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Godbey denies preacher kidnapping chargesBy Pam Hoffman Staff WriterMary Lou Godbey, the Mabscott woman accused of conspiring to nab a North Carolina preacher for love, says she didn’t do it.Now free on 15,000 bond from the Raleigh County jail, Godbey said Wednesday she was in Roanoke, Va., when the attempted abduction occurred in North Carolina in April.I did not try to kidnap Quinton Mills,” she said Wednesday. “I do not love Quinton Mills. I have a husband. 1 have children We are very happy.”Mabscott Police Chief Charlie Thompson said in May that the alleged plot by Goabey and an accomplice, Paula Carol McGuire, was motivated by love. Thompson described Godbey as the instigator of the plan and said the woman felt romantically inclined toward the Rev. Mills. Godbey, he said, had attended several of the preacher's revival services conducted in the area.“They thought they'd get him to come up here ana he’d fall in love with her and marry her,” said Thompson.McGuire provided police with a confession, said the chief, detailing the nature of the plot The woman allegedly told police she and Godbey attempted to arrest Mills at his home in North Carolina.McGuire, said the chief, dressed as a police officer with a department store badge, carrying a forged state warrant.Godbey said Wednesday the charges are slanderous lies against her and Mills.‘‘Quinton Mills is a good man and I would like to clear this mess up,” she said.According to Godbey, McGuire was idenn fied by Mills as the one who attempted to abduct him. The pastor also identified Godbey s station wagon, she said. “I loaned it to her,” said the woman.Asked why McGuire would lie about her involvement, Godbey said the woman is attempting to weasle out of trouble with Texas authorities by providing Thompson with a good case against her.Godbey added that McGuire was unhappy because Godbey was caring for her baby daughter.Contacted at home on Thursday, McGuire would not respond to any of the woman’s allegations.
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Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Jun 20, 1986
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