Elizabeth Smart found, not dead
 

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/03/1...ing/index.html

Ain't that some shit? :)

That's awfully good news. Usually, when kidnapped kids are recovered at that point, they're dead.

Best wishes to the family. :)

Fuck that. She probably ran off with him.

More to this story
 

There's gotta be a hell of a lot more no one is talking about. The girl was old enough to know that being gone from home that long was messed up. Even if the guy was faking having heard from her mom and dad and giving her fake letters from them saying they were happy she was doing "God's work" or whatever this pervert was into, she still should have realized that it wouldn't be too much to speak to her parents on the phone.

never underestimate the power of brainwashing.

In this "kidnapper's" case, I think that would be window-washing, sadie. :(

at any rate, you have NO idea how refreshing it is to hear a child abduction story that actually has a happy ending.