BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Holiday girl abducted, police say

Our newspapers are full of this story at the moment.

I wasn't sure where else to put this thread but chose the Capital Punishment one as that is what should happen to the abductor.

I would be interested in the American view on the parent's behaviour in leaving the child (3 children actually) as on top of sympathy and concern for the little girl there is a reasonable amount of bad feeling circulating over here regarding the parent's and their apparent lack of responsible behaviour.