Warning rant ahead.
I've been biting my tongue on many issues and I cannot any more , so scroll on by if you feel tender this morning.
RE: Dad's interview. I normally do not watch videos on any cases because they tend to bias us so much. He looks this way or that or said this or that. Yesterday I saw dad's interview on accident, while looking for the neighbor's interview. I don't really think he looked or sounded any particular way. I saw him suppressing a tear at one point that seemed genuine to me and like a man would do, he quickly took it back the best he could. Here's the thing while we sit and judge that I'd like to know. How many of us on WS have ever been interviewed by MSM while our child was missing? For any of you who have, I am horribly sorry but I would bet the vast majority, nearly 100% of us, have not. Do you know what you would say or do or think if you were in that position? I personally don't know that I could muster the ANYTHING to do such an interview in that condition . I personally have gad and ocd and and think, every time we ( the ws community ) are judging how a parent SEEMS on camera, that I would really give you something to talk about if I was on camera. I'm awkward! I'm flat affect ! I'm a kooky basketcase in good times...much less in times of duress . Mom's not been on camera and that's been talked about too. If I were in her shoes, I'd be so sedated I'd need to be in a hospital . The cameras are the last thing I 'd want to hear, know, think about . And yes, you will say' she should plea for her child's return'. YES ! That's a wonderful theory. Can anyone name the last time a perp saw a parent plea for their child's return and that perp was so moved by mom and dad's tears, he just drove the child to the police department and gave that child back and said " wow I didn't know how bad the parents missed the kid '' ? Anyone ? SO yes it's a beautiful theory but pleading for the child's safe return does not get them returned. I am not suggesting parents should not make those pleas but seeing how they don't really net any results, I don't know why it matters.
So, for all of us who have not been in their shoes and want to judge how they should act, how should they act?
What says '' this is a real true grieving , terrified parent'' ?
RE: Dad's record! Ohhh, this mess . Yes , he has a record. The details are not super clear but there is a picture that is not pleasant. We on WS have a hyper alert and hyper vigilant thought process on all things RSO. Agreed? We are ' in the know' about so many more cases than the average person who does not breath this sorrow all day. Many of us believe that SO's cannot be rehabilitated. I am one. I have no doubt whatsoever that it is not a condition that can be recovered from. But apparently the government in ALL 50 STATES disagrees with me and with most of the WSers right? Because they still get 1 , 2 ,3 chances, probabtion, plea downs, classes and turned back in to society, correct? So if you knew nothing about RSO's and never really had much contact or experience or knowledge of how they operate and you were told by the ' government' which makes the laws in your state that the just punishment for the crime is probation or 1 yr or some classes and they're free to go, how would you know to second guess that? How would you know that lawmakers protect the pervs and not the victims? How would you , as a parent know , that a child might still be in danger after the government has said they are safe? That's basically what the govt. says right? They turn someone loose after they ' serve their time' ( a term that means paid their debt to society ) and most people are still leery but some may say , they will learn from this and not do it again.
RE: Free range....... It's looking more and more like little Jenise was taken from her home on saturday night. Agreed? If that's the case then negligent/free range/ wandering etc. is off the table. If she were picked up by a perp 5 miles away on a highway , then I get that. But if she's taken from her bed, that could have been ANY child , free ranging or not. So , I implore you , think about that. We believe neighbors who say she was ' always running around barefoot and hungry'' and we discount their other children saying ' they're great parents''. Why did we decide to believe one group and not the other? What if LE only believed one group and not the other and were WRONG ? There just doesn't seem to be a lot of balance.
Recap. I am not saying Dad is strange or not strange in his video .
I am not saying mobile home dwellers are trashy or not.
I am not saying Dad's a perv or not.
I am not saying they were negligent parents or not.
I am saying all of those things may not be as they appear.
Bring it !
