To commit a crime of this magnitude, to drive around with a missing teenage girl for three hours with plenty of witnesses, and not worry about getting caught “because it’s Anchorage”—that was a damning indictment of the police department.
How about the witnesses? For example, other than the surveliiance camera footage, did any witnesses observe Samantha's momentary escape (on foot) from Keyes and his tackle of her? If so, why didn't they call the police? Who knows? It could be easy to be caught up in the moment and have thought these two are friends in a spat, it isn't my business. However, reading this passage and others in this book makes me hope that I would be aware and do what I could to ascertain the situation and/or call for help.
