Christi and Bobby Baskin

[mphs95]

Does anyone know if Kristi and Bobby Baskin were ever found? I just saw the segment again today. It's the one where they lived w/ the grandparents for a while and they made up stuff about their daughter, including molestation. They kidnapped them in 1990. Any updates would be great. I can't find squat in Google. Thanks.

Chelle

[crystaldawn]

I can never find any updated articles on them either. They are still listed on all of the missing persons sites so I'm sure they haven't been reunited with their parents unfortunately. Here is one of Katherine's profiles:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...katharine.html

[PerhapsItsYou]

I can't believe I had never seen it before, so was happy to see it broadcast today. I work with a gal from Murfreesboro, I probably won't see her for about a month, but I'll be sure to ask if she knows anything.

[-TRANCE-]

I'm very curious about this case too.

[spookfan]

I don't understand why we haven't had an update on this case. Surely the grown children have contacted their parents by now. Would love to know!

[Goofyman]

I have a lot of theorys about this case. One is that the grandparents fed the children horrible details about their parents and about how they were terrible and wicked people.

Another theory is that the children are dead.

ARGH! THE UPDDATE MUSIC FOR THIS EPISODE FREAKED ME OUT! They were living in Cali, but I believe that have probably left the US by now.

The grandparents, or at least one of them, is/are likely dead and the two children are living with assumed names. Unknown to them are that they are missing. They probably were told by the grandparents that the real parents abandoned them.

[spookfan]

I hope hear about this soon. It is so hard to believe that any parent would do this to their own child.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by spookfan

I don't understand why we haven't had an update on this case. Surely the grown children have contacted their parents by now. Would love to know!

After hearing how awful the Maples are, they would NEVER let that happen. They have most likely filled Kristi and Bobby's heads with so many lies about their parents that they will never want to find them any time soon. They have no idea that their grandparents are the villains here.

I've mentioned this case on this forum about 10 billion times - it's effected me so much that I wrote a letter to Mark and Debbie Baskin a couple years ago to let them know that they are in my prayers and I hope they will be reunited with their children soon. (I was able to do that by e-mailing Sargent Anita Flagg of the Murfreesboro police department - she was interviewed in the segment - and she told me she would forward the letter to the Baskins.) The Maples are pure evil to do that to their own daughter.

Besides the missing childrens links, the only link I have ever been able to find about this case was an article that was written in 1997. Here it is for anyone interested -

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- The agonizing wait continues for Mark and Debbie Baskin, whose two oldest children were kidnapped by her parents nine years ago. There have been few solid leads since Christi Baskin, now 17, and Bobby Baskin, now 16, were taken by Marvin and Sandra Maple of Murfreesboro. Their disappearance came near the end of a nasty custody battle. The Maples claimed their daughter and son-in-law were members of a satanic cult that practiced animal sacrifices and bizarre sexual rituals. Investigators found no evidence the children were abused. The grandparents, who had been awarded temporary custody of the youngsters, fled about a week before the Baskins were to have regained custody. "We don't know so many things, not the least of which is where they are right now," said Mrs. Baskin, who lives with her husband in Barbourville, Ky. Even though the Maples told investigators the Baskins abused the children, the youngsters never corroborated the accusations. An attorney in the case said the youngsters told incredible tales that were not believable. "The things they were describing were fantastical. And each time I talked to them it got worse and worse," said Karen Hornsby, an attorney who was appointed to represent the children in the custody battle. Sgt. Anita Flagg of the Murfreesboro Police Department said she often is reminded of the case. "There doesn't come a time when I'll be out in the public, where there's a large group of people, and someone will ask me, 'What about those kids? Have they been found yet?" Flagg told The Tennessean. "That case still sticks with people. It was just an unusual one." Marvin Maple is now 62 and his wife is 60. Occasionally, FBI agents will call the couple to say they are working on a tip. The TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" featured the case in 1990. There is sketchy evidence to suggest the Maples and their grandchildren disappeared with help from an Atlanta-based "underground railroad" that hides children who allegedly have been abused. Eight years ago, Christi and Bobby were believed spotted at an apartment complex in California. But the occupants had moved by the time investigators arrived. "For our FBI agent's benefit, it's extremely difficult to work a case when you don't have any leads, or the leads are nine years old," Mrs. Baskin said. Mark Baskin, a one-time student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., withdrew from the seminary after the kidnapping and took a job as an insurance salesman. The couple moved to Barbourville with their remaining son, Michael, now 15. "People ask us how can we go on knowing that our children are missing, and we say we don't have a choice," Mrs. Baskin said. "Life goes on. We have to continue."

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Arrrgghh! It actually makes me wish we got Lifetime up here!

[spookfan]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

After hearing how awful the Maples are, they would NEVER let that happen. They have most likely filled Kristi and Bobby's heads with so many lies about their parents that they will never want to find them any time soon. They have no idea that their grandparents are the villains here.

I've mentioned this case on this forum about 10 billion times - it's effected me so much that I wrote a letter to Mark and Debbie Baskin a couple years ago to let them know that they are in my prayers and I hope they will be reunited with their children soon. (I was able to do that by e-mailing Sargent Anita Flagg of the Murfreesboro police department - she was interviewed in the segment - and she told me she would forward the letter to the Baskins.) The Maples are pure evil to do that to their own daughter.

Besides the missing childrens links, the only link I have ever been able to find about this case was an article that was written in 1997. Here it is for anyone interested -

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- The agonizing wait continues for Mark and Debbie Baskin, whose two oldest children were kidnapped by her parents nine years ago. There have been few solid leads since Christi Baskin, now 17, and Bobby Baskin, now 16, were taken by Marvin and Sandra Maple of Murfreesboro. Their disappearance came near the end of a nasty custody battle. The Maples claimed their daughter and son-in-law were members of a satanic cult that practiced animal sacrifices and bizarre sexual rituals. Investigators found no evidence the children were abused. The grandparents, who had been awarded temporary custody of the youngsters, fled about a week before the Baskins were to have regained custody. "We don't know so many things, not the least of which is where they are right now," said Mrs. Baskin, who lives with her husband in Barbourville, Ky. Even though the Maples told investigators the Baskins abused the children, the youngsters never corroborated the accusations. An attorney in the case said the youngsters told incredible tales that were not believable. "The things they were describing were fantastical. And each time I talked to them it got worse and worse," said Karen Hornsby, an attorney who was appointed to represent the children in the custody battle. Sgt. Anita Flagg of the Murfreesboro Police Department said she often is reminded of the case. "There doesn't come a time when I'll be out in the public, where there's a large group of people, and someone will ask me, 'What about those kids? Have they been found yet?" Flagg told The Tennessean. "That case still sticks with people. It was just an unusual one." Marvin Maple is now 62 and his wife is 60. Occasionally, FBI agents will call the couple to say they are working on a tip. The TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" featured the case in 1990. There is sketchy evidence to suggest the Maples and their grandchildren disappeared with help from an Atlanta-based "underground railroad" that hides children who allegedly have been abused. Eight years ago, Christi and Bobby were believed spotted at an apartment complex in California. But the occupants had moved by the time investigators arrived. "For our FBI agent's benefit, it's extremely difficult to work a case when you don't have any leads, or the leads are nine years old," Mrs. Baskin said. Mark Baskin, a one-time student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., withdrew from the seminary after the kidnapping and took a job as an insurance salesman. The couple moved to Barbourville with their remaining son, Michael, now 15. "People ask us how can we go on knowing that our children are missing, and we say we don't have a choice," Mrs. Baskin said. "Life goes on. We have to continue."

Where did you find this link? I have tried finding ANYTHING online on this story and nothing comes up.

[seekermom]

I don't know if anyone is following this thread anymore, but I want to ask all who will to offer up a prayer for the Baskins family today. It is Bobby's 25th birthday. His mother is having a very hard day. The parents have not heard from Kristi or Bobby. It is my hope that perhaps one day they will question the deepest memories of their early years and realize that they were brutally dragged away from loving parents who have missed them every, single day.

Thanks all!

[crystaldawn]

Originally Posted by seekermom

I don't know if anyone is following this thread anymore, but I want to ask all who will to offer up a prayer for the Baskins family today. It is Bobby's 25th birthday. His mother is having a very hard day. The parents have not heard from Kristi or Bobby. It is my hope that perhaps one day they will question the deepest memories of their early years and realize that they were brutally dragged away from loving parents who have missed them every, single day.

Thanks all!

I take it you know the Baskins. If so please tell them our thoughts and prayers are with them. I know everyone from the board is totally outraged by this case and truly hopes they can be reunited with their parents one day.

Do you know any additional info about the case you can tell us? Meaning have the Maples contacted the police in recent years? Any sightings of them or Bobby or Kristi in recent years? I remember the segment said the Maples had mailed the police letters soon after they abducted the children. Does the family think the children could be in another country? It would just seem if they lived in the US they or someone that knows them would have came across their missing profile or even caught the UM segment and told them. Any more follow up info you might be able to give us about this case would be appreciated.

[kadrmas15]

Well this is amazing to me these underground railroads and I would not be surprised. I think more often they protect kidnappers than they do protect kids that are actually abused. There was another case that was profiled on UM, I think the woman that kidnapped her daughter her name was Barnett I think. I probably got that wrong but they were profiled on UM. The woman had bi polar and had frequent mood swings. She seemed like the type she could be as sweet as sugar one minute and then come at you with a shot gun the next. There was a scene in the segment where she was hitting her head so hard against the wall that it was making the light switch jump just enough to make the lights flicker on and off. Anyway the point is there were rumors that an underground railroad knew where they are and wont tell because they are protecting them because this woman claims her ex-husband and the man who had custody of the daughter was sexually abusing her.

Getting back to the Maples and Baskins. Give the parents my best wishes please. Truly heartbreaking and I hope someday they get the answers to what happened. I do believe the kids are still alive somewhere. The grandparents would be in their 70's now. I do think that it is certainly possible that they have left the country. Getting profiled on TV scared them so they probably either left the country or if they stayed in this country they fled to a completely different location and probably filled the kids heads with lies as others have said on here. They probably brainwashed the kids into actually believing these horrible, un true things about their parents.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by crystaldawn

I take it you know the Maples. If so please tell them our thoughts and prayers are with them. I know everyone from the board is totally outraged by this case and truly hopes they can be reunited with their parents one day.

I think you meant to say our prayers are with the Baskins, not the Maples. Because the Maple's are the idiot grandparents that kidnapped the kids.

[crystaldawn]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

I think you meant to say our prayers are with the Baskins, not the Maples. Because the Maple's are the idiot grandparents that kidnapped the kids.

Thanks, I fixed it.