maskedwoman
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Myself I just dont follow that line of reasoning. I have never ever heard of a real case where LE let someone keep a hostage for 6 weeks while they supposedly looked for more evidence. Look at all the police situations where cops even just think someone is in a house somewhere... first thing they do is bust down the door, have swat teams throw in flash bombs and gas, and raid the place. Even if no one was there... I dont know about the taunting part either. Only one piece of evidence has even been confirmed and identified and that was the lunch bag found on the first day or so of searching. Anything really aside from that is pure conjecture.
I agree with you. I think they call that exigent circumstances. Which basically means unusual situation that calls for urgent and immediate intervention. Rescuing a kidnapped woman certainly qualifies. Plus, if I recall correctly, the Supreme Court just recently ruled that police could force their way into someone's residence if they reasonably thought evidence was being destroyed. I would think Holly herself easily qualifies under that rule.
I did originally consider that scenario, and that they had no idea where she was being held. But the window for that situation has closed, I think. If they have a suspect in mind and haven't managed to follow that person to her location by now, that would suggest "they" abandoned her to save their own skins. With no food or water, sadly, Holly would certainly be dead by now.