And yet, here we are. It appears BR did exactly what SLP needed doing. IMO?
Absolutely. He did what needed doing and what she ASKED him to do. He gave her hope, an escape, trust and time.
Looking forward to seeing if SP is a witness for the Prosecution or Defense of BR.
Prosecution and Defense present their cases at opposite ends of the issue. The many details in between are what juries have to sort out.
Judge's decision in court will be indicative I believe of the merits of the two sides.
Baring any abuse of SP by BR I'm inclined to give BR a pass. Yes, he committed crimes but his intentions seem good. Fingers crossed.
Both sides can call her to testify. Who's witness list she's on doesn't indicate who's side she is on. We call witnesses that the state is also calling, because we believe they will help us whether they want to or not. Her role is to get up there and tell the truth. That's it.
However, there is no reason Bryan should even go to trial at this point. If what SLP is saying is all true, he should get community service and probation. This should be treated similarly to when a parent beats the person in the act of raping their child to death. Desperate times call for desperate measures. They didn't kill him, or the whole family, they just got out of there and kept her safe.
I Hope everyone is elated to hear that in all probability she was not taken advantage of further by another man. That’s the bottom line here, that it sure seems like best case scenario happened, given the very weird circumstances. Beyond the fact that he saved her, it sure does appear that perhaps he laid the foundation for her to be able to trust again. Imagine not being able to trust anyone, having no one listen to or believe you - and then one person changes this.
Yes. She couldn't trust her own parents or friends. Yet, this guy did something to help her, despite the peril it put him in. This guy put her safety above his own. This is likely something that she's never had before. I don't have anyone that would do that for me. I think this likely gave her hope that not all humans are bad.
Same here. We've heard from the prosecution and from the defense. Usually a DA won't file criminal charges without clear and convincing evidence of their charges. The defense usually tries to make their client look better.
I'm not sure if BR shouldn't be released until trial as I don't feel he is a danger to society nor do I think he will run....especially not with an ankle monitor.
Imo there's no two ways about it.....BR has to be off. I mean....who would kidnap a young teen they've never met for altruistic reasons?
She believed she would be killed or would kill herself. She refused every other offer of help he suggested. She had clearly gone over all of the possible options before even contacting him. She'd realized escape was her only option. If Bryan had done anything else he likely would have signed her death certificate.
I think the real question is who would leave a young teen they've never met in that situation to die? If you believed the ONLY safe option for saving this girl was to take her across state lines and help her provide the evidence from a distance.... would you leave her there to die?
BBM
I think this is the key word. Coercion. And yes, she did go willingly.
It's really a confusing case at this point. She begged him to help her and she went willingly. It's still kidnapping tho and across state lines and harboring her.
I wonder if this is how a predator works sometimes.
I can't imagine why he made the choices he did to save her if not for other reasons.
I mean.....tell her to make the tape and turn it into the FBI (like she did eventually) without him having to kidnap her and take across state lines and harbor her.
How would she have gotten the tape to the FBI? Ask RP to take her to the post office? To the FBI office? So when the FBI came to question him he could see them coming and kill the whole family?
All it would have taken was for him to get wind of it and we wouldn't be discussing her at all. Until a few months down the road when she was reported "missing" and her body found.
This girl has been terrorized for the majority of her life. There was NO safe way to report this unless she disappeared first. She was either going to disappear and report from a distance... or she was going to die. It's that simple. I realize it sounds like a movie plot, but it's real life. Occasionally we get cases that are just that out there. This appears to be one of them.