Actually the Pastor at my church is in LE and many members and friends are in LE. To lump this unique situation into previous kidnappings is a defeatist attitude. If we were to use your suggestion we might as well give him a bank and be done with it cause all hope has gone.
I will ask those members at church this week in LE about the kidnappings though.
If a child is shot tommorow, and Moose(head) gets in front of the cameras again to say "please call me", I may just blow a fuse.