Jimmy Ryce's parents could have met him at the bus stop, he would be alive today. Throw them in jail?
Adam Walsh's mother coul'd have kept him by her side at the store, instead of leaving him in the toy department alone. Should she be in jail?
The woman last week whose son drowned in a swimming pool in Miami should have been watching him instead of doing dishes. Guilty?
I don't know the specifics regarding any of those cases.
I do know that the Van Dams did NOT protect their children...ignored the alarm, showing that the perimeter was breached, TWICE.
They thought enough to shut the open doors, but didn't even check to make sure that their child had not wandered out? Or that an intruder had entered?
Let's also not forget that BVD invited TOTAL STRANGERS from Dad's to go to her home that night...
At a bare minimum, it is negligence.