When Shawn was 1st reported missing, LE got a 911 call about a child tied up in a pickup truck. They couldn't locate the truck......doesn't sound like "willing" to me.
Elizabeth Smart decided to willingly become the sex slave of a demented, smelly freak?
I believe the only "details" we should even care about are how these POS were able to grab these kids and what did they tell them in order to keep them from seeking help. All the other details are irrelevent except to LE and the DA in order to pile up as many charges as possible.
Was he tied up at 15? No, he wasn't. How that can be just dismissed is beyond me. Maybe you can help me out on that note. Why is a piece of truthful information simply dismissed as if it never happened? Could it be that is because that piece of informtion complicates things?
Could it be that people would have to look at what first appeared to be a helpless victim, who at the begining was a helpless victim, that had become something more than just that?
I am not saying and have not said this boy, or Elizabeth Smart for that matter, were not victims. I agree they were, but I also believe they bear their own bit of responsibility. 15 year olds are more capable than many give them credit for or agree to hold them accountable for.