Hampton was initially held in the Birmingham City Jail on a 48-hour extension on suspicion of kidnapping beginning Saturday, Dec. 28, but was released two days later because investigators did not have enough to charge him with any crime.
Agee said investigators have determined Houston was with Hampton on Dec. 20, 2019 and Dec. 21, 2019. She died on Dec. 21 at a house on McClain Street in Brighton, he said. Asked if Houston was with Hampton willingly and voluntarily, Agee said, “We are saying they were together. There is no evidence there was any force.”
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It’s all in how u want to interpret what LE said. They initially arrested him for kidnapping. But didn’t have the evidence to support that and hold him. They still don’t have the evidence. Doesn’t mean they don’t believe that’s what happened or that the evidence won’t still be uncovered and that charge added.
What it means is that just like in FH’s rape case someone(s) is saying she went willingly. No evidence has come to light to disprove that yet. IMO