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« on: May 03, 2017, 02:39:57 pm »Message ID: 1140099
About 9:30am I got an amber alert on my phone about a missing teen. Then by 3:30pm, roughly 6 hrs later.; she was in federal custody for criminal homicide. She just happened to run off with her boyfriend after they killed someone and she left a note to her parents that she was scared her boyfriend would kidnap her. Too bad for her "missing," because now she faces life in prison... although she's under 18 so that won't actually happen.
Amber Alerts should be reserved for KIDS, as in not teenagers... Teenagers are running away most of the time, not being kidnapped. 15 year-olds know exactly what they are doing. No one is luring them into the white candy van. They aren't 6 years old. I'm just annoyed because I get these alerts all the time and not one has ever been missing for more than a month.
They always turn out to run away with their boyfriends. Maybe teenage girls are not the most wise in the ways of the world, but calling it kidnapping to run away with a boyfriend is incorrect. The correct term is: "Harboring a minor runaway." There are huge differences. It's just been going on around here and it is getting annoying because they are almost never legitimate most of the time.
If your 5 year-old disappears, I expect an Amber Alert ASAP!
If your kid is 15-16 and in high school, I expect the parents and police to do something without sending me loud buzzing noises that should be reserved for actual kids disappearing.
What if someone was 17 and turning 18 in 2 weeks? If they turn 18 before they are found, do they cancel the alert? "We only care if someone is one day before their 18th birthday or younger. After that, we don't care."
The teen violence here is also tremendous. In fact these "kids" are the number one causes of violent crime around here. Male, female, white, black, hispanic, it doesn't matter.... It's getting worse.