Apples and oranges. If she ran away from her mother, the police would have just brought her back. In the Walmart store should could have just told an employee who she was and asked them to call the police. TC would have been arrested before he even got out of the store.
Sometimes we have to think a little deeper to try to understand things. WE understand this. In most abusive/manipulative situations, especially when you are young, you don't see a way out. This girl was ridiculed at school already, because of this situation. We have no idea what he's told her she will face if she returns. Or what she fears she will face.
I'm tired. In my experience, if we don't want to understand something, or learn something, we don't. You seem to be pretty set in your opinion about this subject. I'll leave you to it. And I genuinely hope you never have to watch a loved one go through something so confusing, traumatic and abusive. Even with all the support of friends, family, therapy and even meds, it can take decades to heal.
With some of the comments here, on our "victim friendly" forum, it's no wonder some victims are so afraid no one will support them if they try to leave. For every one person here who refuses to see what's going on, and what has been stated by LE, that she is IN DANGER, there are numerous people local to her who feel the same. That's got to be a lonely place for a lost 15 year old. I'll stand for her if I'm the last one!
ETA - maybe he would be arrested in the store. But maybe she knew he was carrying a gun, and had made it clear to her that one misstep and he was going to pull it. So yeah, he'll be removed from the store. Possibly alive, possibly dead, and possibly taking her and others with him. Let's face it, at this point he has nothing left to lose.
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