Haiti judge poised to free kidnap case Americans

A Haitian judge said he would probably order the release of the last two American missionaries detained for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the devastating earthquake.

Judge Bernard Saint-Vil said he expected to resolve the case after a hearing today.

He said he planned to have missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter in court for the closed hearing and would also hear from people who were helping them set up an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

The judge said he was close to being able to resolve the case and would probably order the release of Silsby and Coulter.

Eight other Americans detained with them have already been released.