My neice has been living with her boyfriend for 2+ years with her two children ages 2 & 5. He ever so slowly started taking control of her life and now controls her every thought. He is very violent, and has been awoken to a gun that was being held to her head. He told her that he could kill her and then himself. He has given her a black eye, bruises on her back verbally and mentally abuses her. The police have been called out but when they arrive she lies and say that nothing happened and so they leave. However, the last time they were called there was a witness who saw the attack and called the police and even though she once again said that nothing happened he was arrested and charged with domestic violence. Is it considered pre-meditated attempted murder if her boyfriend said that he was going to kill her, got up from the couch, closed the front door of their apartment and then proceeded to choke her until she was unconscious?. If the witness had not been listening and had not barged through the front door he probably would have made good on his threat because he was choking her right in front of her 5 year old child when the witness entered the apartment. Department of Children and Families was called out the next day and a report was written. I was there for the interview and heard and saw the following events as they occurred: DCF wanted to inspect the conditions of the apartment and proceeded to walk around and enter each room. In the master bedroom on the dresser was a safe and once opened it contained approx 8 ounces of marijuana and a scale. My neice signed a statement that it was not hers and that her boyfriend was the sole owner of it. His bond was set very low for the dv and was bailed out of jail the next day. A few days later he was charged for the drugs. He was suppose to turn himself in to the police this past Tuesday. There was also a no contact order that was suppose to prevent him from coming within 500 feet of her that he violated from day one. I jhappened to be driving by and saw him near her apartment and called the police and then called my neice to inform her that I was calling DCF because the conditions of her keeping custody of the kids was to have zero contact with him. That was the Saturday before he was to turn himself in on the following Tuesday. After I got off the phone with my neice she called a friend of hers who said that she heard her telling him to get out of the car that he was going to make her lose her kids. He said "no, these are the last moments that we're going to be together". She placed another call to her sister who stated that she heard her ordering him out of the car too. The children, she and her boyfriend are now on the run with just the clothes on their backs and are believed to be in the Houston, TX area. Florida called Texas to issue an amber alert but Florida was told that it had to be initiated here. The FL detective was getting the run around and issued a nationwide missing persons bulletin that was suppose to go out to all the police stations and patrol cars, called the Police station in Houston, TX that they are believed to be in. Got in contact with Kidsnet who he says was livid that TX did not activiate the amber alert and would be calling Tallahassee the following day. In the meantime an emergency hearing was ordered and custody was taken away from my neice. Charges now include kidnapping for she and the boyfriend. Why is she being charged with kidnapping when she at the time had custody of the kids? Is there any kind of protection for her if she has been brainwashed due to the violent nature of his abuse and from the conversations doesn't sound like to me that she was a willing participant? As of today the amber alert has not been issued even though all five requirements are met. Does the FBI automatically get involved when they cross state lines or do they have to wait until FL tells them they need their help?