Started following this case a couple days ago and unfortunately from prior experience these types of abductions almost never resolve where the victim is found alive. There are a few that have had happy outcomes, but very few, far too few. Probably 99% of the time (my own estimate based on the cases I've followed) the result ends up like Sierah or Chelsea King.
These are typically crimes of opportunity where the victim is alone and vulnerable and the perp sees them out doing their thing (running, walking, hiking, biking) and decides to overpower them. No, you wouldn't think that such a crime would happen so close to one's own home, but here we are and that's just what happened. The problem is being able to identify such a potential danger beforehand.
I'm sure the laws in OH will be considered by those seeking to amend the legislation, which is exactly what needs to happen. Judges can only sentence based on the law, not on their feelings. So the laws need to reflect the gravity of the crimes of abduction with much stiffer penalties. In this case, this perp will never be free again--I'm confident of that. He's being held right now on one charge, but that's just so they could get him behind bars. There will certainly be other charges, including murder. Detectives only have a limited amount of time, per search warrants, to find evidence on/around/in his property, so they have to sift through as much as they possibly can within whatever amount of time a judge gave them.
Emily Nelson ‏@emilyWTOL 15m15 minutes ago
