If the exercise is to excuse behavior by the police or University (that I think anyone who has looked at the facts can agree were completely over-the-top incompetent in this situation) then we're doing everyone a dis-service and enabling future mishaps by considering the mistakes made by the victims.

If, on the other hand, we're thinking critically about the facts from all perspectives and using it as a cautionary tale to guide our judgment going forward, then I don't think it's a problem to identify best practices for college students and families who want to avoid becoming victims in the future.

This doesn't challenge the fact that there appear to be several scenarios where her ex-boyfriend/stalker gets locked up for an extended period of time for violating parole and the extortion if the Police actually did their jobs by bringing him in. That much is very clear from the investigation by ESPN.