I don't think that's fair (or at all compassionate), she was on her way to see the caseworker when she was abducted. She was making a conscious effort. One can have more than one or two or three "parents". It's not like she dropped him off on the steps of a firehouse forever and then was abducted years later.

I would argue that his "real mother" is the one who's been taking care of him for the last 11 years and not th one who didn't have custody before she was kidnapped.

The guy in grey grew up telling all his friends that someday, he would find his dream girl, and she would be a huge Phillies fan.

Some guys have all the luck.