Hi Jeff,
You and I do agree on quite a bit. Under no circumstances should she “have been let go”, particularly handcuffed; if nothing else for her own safety.
She was a potential accident waiting to happen, I agree.
One place where we disagree is in feeling sympathy for her parents. I feel nothing but disgust for her mother, who was into crime and drugs. This individual raised her daughter with no compass, no moral code on which to depend. The mother gave her adult child little if any chance to grow up to be a functioning member of society. Of course, she’ll learn nothing from her daughter’s fate, but I guarantee she’ll do all in her power to get her hands on a much money as a gullible jury will award.
But as a parent of five and grandparent of eight, I still have sympathy for them...even if it is not well founded. One day, either here or in the hereafter, she will realize her loss.