially denied kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and raping her repeatedly during nine months of captivity changed his plea to guilty on Thursday -- with the girl in the courtroom to witness it.
Nathaniel Kibby had been scheduled to go on trial next month in Laconia on nearly 200 felony charges related to the girl's October 2013 disappearance and the months that followed. He acknowledged his crimes during a change-of-plea hearing Thursday in Belknap County Superior Court, where corridors were packed with police officers and FBI agents who worked the case.
Kibby pleaded guilty to aggravated felonious sex assault, kidnapping, criminal threatening, witness tampering and other counts. He has been sentenced to 45 to 90 years in prison.
Before Kibby could enter his new plea, a prosecutor said Kibby had kidnapped the girl by offering her a ride home from her school and then brandishing a gun when she attempted to get out of his car.
Prosecutor Jane Young said the girl and Kibby didn't know each other and she accepted a ride because she'd worn boots to school and her feet were blistered. Young said when the girl tried to get out of the car in a parking lot Kibby pulled out the gun and threatened to "blow her brains out."
AH is a survivor; I'm glad she was able to watch her assailant be held accountable for his crimes. I'm still curious how she managed to convince Kibby to let her go.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-hampshir...iel-kibby/