AFKobel: Timmy the Tumor: Kidnapping and rape victims don't always think clearly...if she had enough focus to text someone for help, she's a hero not a "lying attention whore."

A hero? For thinking of using her phone after being kidnapped?

Wow. No one is limbo-ing under that bar.



You must not have kids. I've got two teenagers, and some of their friends wouldn't think to douse themselves in water if they burst into flame.

kimwim: AFKobel: Pollexter: Texted mommy instead of calling 911...? Riiight. She's in a motel 4 blocks from home doing meth and banging her 28 boyfriend.

How many boyfriends?

28

That's as many as four sevens.
And that's terrible

<shakes fist> Damn you, theorellior!

Benevolent Misanthrope: That's as many as four sevens.
And that's terrible

: P

Bruxellensis: Hold on, I'll have to look back at my notes. It's in here somewhere.

Never mind, I've already pulled it, repeatedly.

So, have they tried texting her back and telling her to call 911 so they can trace the phone?

NightOwl2255: Bruxellensis: Hold on, I'll have to look back at my notes. It's in here somewhere.

Never mind, I've already pulled it, repeatedly.

Did you ever find the glow-in-the-dark handle?

I know, they should call Romney in to help with this. He's had some experience finding lost daughters. It's not like he's got anything else going on.

Benevolent Misanthrope: So, have they tried texting her back and telling her to call 911 so they can trace the phone?

THE CALL WAS COMING FROM INSIDE THE TRUNK!

Those little glow in the dark trunk escape handles are very easy to remove, so there's no guarantee it was even there.

BurnShrike: This is what's wrong with the world today. She had a cell phone. She didn't phone the police, or 911. She texted her mommy

Actually, some cellphones have a *siren* that goes off if you call 911. I know my old one did: I found that out when I dialed 911 after someone went from standing to falling into my back and sliding unconcious to the floor.
(Turns out she had narcolepsy, but seeing as I didn't know that and no one else was doing anything-)

The phone went "WOOP WOOP WOOP" to alert me that I'd dialed 911, to.. I guess prevent pocket-dials of 911 or something?

But, had I been in a situation where I was trying to dial 911 *discretely*, that, uh, would have screwed me.

Protip: when getting kidnapped, try at least to remember the color of car when you are being thrown into said car's trunk. Make of car at the very least would also be helpful. As you are tossed over the transom, try and glance at the license plate; you'd be surprised, even a few number/letter combinations can clue the police into an accurate model/make and owner.

Finally, while saving precious rollover minutes by texting instead of calling is practical and budget conscious, a situation like this calls for a phone call to an easily remembered number with only 3 digits. 911 911 911. And just stay on the line, burn those minutes, who cares, they may be the last minutes, and the last hope, you ever have.

I would make a 4 square kidnapped badge in the shape of a van but I am too lazy.

cgraves67: Timmy the Tumor: Kidnapping and rape victims don't always think clearly...if she had enough focus to text someone for help, she's a hero not a "lying attention whore."

Where exactly is the line between resistant victim and hero?

well, I'd say "anyone who survives a kidnapping and or rape" whose actions result in that person being arrested so they can't do it to someone else is a "hero."

Where do you draw the line?

AFKobel: Timmy the Tumor: cgraves67: Timmy the Tumor: Kidnapping and rape victims don't always think clearly...if she had enough focus to text someone for help, she's a hero not a "lying attention whore."

Where exactly is the line between resistant victim and hero?

well, I'd say "anyone who survives a kidnapping and or rape" whose actions result in that person being arrested so they can't do it to someone else is a "hero."

Where do you draw the line?

Well, by your definition you jumped the gun a little on tagging her hero then... didn't ya?



According to news updates, the SWAT team has a suspect pinned down in a house nearby the victim's.

If she hadn't contacted her mother, it could be another 24-48 hours before a missing persons report was filed and any action taken.

The family doesn't look like they have ridiculous amounts of money, so this was someone who was taking her to a secondary location. That almost ALWAYS turns into something really, really bad.

Should she be fitted for a cape? No. Should she be commended for surviving (which I hope she has)? I vote yes, YMMV