by Celine Chahine
As the Ramsey’s wait for any news on the where about of their missing daughter, tears rolling down their anxious and saddened faces, prepared to hear the words, ‘we found your daughter…she is dead’.
These are the words that the Ramsey family didn’t hear until over 2 years of their daughter’s body discovery. In February of 2006, Amber Ramsey from Trenton, New Jersey, was reported missing. That same month detective Edgar Rios found her dead body along with identification. Detective Rios didn’t inform the parents that their daughter was dead until last month, over 2 years later. She allegedly died of a drug overdose. Detective Rios is charged with 28 violations and has been removed from the homicide unit.
People like Rios should realize that failure to follow procedures, results in serious consequences. It is illegal and wrong to withhold information like that from a loved one. By doing this you are keeping the parents up at night worrying and wondering where their child is. Although they will be deeply saddened, they need to know the truth and the truth shouldn’t be kept from them. Detective Rios should have given the parents peace of mind by informing them that their daughter is dead, the day he found her body.
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"whereabouts" not "where about".
Awkward verb tenses used in lede.
I agree with your point, "Detective Rios should have given the parents peace of mind by informing them that their daughter is dead, the day he found her body," but what was his reasoning for withholding the information? Did he think he was doing a good thing? Was he trying to help?
I don't think anyone would argue that it seems like the wrong way to handle the situation, but maybe a better point to discuss would be his motivations for doing so.
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