Hi, jkb,
I believe I have equally valid rebuttal to your contention that "had this kidnapping been real" JR would have made that call.
bbm
I totally agree, KK. I think the adrenaline had run out hours ago (before she wrote the note) and this was all the drama queen could give. I've said it before and I'll say it again, had this kidnapping been real, John Ramsey would have made that call. He knows, we know, LE knows, and every IDI in the world knows.
Of course this all my opinion, I'm sure an IDI will come along any minute to explain why JR was too busy to make the call. yeah, right.
From a guy's perspective:
One of the first things JR did (according to their interviews) was review the RN by placing it on the floor, with each page adjacent to the next.
That action is of a guy attempting to absorb a broad view of the situation and attempting to determine a best path to resolution.
Most guys (from earlier generations, JR and me included) are wired that way. How many guys stop at a gas station and ask for directions?
Of course, asking directions does not fit in with the same category as having your child kidnapped .. so don't go there .. I'm simply pointing out that I believe JR was attempting to approach the situation from a logical guy perspective .. he was going to resolve this.
Reading the RN, absorbing what the composer wrote, determining what he was demanding, how best to get it to him, etc. would be first and foremost on JR's mind .. as I expect it would be for me.
After the child is returned safe to his or her parent's arms is when a guy's emotion and rage would be
fully directed on killing the kidnapper(s) .. etc.
I can not fully determine why JR thought it safe to call 911, given the RN contained explicit instruction to not contact authorities.
I would be torn on that decision but .. I believe JR realized after reading the RN he assumed JBR would be killed regardless since the kidnapper(s) would not risk JBR being a witness .. or he thought the kidnapper's desire for money might outweigh one deviation from instruction.
When it comes down to it .. unless we experience a kidnapping situation ourselves or have had repetitive explicit training on what to do in a kidnap situation we do not know how we might react.
I believe JR instructed PR to make the 911 call:
1) to allow PR the distraction of placing the call, i.e.: she's doing something to help get back her daughter.
2) to separate PR from JR so that he could concentrate on the RN and on how to retrieve their daughter.
Acting? Possibly .. but not proved.