OK according to the video, I personally would be hard-pressed to call this a violent act, or false imprisonment, and I certainly don't see it having sophistication or professionalism (!), and pre-planning? What, are they going to accuse her of putting those locks on her doors however long ago they were put on, in anticipation of someday holding this man captive in her home? What preplanning could possibly be involved in this incident, as related in the video above, and reportedly as told to them by the victim himself?
Also, they didn't state how long the incident lasted, but to me, it didn't sound like she kept him from leaving for very long anyway. And the incident ended with her unlocking the door and letting him leave, so it's not like he escaped. And one last thing, tell me again what was stopping him from leaving anyway? Yes, he claims she slammed her front door and engaged all the locks (all FOUR of them!) and I believe he said she told him he wasn't leaving. But actually, I'm not sure about that final part - did she even tell him he couldn't leave? I don't remember that part. But what I'm saying is, what is he saying would have happened if he had just said, "Excuse me" and went to unlock the door himself and left? I think he could've done that at any time, but of course, I wasn't there.
I think he went straight to the police after the incident (as the video says he did), because he felt he might have information crucial to finding Melodee. Period. I think that was why he went to the police after leaving her house, so he could hurry there and get them this info asap in case it will lead them to finding her. Exactly as he should have done. He did the right thing.
But I think while there, to tell them what he had learned about Melodee's whereabouts, he told the whole story of what all happened at Ashlee's that day, likely under intense questioning by LE, who once they'd heard the whole story, looked at each other, and someone said, "Hey, we can call this false imprisonment; it fits technically, and we can bring her in for questioning that way, since she refuses to come to us! What do y'all think?" And everyone thought that was a great idea and they wrote it up as false imprisonment, a felony, book 'em Dano.
It makes sense, and if they find out what they want to know, they can drop these charges, and hopefully, there won't be worse charges to be laid regarding her daughter by that time. So it's often a successful police maneuver, and I hope it works for them to achieve the real goal of finding Melodee.
I definitely see this as a move by police to bring her in to try to find out what they really want to know, which is where is Melodee? Is she alive? And I agree with their tactics to that end.
