This, from her jail interview with the reporter, tells me that she knows what she did was wrong:
R: I should just go to a police station and leave my baby there, and walk away at that point?
E: I did think about that.
R: Well, then why didn't you do it?
E: Because I was afraid I was gonna get arrested for kidnapping.
Now it could be that she simply recognizes intellectually that what she did was wrong, and at the same time, as momtective said, she doesn't feel any remorse.
And again referring back to the document above where she's just trashed an apartment but tells LE she did nothing wrong and shouldn't be in handcuffs, there's certainly a lack of remorse.
I guess I'm trying to distinguish between an intellectual recognition that one has done something morally and/or legally wrong, and the other side to that, which is whether one feels remorse or guilt for having done it.
That intellectual recognition could also be, as sociopaths do, recognize that *others* view the act as wrong, but they themselves do not feel it wrong, and in fact may feel justified in what they do.
So in this case, I can certainly see where she would not feel compelled to give information that may lead to or ensure her punishment, if inside she has the conviction that she did not actually do anything wrong in her own eyes.
If any of that makes sense
Great post, momtective.