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Fuck that's utterly grim. In her shoes, I might well do the same.
Gary Plauche is another person who took justice into his own hands over the kidnapping and rape of his son back in the 1980s.
Plauche learned that the suspect was being flown back to town in police custody, and figured out the flight he was on. He waited at the airport, pretending to be using a pay phone. As the suspect was escorted past him he walked up and shot him in the head at almost point blank range. A local TV station caught it all on camera and I think you can still find it if you search for it.
Plauche was ultimately convicted of manslaughter but was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service. No jail time.
He did what needed to be done.
Jesus fucking christ no he didn't - a big reason we don't do vigilante executions is the same reason we shouldn't be doing the government sponsored kind:
COPS ARE BAD AT THEIR JOB
At the time there was every chance that Doucet was innocent because the cops had arrested the wrong person - the evidence was not available, and Gary Plauche unilaterally carried out a death sentence on a man on a rumor. In this case it probably worked out, although the investigation into Doucet was stopped after his death and the case was considered closed so we still don't know for sure: testimony of a traumatized 10 year old and Doucet's presence in the hotel room are the primary evidence, but there was no further investigation to find out if he was even the only person involved. At the time, Plauche didn't even know for sure that Doucet was in the hotel room, he had just been given rumors.
From your post history, you're a decent person, you're not some bootlicker, so why are you affording the police enough credibility that you believe their initial investigations are so well conducted that they can unilaterally be used as grounds for summary execution?
And saved the government a bunch of money in the process.