I agree. But she seemed disappointed at hearing 1 million, unless I read it wrong. I saw the smile everyone mentions, but I saw the stiff upper lip, too. It seemed like she was trying to smile the tears away a few times, she seemed scared to me, she should be. She has made a mockery of the system.Honestly, she is not a good "risk". There is nothing that ties her to the area, not family, or property. She has already demonstrated her willingness to flee the jurisdiction, and fight extradition.
The fact that all she needs to do to get out of jail, is demonstrate that she has been supporting her children, and did not abandon them. The fact that she refuses to comply with this simple task, makes her a flight risk, that it is more likely than not, she is guilty of the charges, and potentially more serious charges could be pending.
Pretty much, if I was looking at her paperwork, she has zero property assets, that is a big thing. She has nothing to lose by fleeing. And it appears that all of her assets, whatever they are, are in cash or disposable assets, such as jewelry.
She would need to post her own cash bond with the court.
It is nothing about "dislike", it is risk assessment. She flunks on every single level.
I am in utter disbelief that someone can just not respond when law enforcement asks you where your children are. It is insane, and child services should have been looking in to this a LONG time ago. Both kids were receiving SSI benefits, court divorce records show she was showing signs of insanity, if her late husband had just called child services, well checks would have started earlier. Her children were present during a shooting (of their father/stepfather). They needed therapy!!
This is why she IS a flight risk. Her moving around from Arizona to Idaho to Hawaii creates a clog in the system where people can't 'catch' up with her in time. I assume they will be watching her every move.
Fotus Dulos (who basically made his wife disappear last year in the ritzy town of New Cannan CT) thought he would get away with it, but the state of CT worked long and hard to build a case against him even though there was no body. He committed suicide while on house arrest last month, and he did it the day that a hearing was set to revoke bond.
In Lori's case, I think bond should remained high, she needs time to reflect, and maybe she would have considered working with law enforcement if she didn't have access to yoga pants and hair dryers, she seems super caught up in her image, that is for sure.