Just a question here... but even if the children are underage, they should be able to give their own names (in case they aren't too young for that). Or are they unable to speak/write? (Nevermind, I read through your post on ask_a_cop. In case of SPN, I think they would probably make Dean work with a psychiatrist and recover some memories)
On another note, there was a case of a 15 year old boy found wandering on a field, desoriented and seemingly mentally challenged. They posted his photo in the TV news. After several weeks they found out the boy was in reality a 23y old man who was trying to solve his problems by *vanishing*. Still, they posted is photo when they thought he was only 15y old so I think it's possible the police would do the same if there was no other way to find Dean's parents (although by what you said at ask_a_cop, if Dean was in a foster care system, they had his file and he would most definitely be documented as a missing kid. Sooner or later the cops would find a match in the database).
ETA: the case I mentioned happened in the Europe, so the laws there might be different
Thanks, in this case, only one of the victims would still be capable of giving her own name. The others would have been conditioned not to speak through the use of drugs, electric shocks and other punishments. Including poor Dean. The idea is that the bad guy,who's more than a bit mentally troubled, was allergic to cats and still wanted pets, so he had his people take teenagers that were then trained/conditioned, to behave like domestic cats. Including a drug that directly attacked the memory, suppressing the connectors involving longterm memory, actively causing amnesia, and stopping the kids in question from retaining memories for more than a few days/little over a week at most.
As a part of that, they can't remember their real names, only the ones they hear themselves called on a daily basis, and even though Dean is desperately trying to retain his name, he can't answer questions, because he's been conditioned to believe he'll be punished if he vocalizes in any way.
Thinking the fact that they'll involve psychiatrists and therapists, might be a good way to have Bobby, Pastor Jim and or John find a way to get into the hospital and get Dean out. Since John's parental rights were terminated.
UK - the photos of people who turn up with severe amnesia are reproduced in the press. One would think that if an adult was found who had been kidnapped as a child, it would be considered as in his interest in the first instance to try to find the family.
Police in Britain definitely wouldn't release a photo of a child under 16 because of a law against publicising a U16 child's face in the media without guardian or parental permission. If one does show up in a newspaper, it's usually done without the police's knowledge and permission.
The police generally still wouldn't release a photo of an adult (18 or over and that includes Scotland in spite of its legal definition of age of consent) with severe amnesia, even if said person is proven capable of giving permission.
All photos published in the media so far were provided by adults with severe amnesia themselves, usually in form of interviews.
As far as I know, the police is usually set against giving out photos of all living victims in active cases to the media. Fewer chances of compromising victims and their families' safety and welfare.
My classmate's brother was severely beaten and left for dead. When they didn't know who he was, the police refused to release a photo of him (he was 21) while appealing for information and witness accounts. As soon as they found out who he was, they still refused to release a photo and his name when they issued a press release. It's up to family to include a photo or not. My classmate's family chose to take the police's advice and refused to provide a photo to protect my classmate and her other brother, in case the attackers would go after them as well. They granted permission to release a photo as soon as the attackers were caught and put on trial.
(Nevermind, I read through your post on ask_a_cop. In case of SPN, I think they would probably make Dean work with a psychiatrist and recover some memories)
On another note, there was a case of a 15 year old boy found wandering on a field, desoriented and seemingly mentally challenged. They posted his photo in the TV news. After several weeks they found out the boy was in reality a 23y old man who was trying to solve his problems by *vanishing*. Still, they posted is photo when they thought he was only 15y old so I think it's possible the police would do the same if there was no other way to find Dean's parents (although by what you said at ask_a_cop, if Dean was in a foster care system, they had his file and he would most definitely be documented as a missing kid. Sooner or later the cops would find a match in the database).
ETA: the case I mentioned happened in the Europe, so the laws there might be different
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As a part of that, they can't remember their real names, only the ones they hear themselves called on a daily basis, and even though Dean is desperately trying to retain his name, he can't answer questions, because he's been conditioned to believe he'll be punished if he vocalizes in any way.
Thinking the fact that they'll involve psychiatrists and therapists, might be a good way to have Bobby, Pastor Jim and or John find a way to get into the hospital and get Dean out. Since John's parental rights were terminated.
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The police generally still wouldn't release a photo of an adult (18 or over and that includes Scotland in spite of its legal definition of age of consent) with severe amnesia, even if said person is proven capable of giving permission.
All photos published in the media so far were provided by adults with severe amnesia themselves, usually in form of interviews.
As far as I know, the police is usually set against giving out photos of all living victims in active cases to the media. Fewer chances of compromising victims and their families' safety and welfare.
My classmate's brother was severely beaten and left for dead. When they didn't know who he was, the police refused to release a photo of him (he was 21) while appealing for information and witness accounts. As soon as they found out who he was, they still refused to release a photo and his name when they issued a press release. It's up to family to include a photo or not. My classmate's family chose to take the police's advice and refused to provide a photo to protect my classmate and her other brother, in case the attackers would go after them as well. They granted permission to release a photo as soon as the attackers were caught and put on trial.
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