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Thursday, March 09, 2006
I'm Sure The Police Know What They're Doing...
... but this just doesn't sound smart.
Here's the story. A 13-year-old girl went missing on Monday morning. Later in the day, she sent several text messages to her mother. Her cell phone went unanswered (it went straight to voice-mail, which means it was turned off... which may mean that the girl is one smart cookie- B). The police are calling the case "suspicious."
Here's my "problem" with it. Why are they going public with the fact that the girl is sending text messages? It seems like the police (and her mother, who I'm giving a pass because I'm sure she's quite distraught, willing to do anything to get her daughter back safe and sound). IF she is still alive now, her captor is not going to be happy once s/he finds out, which will happen since it's been plastered all over the news and the internet. And chances are her captor will take it out on her.
Maybe the police have an Ace up their sleeve. Maybe they're keeping back some other vital information, hoping to draw the kidnapper out. We can only hope so.
UPDATE: She has been found, safe and reasonably sound. She may or may not have been abducted, but they are looking into filing charges against someone. This is disturbing... and weird...
Here's the story. A 13-year-old girl went missing on Monday morning. Later in the day, she sent several text messages to her mother. Her cell phone went unanswered (it went straight to voice-mail, which means it was turned off... which may mean that the girl is one smart cookie- B). The police are calling the case "suspicious."
Here's my "problem" with it. Why are they going public with the fact that the girl is sending text messages? It seems like the police (and her mother, who I'm giving a pass because I'm sure she's quite distraught, willing to do anything to get her daughter back safe and sound). IF she is still alive now, her captor is not going to be happy once s/he finds out, which will happen since it's been plastered all over the news and the internet. And chances are her captor will take it out on her.
Maybe the police have an Ace up their sleeve. Maybe they're keeping back some other vital information, hoping to draw the kidnapper out. We can only hope so.
UPDATE: She has been found, safe and reasonably sound. She may or may not have been abducted, but they are looking into filing charges against someone. This is disturbing... and weird...
