QUOTE(amybutts @ Apr 28 2006, 12:00 PM) [snapback]1167099[/snapback]
Mental illness or not, I think she should be charged with something. This is going to stick with the police who were involved, who may not take the next report as seriously....
Well that's really the whole point. If she is found mentally incompetent then she wouldn't be responsible for her actions and therefore she couldn't be charged. I don't think the police will take kidnapping less seriously because of this, though. I know they'll remember it but they still have rules to follow and I'm sure kidnapping victims families are vocal enough not to let them be slack.