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The article appears to indicate that the person capturing video saw the lady leave and return. It is not clear if the video was rolling the entire time but cert

The article appears to indicate that the person capturing video saw the lady leave and return. It is not clear if the video was rolling the entire time but certainly as the video-taker was giving the video to the police, they may have mentioned that the same person who left the car also returned. I don't see why the police would be more worried about an abduction in this situation than in any other "person with child" situation.

anigbrowl 12y ago
Because the person in the video doesn't match the description of the registered owner of the car as recorded on their driving license. Think about it.
- IanDrake 12y ago
  I've thought long and hard about it... Still makes no difference. For it to make a difference you would have to leap to the conclusion that a woman stole the car, stole a kid (?), and then left the stolen car and the kid in the parking lot, which is now very conspicuous in the US (apparently). That could only make sense if you assumed average moms are child snatching car thieves. I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids and only 1 in 10 of those steal cars. So there's only a 2% chance of that happening at once!
  - anigbrowl 12y ago
    Considering the possibility isn't the same thing as leaping to the conclusion. It's not like the woman was pursued, arrested, and thrown in jail before she ever got near the airport. Rather, the police did the sensible thing and followed the matter up by checking with the owner of the vehicle that was seen in the parking lot. Are you saying that if there's only a 2% chance of something odd being a criminal incident, they should just blow it off?
    - IanDrake 12y ago
      Absolutely, yes.
      - anigbrowl 12y ago
        I'm sure you'll be equally philosophical if you're ever in the position of needing to report a crime and they tell you not to worry about it.
        IanDrake 12y ago
        I think you have it backwards. I would like to be able to call the police to report an ACTUAL crime...but unfortunately, they would be too busy investigating reports by paranoid folks who think they've seen a possible crime.
  - jack-r-abbit 12y ago
    > I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids Wow... because I know like at least 30 moms and none of them have snatched any kids. To cover the odds, there must be people out there that know a lot of baby snatchers. Those people should be calling the police. :)
    - IanDrake 12y ago
      You know what they say, 97% of statistics are made up ;) I of course picked an absurdly high number because even with two absurdly high numbers it still only nets 2%.
- shintakezou 12y ago
  «Because the person in the video doesn't match the description of the registered owner of the car as recorded on their driving license. Think about it.» First, you have to arrive to the cops checking for that. Before that, you must imagine the "good" samaritan, who hasn't seen any driving license and knows nothing about the minivan, speculating about who was that woman leaving and then coming back to the minivan. But it's not the reason he or she has called the police and the police, at the moment they reached the house of the parents of the woman, they knew the latter was none but the daughter of the owner of the minivan. Case closed... Except for the charge of having contributed to the delinquency of a minor. By the way, the good samaritan can be charged of the same crime since the video proved that, since even if he could have "caught" the criminal mom in the instant he was starting her criminal act and thus he could have "saved" the child, he preferred keep filming... so, if there was an actual crime, it would have been too late.

anigbrowl 12y ago

Because the person in the video doesn't match the description of the registered owner of the car as recorded on their driving license. Think about it.

IanDrake 12y ago
I've thought long and hard about it... Still makes no difference. For it to make a difference you would have to leap to the conclusion that a woman stole the car, stole a kid (?), and then left the stolen car and the kid in the parking lot, which is now very conspicuous in the US (apparently). That could only make sense if you assumed average moms are child snatching car thieves. I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids and only 1 in 10 of those steal cars. So there's only a 2% chance of that happening at once!
- anigbrowl 12y ago
  Considering the possibility isn't the same thing as leaping to the conclusion. It's not like the woman was pursued, arrested, and thrown in jail before she ever got near the airport. Rather, the police did the sensible thing and followed the matter up by checking with the owner of the vehicle that was seen in the parking lot. Are you saying that if there's only a 2% chance of something odd being a criminal incident, they should just blow it off?
  - IanDrake 12y ago
    Absolutely, yes.
    - anigbrowl 12y ago
      I'm sure you'll be equally philosophical if you're ever in the position of needing to report a crime and they tell you not to worry about it.
      - IanDrake 12y ago
        I think you have it backwards. I would like to be able to call the police to report an ACTUAL crime...but unfortunately, they would be too busy investigating reports by paranoid folks who think they've seen a possible crime.
- jack-r-abbit 12y ago
  > I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids Wow... because I know like at least 30 moms and none of them have snatched any kids. To cover the odds, there must be people out there that know a lot of baby snatchers. Those people should be calling the police. :)
  - IanDrake 12y ago
    You know what they say, 97% of statistics are made up ;) I of course picked an absurdly high number because even with two absurdly high numbers it still only nets 2%.
shintakezou 12y ago
«Because the person in the video doesn't match the description of the registered owner of the car as recorded on their driving license. Think about it.» First, you have to arrive to the cops checking for that. Before that, you must imagine the "good" samaritan, who hasn't seen any driving license and knows nothing about the minivan, speculating about who was that woman leaving and then coming back to the minivan. But it's not the reason he or she has called the police and the police, at the moment they reached the house of the parents of the woman, they knew the latter was none but the daughter of the owner of the minivan. Case closed... Except for the charge of having contributed to the delinquency of a minor. By the way, the good samaritan can be charged of the same crime since the video proved that, since even if he could have "caught" the criminal mom in the instant he was starting her criminal act and thus he could have "saved" the child, he preferred keep filming... so, if there was an actual crime, it would have been too late.