Posted on 03/24/2015 10:47:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Police, search crews and the FBI have expanded a search for a 29-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo, California, home and is being held for ransom.
Denise Huskins' boyfriend claims an intruder broke into his Mare Island home early Monday morning and took her by force while demanding a ransom. But for some reason, her boyfriend waited 11 hours to report it to police. Police originally said Huskins was 30.
On Tuesday evening, over 100 trained search and resue personnel, including a dive team, were searching the waterfront and other areas near the 500 block of Kirkland Avenue on Mare Island, from where Huskins' was reportedly kidnapped.
Police on Tuesday did not elaborate on what the ransom demand might be. “All I can tell you is that there was a ransom demand,” said Lt. Kenny Park of the Vallejo Police Department.
Huskins who is a physical therapist at Kaiser Vallejo Hospital, was reported missing on Monday about 2 p.m. by her boyfriend. The event, however, took place earlier in the morning and it’s unclear why he waited to alert authorities. Park said police are interviewing him bo but don’t consider him a “person of interest.”
Vallejo Police, FBI Investigating Report of Woman Kidnapped for RansomVallejo Police, FBI Investigating Report of Woman Kidnapped for RansomPolice, search crews and the FBI are searching for a 30-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo home and is being held for ransom. Bob Redell reports.
Huskins' car was also reportedly taken from the residence, however the 2000 Toyota Camry was later found at an unnamed location in Vallejo, officers said.
Huskins also lists on her Facebook page indicates that she's a physical therapist at Southern California Orthopedic Institute. Her Facebook page states she is from Huntington Beach and that she moved to Vallejo in June 2014.
KNBC reporters went to Huskins' Huntington Beach family home and spoke with her brother Devin Huskins, who said the family is waiting to get more details about what's going on before saying anything to the media. Huskins' dad flew up to Vallejo to talk with investigators, despite their suggestion not to, her brother said. Her father told NBC Bay Area he is praying for his daughter's safe return.
"She's my little girl — when she was young she would say 'daddy I'll be your best friend,'" Huskins' father said. "I know she didn't just let somebody take her. She would've put up a fight. She ran marathons, she was physically fit."
Huskins father says the story just doesn't add up. While he's never met his daugter's boyfriend, he says his daughter seemed happy with him. He added that they worked together as physical therapists at Kaiser.
Devin Huskins said his sister lives right across the street from the Kaiser Permanante Hospital where she is finishing up a physical therapy clinical course. He said her sister and her boyfriend don't live together, Huskins was just hanging out there when the incident took place.
Neighbors in Vallejo were surprised.
“We’ve seen her, she's beautiful,” Matea Rolovic said, adding that Huskins lives with two male roommates.
“It’s bizarre,” added Patrick Van Deweg. “It’s a really bizarre story.” "What year are we in, do people still take ransom?" Rolovic asked.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Vallejo Police Department at 707-648-4524.
One of whom is the boyfriend who waited hours to announce the disappearance and "ransom demand"?
Weird story. Clarity certainly not enhanced by some lousy writing!
My guess is she was murdered and the boyfriend would have to be the number one suspect at this point.
Someone abducts your woman at 3 am and demands a ransom and you don’t report it until 2 pm?
Does she come from a wealthy family? Physical therapists don’t make millions, so I am wondering why they would think of kidnapping her for a ransom.
90% of the time, the victim knew the perp. 90% of that time, it’s the spouse or boyfriend.
Waiting for 11 hours is pretty hard to explain, if during that 11 hours he received some sort of notification that she was kidnapped.
I bet the police will be looking into him for exactly that. I wonder how many ransom kidnappings there are in the U.S. every year.
The only way it makes sense is if he was warned not to contact the police.
I was wondering that too.
Or that he would be told that he would contacted later.
In Southern California, they will kidnap for comparatively small bucks, because it’s a quick way to ear a few hundred or couple of thousand.
Almost any of us, if we were in this situation, could raise $5,000 within 24 hours if we had to.
On second thought, maybe it isn’t him. The police say he isn’t a person of interest. They must be have information that clears him. They’d be all over him otherwise.
"What year are we in, do people still take ransom?" Rolovic asked.
Isn't kidnapping for ransom still fairly common in South America?
Prayers.
Without intending to cast dispersions on the boyfriend, they will often say that to cause the boyfriend to relax, so he doesn’t go anywhere and become hard to find. That’s just part of the investigation.
Until they find the person they believe did it, nobody is really cleared from suspicion unless the evidence is beyond approach.
If he waited 11 hours to report the issue - HE’S LYING BIG TIME.
Let’s assume he’s telling the truth, for the sake of the arguement.
You phone the police and police sends a squad car out to chat. One of the kidnappers, who was watching the house, sees a cop car outside.
What do you think would happen to the girl?
More like 99% of the time for both. Eleven hours is a nice chunk of time to dispose of a body while you make up a story. If she’s still alive, I’ll eat my hat.
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