[Travis McGee]

My prayers are with you, your daughter and all of the lost. If people lived through some of our private hell, they would not be so quick to scorn and deride. To me, they're just as heartless as bastards who would laugh at a legless man, pushing himself down the street on a hand trolley. Their only excuse is their ignorance.

[Cold Heat]

I concur.

Mental illness is so misunderstood and ignored.

It is indeed a mistake by our society at large.

[One_who_hopes_to_know]

Thank you for your kind words.

It has been sometime since I cried for my daughter. Today I did.

[Poohbah]

Bump to that.

[Ima Lurker]

Since we don't know yet what happened your tirade is a little premature.

[tracer]

Your empathy is admirable. This poor gal may be suffering from a condition known as dissociative fugue, featuring "sudden, unexpected travel away from home or one's customary place of work, with inability to recall one's past....confusion about personal identity or assumption of a new identity (partial or complete)."

It can occur in association with Dissociative Identity Disorder and is not necessarily but can be due to the effects of a drug of abuse, a prescription medication,or a medical condition such as epilepsy.

She likely needs professional help as opposed to punitive prosecution......