A woman accused of abducting a Florida girl seven years ago is more concerned with the child's welfare than with the charges she herself faces, her lawyer said Tuesday. Katherine Romero is to have a probable cause hearing Thursday on a charge of felony child abduction in Johnston County. A woman accused of abducting a Florida girl seven years ago is more concerned with the child's welfare than with the charges she herself faces, her lawyer said Tuesday. Katherine Romero is to have a probable cause hearing Thursday on a charge of felony child abduction in Johnston County. She will plead innocent to abduction, lawyer Robert Denning said.
Abduction is an awfully strong term.
She's more concerned about the welfare of the child than she is with her own criminal situation. She wore orange striped prison garb as she was escorted into the courthouse in Raleigh for the custody hearing. As the hearing began, the girl's mother took the witness stand as former neighbors and acquaintances who opposed her efforts waited outside the courtroom. The court hearing adjourned Tuesday evening without a decision. Florida detectives traced Romero and the girl from Mexico, her husband's home country, to North Carolina.