[FR_addict]

If the Smarts really went on vacation while their daughter was taken at gun point from her room, there is something very wrong with these parents.

I know I would have a hard time eating and sleeping until I had my child back, let alone take a vacation.

[GovernmentShrinker]

On the other hand, they have 5 other children to worry about, and those kids have been under an incredible amount of stress (except the littlest one or two who are too young to understand). It's not as if staying glued to the house is going to bring Elizabeth back sooner. Both the parents and the children probably need to get away, so why not?

[sandude]

there is something very wrong with these parents.

I think that it is possible that the family has been given information by LE that indicates that Elizabeth is no longer with us. I believe that LE pretty much knows who was behind the abduction and feels that Liz is almost certainly dead. I think they are still trying to build a case but with Ricci gone it is going to be difficult unless they find the body and even then if too much time has passed it could end up like the Chandra Leavy case.