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"Given the your apparent lack of familiarity with this case and what other FReepers are saying about it, you're definitely still in the shallow end of the pool on this one. Perhaps you should better inform yourself before you get behind the pulpit and start preaching at the rest of us."

I am not preaching to anyone or accusing any Freepers of being bloodthirsty. I do believe people are making rash "charge her 100K" statements, though. You may consider it a "strawman" but it makes me seriously wonder if they can charge this woman 100K, who else can they charge? Where does this lead?

Between the points at which the seach started and ended, where cost was incurred, what crime had she committed?

I apologize if my actual life impairs me from reading every word posted on FR. I was going on the information I have.

It does bother me that she didn't take her own vehicle (I'm guessing she had one)but instead took a bus. That does not look good on the "I freaked out and left" scenario. Then again, someone has to be crazy to ride the bus, IMO. :)

it makes me seriously wonder if they can charge this woman 100K, who else can they charge? Where does this lead?

Hopefully, it will lead to grown adults not being so irresponsible. If Jennifer were a teenager and did this, i'd say "poor kid. didn't know what to do. let's give her a break." But Jennifer is 32 years old. She needs to suffer consequences for her irresponsible actions.

I apologise for coming down with both feet.

As a matter of fact, I don't think she should be charged. However, that's not because she didn't commit a crime (alledgedly). She did (alledgedly). It's just that authorities have discretion when it comes to charging people. I think that the NM LEOs made the right decision, but that it was entirely THEIR decision.

As far recouping search expenses, I'm not a lawyer, but I believe that would be something for the civil courts. I don't really have an opinion on that one.

It would be nice if she stepped up like a grownass woman, took her beating in public, and offered to either compensate the agencies for the search, or, better yet, made a donation to a charity for LEOs.