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Juvenile

Jul. 29, 2000

Snubbing Parental Child Snatchers

In the spring of 1999, the media broadcast the story about the Palm Beach land developer who was arrested and charged for kidnapping his two daughters from their mother in Massachusetts in 1979, when they were 2- and 5-years-old. The developer, Steven Fagan, had changed his last name to Martin and kept their whereabouts from their mother, Barbara Kurth. Fagan lied to the children, telling them that their mother had died in a car accident.

        By Fred Silberberg

        In the spring of 1999, the media broadcast the story about the Palm Beach land developer who was arrested and charged for kidnapping his two daughters from their mother in Massachusetts in 1979, when they were 2- and 5-years-old. The developer, Steven Fagan, had changed his last name to Martin and kept their whereabouts from their mother, Barba...

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