I dont find it at all surprising that a captor was able to be pursuaded to let her go after influence from a spiritual book.

He kidnapped her at the height of legal troubles over a rape case, I believe, after he freaked at the courthouse killing several people.

People, all people, believe themselves to be good people. Even if all evidence points to the contrary, people do not believe themselves specifically to be horrible. People who do or have done really bad things most always believe themselves to be good people, they just rationalize their behavior(s) that they were unfairly influenced from events of their environments, and most feel they had no control to do otherwise given said events leading up to the bad behavior.


It really seemed like to me that he was desperate for some sort of answer to help him. He probably thought having a hostage would be a good, forcable way to get out of this mess he created, but alas, reality sets in, the entirity of his desperation sets in...the meth probably set in, lol, all those factors can lead someone to the Lord, cuz really, what's his alternative? You just have to be influenced in the right way, and this lady, I believe, was probably just fortunate enough to have a good understanding of people. Instead of fearing him, she sympathized with him, and made him feel as though she found him worthy of being saved from the hell he created for himself. It does take a strong person to be able to do that, help from meth or not. Her making him human made her human in his eyes. Having compassion for her captor saved her life.