I am not far from where Ariel Castro held 3 for more than 10 years. They escaped, survived, and are thriving. Hope is essential![/QUOTE
Hope is great. But is it realistic? While there are exceptions to the rule they are not the norm. If it were my child, I'd hold out hope until there was none. But I suspect LE know that wishing and hoping will not effect the outcome that was most likely decided before they even got the case. I'm not smart enough to run the numbers but I'm sure somewhere, someplace, someone has figured out how many of these cases end up in living bodies as opposed to the opposite.