[Justus]

As distressing as it is to acknowledge that the perpetrator has gotten away with this, the cost of seeking remedy, i.e., police investigation and court costs, would quickly reach the point of diminishing returns.

While it offends our sense of justice, the fact is that someone got away with a criminal act, and we are stuck with the tab...just like paying high prices at the grocery store because there are dirtbags out there shoplifting or looting.

If someone is dishonest enough to have done this and not come forward by now, the offer of amnesty is probably just so much chitchat in order to placate an outraged public.