the guy who left her (her father, presumably) is not really even alive.
the important thing is that the girl gets help, not what happens to the sociopath who abandoned her.
I really should watch my language and my thoughts. Being an orphan now, I know what's it like to be without family for the first time in one's life. Still, there is a difference between being an adult and having your parents die as a result of natural deaths and being abandoned because its too much bother for your parents to take care of you. The latter situation is one of child abandonment and children are human beings, not trash to be discarded at the side of the road. If you don't feel you are up to the responsibility of raising a child, don't have children! Once you do, its a lifetime responsibility.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")