“The woman says her alleged captor approached her when she was homeless.”

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The woman said that her first attempt to escape landed her in the hospital, where Carter picked her up and returned her to his garage, which he boarded up to prevent her from fleeing again.

    :-(

    My friend works in the ER and has to shut down her soul because so many people come through those doors incredibly high on drugs and with severe mental problems. And in those situations, they do the bare minimum and move on. Our healthcare system isn’t set up for helping at that level.

    I can imagine this poor woman telling medical staff she’s a victim of kidnapping and after finding drugs in her system, releases her back to her kidnapper.

    • Gnome Kat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      It makes me irrationally angry when people tell someone who is having panic attack or mental health episode to go to the ER. Absolutely the worst advice you can possibly give and people parrot it constantly. Even people who should know better like mental health professionals. It’s almost as bad as calling the cops, actually the ER is likely to just fucking call the cops themselves. Also fuck the people who work these ERs they can and should do better, no sympathy.