I do believe that there are CCP operatives in the US doing nefarious things, including kidnapping national chinese and taking them back to China, and even assassinating others here. But in this case, it’s probably just a simple kidnapping for ransom case that went bad.
Just as a matter of curiosity, how could a kidnapping for ransom case go good?
Even if the victim is released unharmed and the kidnappers drive off a cliff and die in the resulting fireball the mental and emotional anguish for the family and victim would be enormously traumatic.
“CCP operatives in the US doing nefarious thing”
Their operatives have been here for decades, many have become American citizens.