Let me pose a question:
If LE is not disclosing that TH is a suspect in order to find Kyron - and they believe that is the ONLY way to find him - are we all okay with that?
For me, it depends on how long this goes on.
What I fear is if all they have is a few minor inconsistencies in her story and a lot of suppositions about how she "should" act if innocent, without enough evidence to actually arrest her.
Hanging her out in the wind for awhile can be a legitimate pressure tactic but there has to be a reasonable time limit.
I can't get past thinking about Steven Hatfill, whose career was thoroughly ruined by the FBI and who is now known to have been innocent. It turned out that all they had in his case were a few coincidences and some behaviour that they judged as being inconsistent with innocence. Too bad for Mr Hatfill that he was actually innocent.
In fact, the FBI so thoroughly bungled the Hatfill case that I now have some doubts about their case against Bruce Ivins. As Ivins has committed suicide, I truly believe it is possible that we will never find out who was behind the anthrax attacks without someone who can fight for exoneration.
What I fear is if the current state of affairs goes on for years with TMH is that her life will be ruined without her ever getting an opportunity to exonerate herself.
For instance, she may now be engaged in a custody dispute over Baby K with Kaine Horman. It's hard to imagine a judge granting her anything beyond supervised visitation at this point. She's a teacher; does anyone really think a school district would hire her, especially right now with so many applicants per position?
What if this goes on for 15 years and then suddenly they find a different perp. That would be a long time and a heavy price to pay for the burden of doubt she's under right now. Too heavy. And money doesn't really compensate for things like losing the day to day contact with a child.
It's a frustrating problem. I wouldn't want there to be an official "arrest or forfeit" deadline because that would just give the guilty a goal post. But it's completely unfair to keep someone in this state of "conviction via media" for long, either.
In the end, perhaps all I am left with is what Thomas Jefferson is alleged to have said: better a thousand guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished.