The Red and Black

Didn't this person's parents teach her not to accept rides from strangers when she was growing up? In a town filled with strangers and booze, jumping into a van with a strange person is a definite no, no. One has to wonder the state of the woman as to sobriety. Hopefully the perpetrator will be caught, but on the other hand each person must bear at least a minimum of responsibility for individual safety. Can this event even be characterized as a kidnapping if she willingly got into the van with him? She apparently was not restrained - otherwise she could not have so easily "escaped". Sounds like a "deal" gone bad.

The police know a lot more than what they have released to the media as they always do. This was either a drug deal gone bad or just a stupid girl. Yes it is kidnapping if at anytime she sais stop or that she wanted to go out.
The fact that they drove to oglethorpe county in a van would lead me to beleive the perp(s) are residents of that county and that they hold blue collar type jobs in the area.
It amazes me the level of stupidity of some of the drunk girls who go to UGA. Ive seen girls walking alone on MLK and N. Avenue at 2 am drunk in these high crime areas.

So there are only two comments to this article and they both blame the victim. It is no wonder that victims and potential victims of sexual assault are so hesitant to come forward. I feel certain that the victim has replayed the incident in her mind thousands of times. I assure you that she wishes she had not gotten in that van. At the time, however, it may have seemed like the safest option. She was alone in a strange town and a seemingly nice guy started talking to her and offered to reunite her with her friends. He didn't fit the whole rapist stereotype, so she trusted him. She is paying for it a million times over.

James, maybe if you are going to assert that the police know much more than they release, you should refrain from making half assed assumptions as to the identity of the perpetrator.