Here's another puzzle.
We are being asked to believe that the Martens believed Molly was being abused. Furthermore, that belief was exacerbated by the warning given to Tom by Mr Fitzpatrick, that Jason had murdered his first wife.
So how do you manage this situation from4 hours away?
You don't. A secret phone isn't going to get you there in time to save your daughter.
So why did they leave their daughter in that situation? Why did the FBI director not avail himself of every tool under the law to keep his only daughter safe?
Oh, because they didn't want to lose the children, says the Defense. So, by that theory, from 4 hours away, they risk their "abused" daughters life every day...her life is less important than custody? No phone call would get them there in time to "save" her. They would have to call police.Did they ever call police? Then what kind of "abuse" was this?
The actions of the Martens family do not indicate that they were trying to "manage" their daughter's safety. But they might have tried to manage the swings of her mental illness. "Call us if Molly starts with the insomnia, if she goes days without sleeping." "Call us if she is weeping for hours in the bathtub, unable to function." "Call us if she goes off her medications."