The more I think the parents unwillingly to cooperate with LE, the more I think guilt is the deciding factor. Their son was dealing with some problems. The extent of which we won't know yet, but friends and coworkers noticed things weren't right, so I'm thinking parents and family probably saw things as well. For whatever reason, they tell him to get out. Then find out he has killed people. Hmmmm. I think as parents we usually want to protect our children, guide them the best we can, we want the best for them, want to them to succeed and be better members of society than we are/were. We just want better for each generation, in general. They may have thought tough love was needed, or he needed to start appreciating all they were doing for him, and since he wasn't, then though .. well try making it without our support and you'll appreciate all we've done then!
Only, things got much worse than anyone could have imagined. Maybe guilt they didn't see how dangerous the problems were, or the signs leading up to this, or thinking if they had known the whole story, they could have chosen different actions.
Now imagine the child is facing the death penalty, and you feel you're partially responsible for not being there before, so you feel you must do anything and everything to keep your child from being killed.
Yes I do believe guilt is guiding and blinding. I pray I never have to decide what decision to make with a child facing the death penalty. These are really serious charges, and while I would like to think I would cooperate, under advice of an attorney that has my child and my best interests, the reality is, we don't know what we do.
