It's always common knowledge to never notify the public about a kidnapping, you never know what the kidnappers state of mind is like. They could be cool, calm and collective, or they could be on the edge just waiting for someone to push them over the edge.

Say for instance your daughter and the kidnapper were sitting around playing with knives or scissors, seeing something about the kidnapping on the news could cause an accident, then play time would be over.......this is fun for no one.......