The Manacled Mormon Case

Once upon a time, in 1977, there was a young man named Kirk Anderson. He was a missionary for a church called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A woman named Joyce McKinney was accused of doing something very wrong to him.

She was said to have kidnapped him and chained him up! This whole strange event became known as the Manacled Mormon case. It sounds like something from a movie, doesn't it?

This surprising story happened a long, long time ago, in 1977, all the way over in England. Kirk Anderson was a missionary there. Joyce McKinney was an American woman. After the accusations, both Joyce McKinney and her friend Keith May ran away! They skipped their court date and went back to the United States. Because they left, the trial for what happened never actually took place in England.

The Manacled Mormon case is super weird because the people accused of the crime ran away before they could be judged. They were never put on trial for what happened to Kirk Anderson. Kirk said he was taken from church steps, tied to a bed, and hurt. Because Joyce McKinney and Keith May left, the case was never fully solved in court. It's like a mystery that was never finished!

After running away, Joyce McKinney lived in the United States. Later, a movie was made about this strange case called 'Tabloid'. Joyce McKinney even tried to sue the movie makers! Years later, when she was older, she had more trouble with the law. She was found to be not mentally well and was sent to a special hospital. This case is a very unusual part of history.