Who will the renowned person be?

[Donjeta]

Based on her job description, it sounds like she has handled targeted kidnappings. If the team was pursuing the possibility of a targeted kidnapping, she would be pretty helpful. I really don't think her presence was name dropping if they were pursuing a targeted kidnapping angle, rather than a stranger wanting a baby scenario or of course, a family member abduction. Naturally, if the situation turned out to be one that wasn't in her wheelhouse, she'd drop off the case. Her function isn't prevention, it's analysis and assessment. I really don't see a reason to direct snark at her or what she does.

Prevention aspects come up prominently in her bio on the site.

What kind of targeted kidnapping would be a probable scenario? I am assuming that targeted means they specifically wanted Lisa and not just any baby that was available. Ransom? Although there apparently are some rich family connections it doesn't appear that the immediate family swims in money. Revenge? For what?

I am sorry if I am unfairly snarky but I totally think it was namedropping. It was built up like that. ("we will introduce a renowned person... wait for it... wait for it... wait for it...") and getting his name in the news appears to have been Bill Stanton's only function in the case.

 

[highflyer]

Dr. Marisa R. Randazzo is a national expert on threat assessment and targeted violence. Before joining the private sector, Dr. Randazzo served for ten years with the U.S. Secret Service as the agency’s Chief Research Psychologist. She directed all Secret Service research on school shootings, insider threats, stalking, and other types of targeted violence, including the landmark federal study of school shootings that was conducted jointly by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education.
http://campusthreatassessment.org/index.php/faculty/bios/marisa_randazzo/


So, I wonder just what her professional opinion was on this case. She seems not to be a part of that team anymore. :waitasec:

I'd like to see her threat assessment of the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case on the country as a whole.

 

[AnaTeresa]

Prevention aspects come up prominently in her bio on the site.

What kind of targeted kidnapping would be a probable scenario? I am assuming that targeted means they specifically wanted Lisa and not just any baby that was available. Ransom? Although there apparently are some rich family connections it doesn't appear that the immediate family swims in money. Revenge? For what?

I am sorry if I am unfairly snarky but I totally think it was namedropping. It was built up like that. ("we will introduce a renowned person... wait for it... wait for it... wait for it...") and getting his name in the news appears to have been Bill Stanton's only function in the case.

Not all targeted kidnappings are for money - many can be carried out for revenge, either for drug debts, jealousy, or other issues. We don't have to know WHY there would be revenge. Remember that list of "about ten names" they gave LE at the beginning? Apparently there is/was some tension with them and other persons that could make some suspect a possible revenge motive. Which is where she would come in handy. If they originally thought that Lisa could have been kidnapped by someone wanting to hurt JI and DB intentionally, her experience would be helpful.

This isn't to say that I think that's the case here in this case, but I don't think it's truly name dropping - she's not well known enough to the public on a national level for that.

 

[Donjeta]

Not all targeted kidnappings are for money - many can be carried out for revenge, either for drug debts, jealousy, or other issues. We don't have to know WHY there would be revenge. Remember that list of "about ten names" they gave LE at the beginning? Apparently there is/was some tension with them and other persons that could make some suspect a possible revenge motive. Which is where she would come in handy. If they originally thought that Lisa could have been kidnapped by someone wanting to hurt JI and DB intentionally, her experience would be helpful.

This isn't to say that I think that's the case here in this case, but I don't think it's truly name dropping - she's not well known enough to the public on a national level for that.

No but I don't mean "hey, we know famous people" kind of namedropping (although iirc there was an element of that, I was expecting someone more famous from the way it was prefaced and remember being surprised when no one seemed to have heard of her when it was announced) but "hey, look who's here, an abduction threat expert". Useful for creating the impression that this was a kidnapping instead of family event.