pretty insane kidnapping story in Birmingham

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Matthew and Tabatha arrived at Mr. B.’s house more than five hours ago, around 2:00 a.m. They forced open a door to let themselves in and liked what they saw. Parked outside in the driveway were Elton’s 2012 Toyota Tacoma pickup and two of the seventeen luxury cars he collects: a 1971 Mercedes 280 SL and a 2012 Maserati sedan. So pleased were Matthew and Tabatha with Mr. B.’s home that they took the keys to the Maserati from a kitchen table, drove the forty-five minutes back to their trailer in Remlap, Alabama, woke up the two kids to show them their new car, and brought them back to the house in Elton’s Maserati.

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“Hell yeah, I want some chicken salad,” Matthew says, and he and Elton go into the kitchen. Digging into the chicken salad, Matthew says, “You got any crackers? Where are your crackers at?” After rummaging around in the cabinets and finding only some disappointing Wheat Thins, he says to Elton, “Have a seat. I don’t want you standing up, ’cause you look nervous… You need to make my kids feel comfortable.”

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The trailer is in Remlap, population 2,464, its name the backward spelling of Palmer, a family who lives there. Elton has never been to Remlap before. Nor does he ever wish to return.

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“It’s where we are going to be married,” Matthew says. “And you know what? We want you to come to the wedding.” “Yeah,” Tabatha says. “We want you to be a pallbearer.”

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