A California judge will decide today whether Marvin Maple, now known as John Bunting, will be sent back to Tennessee to face kidnapping charges
for taking two of his grandchildren from their parents back in 1989.
Maple and his late wife had been caring for two of their daughter
Debbie's kids while her husband was pursuing a divinity degree out of
state. They had sought custody of the children -- at the time, ages
seven and eight -- alleging abuse by the parents. When a court found no
evidence of abuse, the grandparents took the children and fled, moving
to California and renaming the children (formerly Bobby and Christie)
Jonathan and Jennifer Bunting.
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