Thank you very much for all your replies and I feel this post ought to be directed to Georgepigs.
Firstly I asked WWYD because I wanted opinions of others who are not involved with regards to the threatening message and my poor young adult son who by no fault of his own will is unwittingly caught in the middle by his fathers actions yet again.
I took on board all replies including yours Georgepigs, as I was seeking objective opinions and would have been keen to know what qualifies you in your opinions - are you a police officer as I suspect?? Had you made a disclosure of your professional experience it may well have carried a little more credibility and I would have asked further from your expertise but instead you chose to call my actions as 'juvenile' which I found most unprofessional and offensive, if you are a serving police officer (even under the anonymity of a forum). I feel it says more about you than the rest of your posts. Many thanks to all the poster who posted regarding this as I was working and couldn't spend time to reply at the time.
What you found so very 'juvenile' was wanting to know what was in the message to get the full context of what had been wrote, not assuming, or guessing. The fact that the message had been sent via social media is neither here nor there as it it just a further medium in which to message especially good if in my sons case, is on the computer and not near his phone as it will come to both. The third party as you put it, which may be how it is professionally referred to was my son, who received a threat from his father to his mother which is completely different to Chinese whispers, local gossips and he said she said and busy body drama lamas. Should I have not read it myself to read the threat and context?
Quite frankly your attitude (unprofessional in attitude and tone IMO) is what I have experienced by the police with regards to the assaults against me by my exh. It took 2 days to respond to a witnessed headbutting in the street and when they finally did come they said to my exh that they 'were just checking he'd not put me under the patio' - fucking hilarious ehh?? The fact they wanted to release him back home (I'm not going to disclose here the details) following his arrest.
I'm sure these silly little threats between an exh and exw are boring bread and butter to you and just paperwork, but the impact of repeated violence and abuse still affects me my family and my life years later, more than having my car stolen ever did. But I'm sure a good old car chase of a TWOC'd is far more exciting for you. Cops and real robbers must be far more exhilarating than protecting women from violent men or is it only a real crime if the victim and perpetrator unknown to each other or part of a drug gang?
I am very sorry you see my problem, fears and reactions from a man who repeatedly beat me, kicked me, dragged me to the floor by my hair, strangled me, punched my tooth out, dragged me out of the front door by my ankles,head butted me (I could go on but you get my drift) as 'juvenile'. I can only hope that you or a sister, aunt, daughter or friend never go through this and turn to you for support.
As for all the others who took time to post, I thank you and I will be reporting, even if it is just to log it as a safeguard on me and my property - more pointless paperwork for you Georgepigs!!