So she knew WHO had been killed, WHEN they had been killed and WHERE they were buried.
Yet told her sister to call the cops on her own "abusive and controlling husband."
I'm glad that she went to the cops, but she EASILY could have cost two little girls their lives by waiting.
By the time she told them, they were already digging anyway. Exactly when did she get this information?
They didn't issue the Amber Alert until they found the bodies.
If they had found the bodies earlier, the Amber Alert would have been issued earlier.
If this sister had called the cops immediately that Amber Alert could have been issued how much earlier?
There is NO excuse for just telling your sister to report her "abusive and controlling" husband for a double homicide.
You do it yourself. :twocents:
I think it is very, very difficult to turn a relative you love in to the police, knowing that it will end in an arrest for the relative.
For example, it took David Kaczynski a couple weeks to finally go to the FBI with his suspicion that his brother, Ted Kaczynski, wrote the Unabomber's manifesto. He and Ted had not been in close touch for many years but it was still terribly difficult for David to turn his brother in.
In the Kaczynski case, part of David's terrible dilemma was that he knew that his brother could receive the death penalty. He attempted to negotiate with the FBI to take the death penalty off the table before he turned him in and thought the FBI had (David was double crossed).
In other less dramatic cases, relatives have shown the same hesitation. They are caught between two strong forces: the desire to do the right thing and their love of their family member.
Also, I think it's pretty well known that if someone turns themself in, the consequences are often less harsh than if someone else turns them in.
If it were my brother or sister, I hope I would do the right thing. But I can't say for sure I would unless I am placed in that situation.
I do firmly believe, however, that if a perp commits another crime before someone turns them in, the responsibility for that crime is 100% the perpetrator's fault.
