Dealing with psychopath nutjobs

[Jackalope]

Yup. Surprisingly, it's not illegal here to threaten someone like that, unless there's some other element present to make the threat credible.

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And what exactly does the law of your land define as a "credible murder threat"?

The police explained it by way of an analogy: If someone texts you and says "I'm gonna burn your house down", not illegal. If they show up on your porch with a can of gasoline and say the same thing, it is.

If you think that's messed up, I would not disagree.

I'm actually not that concerned about what he might do to me. I'm more concerned about what he'll do to her. He's a coward, and likes to abuse defenseless people. I am not defenseless.

Does he use the children as "pawns" in his "game" to abuse her?

Yes.