A Birmingham family law attorney was found alive and apparently unharmed a few hours after witnesses saw her being abducted.
Sandra Eubank Gregory, 34, was found in a motel a few miles from where she was abducted. Lt. Henry Irby said Gregory was “reportedly all right.” He would not comment further on her condition.
Police swarmed the Comfort Inn around 5:20 p.m. and arrested a man who fit the suspect’s description, holding him down on a walkway outside the second-floor motel room before putting him in the back of a police car.
My first thought, given her profession, was that she had been kidnapped by a disgruntled parent unhappy with a custody decision, but it sounds more like robbery was the motive.
Irby said money and a weapon were found in the motel room. The Birmingham News quoted police as saying there was activity on Gregory’s account at three area branches of AmSouth bank following the abduction.
I am very happy for her and for her family and friends. And I’ll admit I’m also glad that we won’t have to hear about the case ad nauseum from Nancy Grace and Rita Cosby.