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Originally Posted by DrPhil
You mean discovered to be dead or missing?
That will be difficult to determine and it would probably be part of the police report, etc. If someone is found to be lying, there could be legal ramifications.
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Right, which isn't very different from the way things are done now.
I still kinda bleh about this proposed Caylee's Law.
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Originally Posted by HannahXO
Time of death can be determined (approximately) forensically, if a child is determined to have died more than 12 (or maybe even more would be reasonable) hours before the parents reported it, there may be a problem- hopefully parents are checking on their baby in the morning.
As long as the window of time is reasonable, I think a lot of these situation-specific issues can be avoided.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
What about parents and guardians who don't watch over their children (anything under 18) all day and everyday?
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I started typing a long-ish response to HannahXO, but this basically sums up what I wanted to say.