It is time to get tougher on parents who report their child has "disappeared" and then claim their right to remain silent. A parent who fully cooperates with LE has nothing to hide. An innocent parent has no reason to remain silent, to hinder investigations by hiring a defense attorney. If there is an abundance of suspicion about a claimed abduction, an innocent parent should be willing to undergo any tests to prove their innocence.
A child should have over-riding powerful legal rights in "legitimately forcing truthful disclosures" from parents who claim their child was abducted/disappeared without a trace. A child should be entitled to inalienable rights, and our laws should represent and speak for missing children who cannot speak for themselves. Parents do not have the right to murder and dispose of their children. We have to draw the line somewhere and consider the child, the victim. Our laws were drawn up in a different era, and they were written by adults, for the protection of adults. Life was less complicated, and much has changed since the Bill of Rights was enacted. I do not imagine our forefathers had any fear that parents would be murdering their offspring.
I know this is just the wistful wishful thinking of an old granny who believes that children are our most precious gifts, and should be treasured beyond measure. Children should be smothered with love, with hugs and kisses - protected with our own lives, if necessary. Sadly, this is not the way for so many, and their names and faces are embedded in my head and in my heart.
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