Replying to myself. Here's a link talking about the massive problem of kidnappings mixed with drug dealers:
http://newsmax.com/Newsfront/phoenix-drug-kidnappings/2009/02/17/id/328325
JoAnn_W
From the above article:
'Coleman told the Arizona Republic that an escalation of kidnapping involving innocent citizens is still unlikely in the United States, where it would be counterproductive for narcotics distribution and sales.'
Sorry, but I just don't see this as a viable scenario. Drug dealers are for the most part very practical creatures. Sure there are the occasional flamboyant ones, but those are typically the ones who keep getting caught. I agree with Cecybeans when she said that if some dealers had a problem with KC they'd take her out- not involve themselves with the burden of concealing and caring for a three year old child for some undetermined amount of time until KC 'made things right'.
The activities detailed in that article involve a whole different echelon of criminals than KC would be meeting or coming into contact with. She was really just a deluded, sheltered little suburban girl when all's said and done. I doubt she's ever even met a major player, let alone having business transactions with one. MOO.