I think that the kidnappers should have planned the kidnapping more carefully, as they ended up losing 250 dollars. Their first mistake was choosing the wrong person to kidnap. If they had chosen a more well behaved person or even observing their potential victim more carefully, they could have been more prepared for the child’s behavior. Another mistake was that they did not even think about restraining the victim, which should have been one of the first things on their minds. This mistake caused them lots of pain, both physically and mentally. Their third mistake was choosing how to write the wording of their ransom letter. This kind of ties back to their first mistake, as if they had observed the child’s behavior, it might have occurred to them that the parents might not want to receive the child. Also, if they had changed the wording of the letter from not being able to see the child again, to knowing that the child is dead, then that might have triggered a more intense response from the parents to pay the ransom. These three mistakes changed them from earning 2000 dollars to losing 250 dollars.
