"So am I.  But we'll assume he is not, until we have seen his bones.  But it's one or the other - so we assume that he is kidnapped.  Jill, what's the greatest danger about kidnapping?  No, don't bother your pretty head; I'll tell you.  The greatest danger to the victim is a hue-and-cry - because if a kidnapper is frightened, he will almost always kill his victim.  Had you thought of that?"