what can i do about threatening emails someone has sent 2 threatening emails to my 17 year old daughter?

Question

we dont know who this person is i have contacted her school but they don't seem to know what to tell me they advised me against calling the police the emails threatened her life we are very concerned

Answer 1

Call the police and be sure to print all threatening emails sent to you.

Police can track down where the emails are coming from very easily, once they do that they will go to the household and find out who the computer belongs to and question them about the threatening emails, if it is being done by say a library computer then there is only so much they can do. Many libraries keep a list of people who are on each computer and the time and date so the police will ask for that list and see if they can match up the date and time the emails were sent to someone using a computer at that date and time and get the name.

Answer 2

I cannot understand why the School would advise against you calling the police. If it were their child, they would.. I would write down the email address of where the email came from, as there would be one.. Take this information, and a copy of the emails to the police. I would not take a threatening email lightly, as you can never be to sure, it's better to be safe than sorry right. If the police do find out the culprit, then you could possibly think of a restraining order as a last resort but definately take the necessary steps in order to protect your daughter regardless.

Answer 3

Do what you know is the responsible thing to do, call the police. What kind of school advises you against reporting a crime? Even if it turns out the email was a prank, threatening someones life should always be taken seriously.

Answer 4

call the police and also file a complaint with the school administration about advising against telling the police.

harrassment and threatning is a feloney charge, especially at school's now adays due to columbine and other school shootings. etc.

If email, can trace the email account and the computer codes as each computer has it's own code and can trace the email account and particular computer used. Advance of techology that police department has.

Get a list of those who don't like your daughter and has been making some personal conflicts with in the last year to now.

Answer 5

As a parent I would be concerned as well. Why are they advising you not to contact the police? Is the email coming from another student at the same school your daughter is going to? If the emails are coming in thru msn messenger or yahoo messenger it is possible to report the sender to the server. But if it was me, I would request a meeting with the teen sending the emails and his or her parents and the school should be able to set that up. If the school is unwilling to do that then I would be reporting it to the police. With the way things are in the world today I wouldn't risk my daughter's safety on an "it meant nothing". If the sender is on her messenger list as a friend she can block or delete them as well. This need to be reported. I wish you both well.

Answer 6

Why would the school tell you not to call the police on something where someone is getting her life threatened. I would call them and tell them about the emails and see what they say. Don't go by what the school says. Also...have your daughter change her email address...that should be fairly simple to do....and have her give it out only to family and close friends. Don't list it on anything on the internet, like myspace or anything or give it to anyone she doesn't know. First, though, I would see what advise the police give you.

Answer 7

Why would they advise against calling the police? That's what they're there for. Call them, and keep your daughter home until it's resolved, or change schools. Take it seriously, and when they find out who sent them, sue them for the costs of missed work and changing her school. She needs to be in a school where her life is more important than protecting someone from getting in trouble anyway.

Answer 8

The only choices that you have to keep your daughter safe is to c have ontact the police and let them see the e-mails and hopefully you saved the e-mails on your computer. The police have ways to trace these things back to the computer that it was sent from. I find it utterly irresponsible of the school to advise you not to contact the police especially when so many acts of violence have been committed in schools, Please let the police know and even if they can't do anything at the present at least they have a record of complaint from you in case this continues.

Answer 9

The emails can fairly easily be traced back to the computer where they originated.

Contact the police first thing.

Death threats are serious and school employees are not trained to know how to answer questions about internet crimes.

The school employee was wrong to advise not calling the police but only out of ignorance, probably not out of malice or outright stupidity. I hope at least.

Answer 10

I would definitely follow the other people's advice, call the police. A message was left on my friends phone threatening herself and her sister, and it helped to call the police. They never caught the person, but they felt safer about it, and it didn't happen again. But with e-mail its different, and if they continually e-mail her, you definitely need to go to the police. Being a 17 year old girl myself, I wouldn't feel very safe, but afraid to go to the police. Your daughter will definitely need your help.