[Soccer-Dad777]

Hello, I'm a recovering liberal and new poster here. As the father of three daughters, I'm very concerned about this case. Does it seem to any of you that there are copycat kidnappings spawned from the publicity of the Smart abduction? What's going on?

I don't believe that the Smart family is involved in any way whatsoever. I'm sure that any one of us would be picked apart in the same way, should we be so unfortunate to be thrust on the national media stage in so vulnerable a condition. How sad this whole thing is. What's wrong with our society, and how many times do we have to wake up to news of another innocent child dragged out of his or her home and subjected to God-knows-what torture?

[Utah Girl]

Welcome to FR! I don't know if these are copycat abductions and killings, or if with the new alerts systems, where the alarm goes out over the airwaves, and that means we hear about these abductions much faster. I've read statistics that say stranger abductions have gone down in the last few years, but my perception is that they haven't.

[seeker41]

Welcome to FR, the best place on the web. I'm not sure what to think of this rash of abductions. All I know is that our society is sick and the laws must be rewritten concerning these perverts.

[Jolly Green]

I don't believe that the Smart family is involved in any way whatsoever. I'm sure that any one of us would be picked apart in the same way, should we be so unfortunate to be thrust on the national media stage in so vulnerable a condition. How sad this whole thing is. What's wrong with our society, and how many times do we have to wake up to news of another innocent child dragged out of his or her home and subjected to God-knows-what torture?

Very well said. We have a lot of people in this society who don't pay attention to real facts. Take a look at the bozo above asking if their were fingerprints of Richard Allen Davis. Wasn't he convicted of the Polly Klaas murder and hasn't he been behind bars for ten years? VERY, VERY LAME.