PORTLAND (AP) – Cumberland County’s top prosecutor is attempting to rein in public speculation about a North Yarmouth couple who allegedly kidnapped their daughter with the intention of taking her to New York for an abortion.

District Attorney Stephanie Anderson planned to meet with investigators this week to review evidence and determine if charges are warranted in Maine against Nicholas and Lola Kampf, who are free on bail after being charged in New Hampshire with kidnapping.

Anderson said she won’t be issuing any statements about the case unless charges are filed. She also instructed police not to say anything about the case.

Too much public speculation can complicate the case and make it difficult for potential witnesses to distinguish between what they know and what they’ve heard in the news, she said.

The Kampfs, who are real estate developers, posted bail of $100,000 each in New Hampshire on Tuesday. They are forbidden from contacting their daughter, 19-year-old Katelyn Kampf, as a condition of their release.

Police say the Kampfs tied up Katelyn on Friday and began driving her to New York to force her to get an abortion. But the daughter escaped at a Salem, N.H., shopping center and called police, who arrested her parents.

The Kampfs’ attorney, Mark Sisti, has said there was no abduction or kidnapping in New Hampshire and that the entire episode was a terrible family misunderstanding.

Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion said this week that Katelyn Kampf, who is white, told him that her parents were upset that the baby’s father is black. The boyfriend, Reme Johnson, 22, is serving a 6-month sentence in the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn for theft.

Dion hasn’t made any more public comments on the case.

In a prepared statement on Tuesday, Dion said, “It is now important…that we limit our public comments regarding this incident until such time that the Office of the district attorney completes a review of our findings.”

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