Crime | Laura Silsby Haiti Frees Last US Missionary Judge unexpectedly releases Laura Silsby By Nick McMaster Posted May 17, 2010 2:55 PM CDT Copied Charisa Coulter, of Meridian, Idaho, who is one of two US Baptist missionaries held on kidnapping charges in Haiti, sits in a US embassy vehicle after her release from jail in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Just when it looked as though Haiti was ready to throw the book at Laura Silsby—the last of the Baptist missionaries accused of trying to kidnap "orphans" in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake—a judge reversed course and ordered her release today. Silsby has been in jail since January, when she was caught trying to arrange adoptions for a group of children, most of whom have parents, MSNBC reports. All of her fellow missionaries have been released. Read These Next Is $136K the new poverty line? An essay goes viral. One mystery is solved around chilling Holocaust photo. New York explores how women are 'quietly quitting' marriages. White House site now lists accusations against news outlets. Report an error