go to the police. get a restraining order. they'll protect you.

unless it's a government holiday. or they don't feel like it.

a woman in NJ went to the police because the father of her child had been behaving erratically and threateningly. it was president's day. they said come back when the courts are open, even though there is an on call.

what happened next became national news.

it looks like this guy lost his marbles, and the baby's mother tried to protect the baby as much as possible. the body was never found.

it also looks like this guy was tipped off, probably by police, that a protective order was going to be sought, prompting him to go kidnap the child himself. also, there was a very LONG delay in declaring an amber alert. ironically, the highway where he killed the baby has amber alert signs on it. they flash when there's an active alert, with a description of the child and/or the vehicle the missing child was last seen in.

politicians are involved, blowing smoke up our asses about investigating the delay in response, promising changes to the amber alert policy. no one is talking about how this guy knew what was about to happen, who he knew at the police department, and what's going to happen to them.

Mother of baby thrown from N.J. bridge says East Orange police rebuffed restraining order request