the cops didnt find the jacket, did they.

kinda, .... no, not kinda.... totally lacking empathy here. moron? a father that wants his daughter back.!!

a little compassion maybe.

If that jacket did belong to the missing teen and was behind a cushion that would raise an eyebrow. And I am sure its something the police will love to follow up on if they can. But they got to be smart about it. This kind of thing can be challenged if there were a trial.

You feel bad for the guy since he's a parent who has a kid missing, but you can't be busting into people's homes (and punching their dog) just because you have a suspicion. It's also very dangerous. If that homeowner was home and had a gun, he can shoot that father.

So if defense attorney were to claim that the jacket was planted, I don't think it would be too hard to believe.

What sort of felony was the father convicted of?

Wesley Hadsell was arrested on rape and kidnapping charges in 2005 after allegedly abducting his estranged wife in Ohio. The couple has since divorced, according to court records, and Wesley remarried. Records on whether Hadsell was convicted on those charges weren’t immediately available. According to news articles from the time of the incident, Hadsell’s ex-wife was found two weeks after she disappeared.

Hadsell told WAVY that he has “made mistakes” in the past, but “I’ve been out of trouble for over 10 years, and I do have successful employment at a business and stuff like that and a good family.”

http://wavy.com/2015/03/21/missing-teens-father-arrested-on-six-charges/
http://heavy.com/news/2015/03/anjelica-aj-hadsell-missing-wesley-hadsell-stepfather-arrested-norfolk-virginia-teen-college-student-disappearance/

The police will have to try to rule that out, now.

And what if that jacket ends up being the state's primary link to the killer?

callous

to do whatever he pleases...

And god help him if it's revealed he planted that jacket just because he 'thinks' the neighbor had something to do with it...

And as others mentioned, that father is *very* lucky nobody was home and he didn't end up getting shot for breaking in...Folks in this area have been shot for a lot less...

his daughter is probably dead.

that has been my only point.

For the time being, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume his heart and his intentions were in the right place...

weeks and the case will close.

If it were my daughter I would not even think about waiting for cops. Can anyone name a time when cops found a kidnapping victim alive?

n/t

Not that I'm arguing with you. I'd be absolutely freaking out if someone kidnapped either of my daughters.

he punched the dog. I guess we do messed up things in desperation, but kick the wall next time

Waiting...........

... that the cops are unable to do that will result in the safe return of the child?

to get those warrants, in general a policy I very strongly agree with, on rare occasions however it leaves the police in a position where they can not do anything.

As a parent, it is what I would want to do, especially if I felt the cops were not doing everything they could. Before the admonishments start, I am simply stating what could be the man's motivation (not condoning, supporting, or encouraging)... Luckily, I have never been in that situation.

Now, the police have to deal with the possibility that he put the jacket there.

then getting a criminal conviction.

I can understand the father's motivation, even if his approach leaves something to be desired

and we didn't feel the police were doing enough.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be especially patient or rational

I feel bad for the guy and hope everything turns out well for him and his daughter, but he doesn't seem to be in his right frame of mind, unfortunately. And he's probably doing more harm than good at this point.

maybe she is afraid of a guy that punches dogs? Just a theory.

abuser?

I'm sure he's upset, but you don't hit a dog because you're upset, at least the vast majority of people would not...guy has some issues besides anger over the disappearance of his daughter, who I hope is ok.

I think there's probably a lot more to this story that's going to emerge in time.

And I suspect we'll learn that her disappearance may have a lot to do with the fact that he is an asshole.

if they actually did, my reaction might not have been too different from this guy's.

Right up to the point where he punched the dog that is. I don't think I ever let my emotions get the better of me to the point where I took it out on an innocent animal.

Anybody capable of such an act might have anger issues which might influence his kid to get the hell out.