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17 Responses to “Costa Rican Judge Accepts Ozarks Man’s Trial”

1. By Trina Atwell-Chavarria on Jan 29, 2010

   My name is Trina Atwell-Chavarria. I am Emily’s mother.

   I have not been charged with parental kidnapping. There is a warrant for my arrest in the state of Missouri. My attorney in Missouri states that the D.A. of Greene County, suggested that she would drop the warrant if I was to return to Missouri. My attorney also stated that the D.A. suggested that she would not pursue the case. In the state of Missouri I did not commit a legal crime when I fled to Costa Rica in February 2009 with my daughter Emily. Roy Koyama and I have never been married, and no paternity record of him being her father, so he was no more then a “legal stranger” when I left.

   I am trying to do everything I can to protect my daughter from this man. I hope that the Judge and all of Costa Rica will continue to protect me, and most of all my daughter, from this man that is very abusive, and a drug addict.

   A mother does what she has to do to protect her children. I think every mother that reads and follows up with our story would agree.

   Trina Atwell-Chavarria

2. By Brandy on Jan 29, 2010

   Just to help clarify this situation. Trina did not just take off like so many of these stories make it sound. She left from an abusive situation to protect herself and her child. She is a loving mother & is doing her best to keep her beautiful daughter out of harms way.

3. By Candice on Jan 29, 2010

   IT SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME TO LEAVE WITH YOUR CHILD IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEM-NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU LEAVE. IT’S A SHAME THAT THE COURT WILL GRANT ANY KIND OF CUSTODY TO AN ABUSIVE PARENT. OF COURSE THAT DOESN’T SURPRISE ME THEY CONTINUE TO GRANT CUSTODY OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO DRUG ADDICTED PARENTS. NO TO MENTION THE FOSTER CHILDREN ARE BOUNCED AROUND FROM FOSTER FAMILY TO FOSTER FAMILY. NO WONDER OUR CHILDREN ARE FAILING IN SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYCOLOGICAL AREAS. THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T HELP IT HINDERS SOMETIMES. WHEN GOD IS TAKEN OUT OF THE EQUATION THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE.

4. By Jennifer on Jan 29, 2010

   Wow, are you guys a Costa Rican based newspaper? What does it mean by the judge has accepted his trial? Trina is a wonderful mother and has many supporters in Costa Rica and around the world. She came to Costa Rica to be safe and protect her daughter from a abusive and drug user. Trina has provided so much evidence that cant be denied that this man is a danger to not only her but her daughter, where as he only has that she was born in the us and has her shots. I am sure lots of comments will be coming your way about this story, and hopefully Costa Rica will stand up for this and Trina may also help other women that are in a abusive relationship.

5. By Viviana on Jan 29, 2010

   This people don’t even know what they are talking about. This child is not abused or missing, She is with her mother away from an abusive and drug adict man.
   Emily is a beautiful happy little girl, it would kill her if this person separates her from her mother. Not to mention she would have to suffer a very toxic environment.
   This only one side of the story, go to Facebook and check Keep Emily Safe in Costa Rica link, you will see the rest of the story there.http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=287223891674&ref=ts

6. By admin on Feb 3, 2010

   Trina Atwell-Chavarria, Give me your side of the story and I will post it.

7. By Roy Koyama on Jan 28, 2011

   I wish I knew about this thread a long time ago… hopefully by now you have realized I have proven the kidnapper with several false allegations as well as strangers from around the world have called her out on her different stories on different sites…? This has no effect on how I will and continue to fight this unnecessary court battle we could negotiate in the US and save $10k’s and $1k’s of dollars our children could benefit from…

8. By Concerned for Emily's wellfare on Jan 30, 2011

   You are acting no better than what you are accusing the mother of your child of. You say she kidnapped her and now you are trying to kidnap her back and take her away from the only parent she has ever known. It’s all about tit for tat and not about the child. A little young child doesn’t care about courts or who’s supposedly right or wrong, all she knows is who has cared for her for her whole young life. To be taken away from that will be a complete trauma and you will be responsible. If you cared about your child you would have tried to work out visitation with your child, gotten to know her and stopped trying to hurt her mother because you think she needs to Pay. You are a disgrace to decent, loving fathers everywhere and I hope the whole thing backfires for you. It may take years but when Emily finds out what you knowingly did to her mother, it won’t score you any points and she will. She will know that instead of spending money on building a relationship with her and visitation etc… you spent it on legal wranglings that put her mother in jail and took her away from her. You are a MONSTER and I hope you pay for YOUR crime against a small innocent child. If I was your mother, I would be ashamed to have given birth to you. Have a miserable self serving life and I hope it bites you in the ass and soon.

9. By amomfirst on Jan 30, 2011

   First, I would like to address the fact that the only reason Emily knows only her mother is because she has been denied access to her father by Trina. Taking your child out of the US and to another country is parental kidnapping. That is what Trina has done. Roy wants nothing more than to be in Emilys life and love her as a father does. Roy is not a monster. I have known him since grade school. He is fighting for Emilys safe return because that is what he has been reduced to. Having visitation in CR will not facilitate a loving relationship between Roy and Emily. Emily is a US citizen.

   Trina should face the music and deal with the issues at hand in the US. I read her post on BSH and according to that post, she is clearly stating that she was ready to fly to Missouri with Emily.

   Roy is doing what every LBP parent does, fight for the right to be in his child life. Emily is the only one being hurt in all of this. Years later she may look at her mother and say…why did you do that to me? Can Trina deal with that?

   Trina, I dont know you, but I know what you are doing to Emily is wrong. Emily has the right to know and love her father. Your options are running thin……return to the US before you hurt little Emily any further.

10. By Concerned for Emily's wellfare on Jan 31, 2011

    I love how you people seem to think that a small child is knowingly suffering. She is NOT. She is a happy healthy child. You seem to want to project your own feelings onto a 2 1/2 year old child who has not the capacity or the maturity to know what you speak of. She is not missing and pining over what she has “lost” you are! She is not suffering at all, you are and you want to justify your behavior by projecting all this onto a happy healthy child who knows nothing of what is going on in your heads.

    This is all about you and what you are missing. DO you think that children who are adopted (when babies) by loving caring parents are pining after their real parents when they are 2 1/2 and are suffering because of some misguided notion that they need to be loved by their real parents. NO! and I’ll say that again, NO! They know no different until they are told and even then they don’t have the capacity to feel anything about it till they are much older. GROW UP!

11. By Karl Hindle on Feb 5, 2011

    http://emilyrosehindle.blogspot.com/2011/02/emily-koyama-mother-claims-domestic.html

    There is another side to Trina Atwell-Chavarria which has so far gone unreported:

    1. Trina is an alcoholic and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA);
    2. Trina has also abandoned another child – her eldest daughter in California who is now a teenager – this is not a paragon of motherly virtues;
    3. Trina was married to Henner when she fell pregnant with Emily…by Roy – she left her husband, took up with Roy and when life in MO became somewhat less spicy than she wanted, took off back to Henner – this is not a good wife:
    4. Trina has repeatedly claimed she would return to the US, with Emily – she is a barefaced liar playing the generosity of Costa Ricans – only a week ago she posted online she was prepared to return to the US but now the Costa Rican court has decided enough of her game playing she claims she is a “refugee” from the US – pitiful to say the least.

    So far, I have gone back 20 years into Roy Koyama’s history – I cannot find a single police arrest report, no charges, no prosecutions and no convictions for any crime – but Trina claims she has evidence of his violent behavior and drug abuse – where is it Trina?

    In your imagination?

    No-one has the right to do what Trina Atwell has done – kidnap a child. Trina has lost in the courts of the US and Costa Rica – the courts of both countries have said she is in the wrong.

    Costa Rica has moved mountains in complying with international law – this is the first time – but just as there are American children held in Costa Rica, there are Costa Rican children held in America too. The point of this international law is to get children back home where they belong, not to let child kidnappers hide behind lies and deceit in the way Ms Atwell is so clearly acquainted.

12. By Karl Hindle on Feb 5, 2011

    http://emilyrosehindle.blogspot.com/2011/02/emily-koyama-mother-claims-domestic.html

    Hay otro lado a Trina Atwell-Chavarria que ha ido hasta ahora no denunciado:

    1. Trina es un alcohólico y un miembro de los alcohólicos anónimos (AA);
    2. Trina también ha abandonado a otro niño – su más vieja hija de California que ahora es un adolescente – esto no es un modelo de virtudes maternales;
    3. Trina estuvo casado con Henner cuando ella se cayó embarazado con Emily… por Roy – ella dejó a su marido, lo tomó con Roy y cuando la vida en el MES llegó a ser algo menos picante que ella quiso, sacado de nuevo a Henner – esto no es una buena esposa:
    4. Trina la tiene demandado en varias ocasiones volvería a los E.E.U.U., con Emily – ella es un mentiroso descarado que juega la generosidad de la costa Ricans – solamente hace una semana que ella la fijó en línea fue preparada para volver a los E.E.U.U. pero ahora la corte de Rican de la costa ha decidido que bastante de su juego que juega ella la demanda es un “refugiado” de los E.E.U.U. – lamentables por lo menos.

    ¿Hasta ahora, he entrado detrás 20 años la historia de Roy Koyama – no puedo encontrar que una sola policía no arresta informe, ningunas cargas, ningún procesamiento y ninguna convicción para ningún crimen – solamente las demandas de Trina que ella tiene evidencia de su comportamiento y tenencia ilícita de drogas violentos – dónde es Trina?

    ¿En su imaginación?

    Nadie tiene la derecha de hacer qué Trina Atwell ha hecho – secuestra a un niño. Trina ha perdido en las cortes de los E.E.U.U. y de Costa Rica – las cortes de ambos países han dicho que ella está en el mal.

    Costa Rica ha movido las montañas en la conformación con el derecho internacional – éste está la primera vez – pero apenas pues hay niños americanos detenidos en Costa Rica, allí es niños de Rican de la costa detenidos en América también. El punto de este derecho internacional es conseguir a niños el hogar trasero en donde pertenecen, para no dejar a secuestradores del niño ocultar detrás de mentiras y el engan@o en el ms Atwell de la manera es tan claramente conocido.

13. By Mom on Feb 7, 2011

    Regardless of allegations, there is something called the Law (lei). No person is above it. We all as humanity rely on it as a foundation of behavior.

    Regardless if the child is happy at 21/5, if there are allegations of who is the better parent, the fact remains that the Law, International, was broken by the abduction and retention of a child.

    It is the Law. It is for the Court to uphold the Law and thereafter for Family Court to determine the best for the child.

    The Law is there for specific reasons. We cannot condone murder, rape, extortion and kidnapping, even if you believe you were justified (ask a murderer and I’m sure you’ll get “yes I killed him/her but they did…..”)

    Breaking the law is never justified.

14. By Concerned for Emily's wellfare on Feb 10, 2011

    So “mom” if police showed up at your door and demanded your children, you would step aside and say, “ok, if you must take them, I respect the law and abide by it. So long my little ones, the law will protect you and don’t cry, the law is doing what’s best for you. Bye Bye. Love you.” And if anyone asked you about it, you would say, “well we have the law that we have to uphold and no person is above the law.” People would think you were certifiable!

    ANY mother with anything about them would fight to Hell and back for their children. Not roll over and hand them over to a person who they believe is not safe even though the courts say so. You people Trash her because she fights for her baby but then if she rolled over and handed her over to her abuser, you would say, “see she didn’t love her very much if she could do that so easily.” She is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. It amazes me that people still don’t have a grasp on human nature and the bond that exists between a mother and her child. You look at this as a factual black and white, right and wrong but there are many more factors. And we still have seen no evidence of the libel that has been posted on this page. They are just words if there are NO documents to support them. Just mud slinging if no one can produce proof. Another attempt to discredit a mother trying to protect her child. If she didn’t try to protect her, you’d rip her to shreds, if she tries to protect her, you rip her to shreds. Pathetic….

15. By D. Justice on Feb 12, 2011

    Trina Atwell Chavarria, AKA child abductor as defined under international law, is applying for Costa Rican citizenship under a law that allows naturalization after two years of being married to a Costa Rican while living in Costa Rica. That will slam the door shut on any extradition of her or her then to be Costa Rican daughter (who will obtain citizenship along with her mother at the same time). She may be keeping this hush hush, only letting her closest friends in on it, but I happen to know that is her strategy.

    However, the biological/custodian father still has some legal maneuvering room since it takes about one and a half more years after applying to actually affect the naturalizations. The father can present evidence before the TSE in Costa Rica (which oversees naturalizations) as to why Trina Atwell should not be naturalized. Her status as a child abductor and/or arrest warrant in the U.S. may come into play in that regard.

    It is in the father’s best interest and that of the abducted child that Trina Atwell not become a naturalized citizen of Costa Rica.

16. By Concerned for Emily's wellfare on Jun 23, 2011

    If anyone hasn’t found anything about Roy’s arrest record, you will now. Here a link to VINE link, then click on Missouri, search offenders. Type in Roy Koyama. or his arrest ID 2023145. There it is in black and white. Vine is a victims site that keeps track of offenders so that their victims can know when they have been released from prison. He wouldn’t be on that site unless there was a victim associated with his crime.

17. By Concerned for Emily's wellfare on Jun 23, 2011

    https://www.vinelink.com/vinelink/detailsAction.do?siteId=26000&agency=39&id=2023145&searchType=offender