David Sneddon's parents, Roy and Kathleen, at their home in Logan, Utah. (Sam Colbert/CBC)
"I just thought it was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard," David's mother
Kathleen Sneddon tells the CBC's Sam Colbert at her home in Logan, Utah.
'If you know the history of North Korea's kidnappings of foreign nationals, it's not so crazy.' - Melanie Kirkpatrick, expert on North Korea
"The first time I tell people about David Sneddon, that's close to what I hear — 'That's preposterous,'" says
Melanie Kirkpatrick, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and an expert on North Korea.
"But if you know the history of North Korea's kidnappings of foreign nationals, it's not so crazy."