Steleheart
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I agree, sstarr...and also agree with catfancier. we don't know how early on the alleged violence took place.
and my point was in no way trying to sleuth the victim, there's nothing to sleuth anyway...I'm pointing out the inconsistency here. LE saw the same abby that her mother did upon her return july 20th. and perhaps in the past week, as attorneys were retained for the family, the victim has opened up more, to them versus investigators (feeling of safety, as in, knowing what she states is protected by privilege). I'm only saying that I saw the same abby as LE..."unharmed", superficially at the very least.
I still don't understand why a busy road in total darkness is a 'safe place' to 'release' her, but I'm not a local, maybe it's a very teen-friendly drop-off location...you can't have it both ways, so we wait to hear what additional charges are brought forth. I guess that's all I'm trying to say.
In the beginning I said 'wait, 10:30 at night on North South Road in the dark is not a safe place - didn't a young girl get abducted from there last fall in broad daylight?'
(snarky) The point being, in the statute I felt that it was understood a "safe place" would be a hospital, police station, clinic, fire station, even a public shopping center.
Then I started thinking... This is a minor charge in a 9 month horror show. It may be an effort to lessen the charge as a way to entice him to admit his guilt, ask for a plea or plead no-lo to the kidnapping or at least broach the topic before more charges are added. remember that his lawyer declined to enter a plea even though the presumption of innocence is the basis of the law. His strategy was supposedly based on his lack of info, so lack of info, IMO = not guilty - so why delay? To push the issue of disclosure? I do not think so, as he had an excellent argument in favor of releasing the affidavits to the defense only. The judge, at that point, could have entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. He has that right. This was only an arraignment after all.
http://www.wmur.com/news/raw-video-...abby-hernandez-disappearance/27209250#!bEVZgB
No. North South Road is not a safe place at 10:30 in the dark when we are still unsure how a 14 y.o. girl disappeared there Oct 9, last fall between 2:30 and 3:00 in the afternoon.. I've been there and honestly, it's dark at night and busy in the day.
So there is something else and I have a feeling it is part of an excellent strategy in a long process. I also think that the defense atty. understood how far this is likely to go.
This is just my opinion and that is why "the cow says... :cow: "