Hey teejay,
I can't help comparing the circumstances between this situation that you describe and the situation that Amazing shares with us: ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=22706&site=3 ).
In one case, the perpetrator has been identified, and the fact that he perpetrated a crime is not disputable. However, he appears to be enjoying all of the benefits of 'freedom' and presumption of innocence until proven guilty that the US legal system allows.
In the case you describe, one (credibility tbd) mother is able to launch an ICBM. (I have my OWN acronym for those letters but we'll just let that slide for now.)
If the orientation was around the well-being of the child, things would go so much more simply...
There are many things a mother CAN do if she suspects that something is hurting her child, whether it is a virus, bad cartoon, evil neighbor-dog or outright hideous abuse. The first thing I would imagine a mother in that situation doing is to seek expert help in identifying whatever it is that is causing her child harm.
It is chilling to read your post and imagining some person capitalizing -at her own child's expense- on a threat like this, just to wreak havoc. *sigh* I guess I know that such things happen.
I have been trying to finish this post. I just can't.
I'll try to follow up, later, tj.