But I agree, her attackers should be swinging from a length of rope...after their male body parts are cut off...while they are alive and conscious.
When I was fifteen, my mom worked at night as a waitress to support us (my father was deceased). There were plenty of nights I was out and about - without her knowledge. Kids will be kids.
My situation was/is not the same as this poor girl, what I'm saying is there is no "whatever the scenario".
An adult should have made sure she was safe? Easy to say, sometimes harder to accomplish.
As a kid, my parents had strict rules about being home before it was dark. At that time, our neighborhood was considered safe. Everyone knew everyone else and adults instinctively looked out for each others’ children. I also had aunts and uncles who lived on the same street or very close by. If we kids dared to sneak out, someone would have seen us, scooped us up and returned us to our parents. And our parents would have given us a major wupping. Kids will be kids wouldn't have worked with parents back then.
The area has changed drastically since then. Today I wouldn't want to know my neighbors. And I see kids out on the street at all hours of the night. I've noticed that when some crime occurs in my neighborhood, it happens late at night. And often, both the perps and the victims are young kids. It can't just be that the parent is working or there is no adult to supervise. I have to think much of this crime occurs because the adults don't care. They let the kids roam at will at all hours of the night. They care only when something bad happens to their child.
It's a sad fact that we live in a dangerous world, especially for our children. It has to be impressed upon the kids that being out after dark is a bad idea. And parents have to have adult supervision for their kids at all times.