You need to stick with whatever it is you do and leave Law Enforcement to trained professionals
It's probably best not to make assumptions about what complete strangers have or haven't done for work. In any event, here is exactly your problem: we're not talking about law enforcement professionals. We're talking about an average family who had a child kidnapped, and how they reacted to it.
good- then you know exactly what I'm saying
If you're saying that her reaction was generally reasonable, then yes, I agree.
It was one of the most reported on crimes in the past century. Of course, you admitted you haven't been at
any kidnappings, so your analysis is therefore equally unfounded, if not more so (at least the Lindbergh kindapping account was a first-hand account of what occurred at a kidnapping).
I respect that you have experience with parents whose children are missing. But the presence of a ransom note is the exact difference that could make a parent react differently. If your child is missing and you have
no idea where he/she is, then yes, you are probably going to search anywhere and everywhere. If your child is missing and you have a note that
tells you where he/she is, there's a good chance you may not search the entire house right away.
Stay on point and dont deviate from the main point. I dont know or care her mental state at incident zero- logic, common sense and normal care and concern would predicate looking for a child.
Firstly, you brought up mental state, noting that you'd never seen a parent not "up the wall." So don't bring up subjects if you don't want to talk about them.
Secondly, by all accounts
she did look for the child, where the child was supposed to be -- in her room. When you have a combination of a ransom note and a missing child, "logic, common sense, and normal care" would predicate
calling the police, which is what she did.
Of course, it's also odd that you on the one hand expect the mother to be "up the wall" and on the other hand expect her to behave consistent with "logic, common sense, and normal care." (From what I read, she was shocked but kept it together enough to stay calm and call the police).
And a ransom note is always 100% trustworthy? LOL
To someone who has never dealt with criminals before, yes. I don't think most average parents, however, would automatically think, "Well, my daughter is missing from her room. There's a ransom note here that says she was kidnapped.... but maybe, she's really dead in the basement!"
I never said it wasnt- go back and read carefully this time
No clue what your point is then. So what she did was reasonable. What are you arguing about?
