There are so many aspects in this case that do not make any logical sense to begin with. And to see all that was wrong all one has to do is put themselves in the same situation - if you were the parent in this situation, what would you do and not do? And I'm not referring to any specific psychological or behavioral aspects like a persons way to cope with the situation (like for an example, the claims that John went through the mail that morning because he was nervous and it was his way to deal with the situation, and so on), but of the case in general.
If my child was abducted there is no way I would not cooperate with the police or anyone in the world who could help find my child. I would call, talk and meet with them day or night. AND I would do it even if they all think that I was the kidnapper of my child or played a part in it. Period. If I knew that the whole world hates me and thinks of me as a culprit it would still never stop me for fighting for my child. I would be heard and seen demanding for justice from the moment it happened until I would die. I would never hide. I would never not answer questions. I would never have anything better to do then find my child and get her back to me, back home safe.
I would search every inch of my house, my backyard. Knock on the doors of my neighbors. I would talk with my family members and anyone who might have seen her, talked to her or even known her, to find out if anyone knows something.
And mostly, I believe if I and my family were innocent to begin with, I would never change even a slightest detail in my story. Because I would know for sure from the beginning and I would remember that day till the day I die.
If one goes through a traumatic experience it will stay with them, they will remember. They'd be playing this over and over again in their head to figure it all out and make sense of it, that they would remember all the details to tell the police and detectives. What they thought, what emotions they felt. Even the smells around them and what they were wearing.
And yes there would still be some things that I might not be sure of to say for certain because it is normal and there always are, but then I would go and say so - I would admit that from the beginning that I really do not remember if it was this or that or what was the exact sequence of the events and make it be clear that I really do not know for sure. And I would go ask my husband or others what they remember about how it was exactly, to help me remember too.
I would read the ransom letter a 100 times with my husband to figure out how can we contact the police if the kidnappers might be watching us, not to risk my child to be killed because of that. I would find another way to alert them - like call my friends to go to the cops. I would never let my other children out of my sight for no matter how long. I would trust no-one. I would be afraid for their life and my life too, if a stranger had entered my house and writes about beheading my child. I would be anxiously waiting for that ransom call to be made as it would be my only hope to get my child back safely, and I would keep my eyes on the clock and even count the seconds. And if that time would be passed without any call, I would scream and demand for FBI and search dogs and the whole secret service to be there in my house and figure it all out to find my daughter fast and alive. Especially if I had the money, means and the power to do it all. And the Ramsay's did.
Because that is the normal reaction of a parent who's child is missing. Of a parent, who's child has been kidnapped in the middle of the night in their own house. Of a parent, who is innocent and does not care about anything else in the world, than the safe and fast return of her beloved child. Period.
