[aristeides]

The demand for several million dollars was apparently in the same letter in which he threatened the children. Who knows whether he really wants the money? He may just be toying with us. Cat and mouse game.

[mewzilla]

So why keep it secret? Let's say, for example, that this loon is demanding 3 and a half million bucks. And they release that info. If this guy's a domestic and he's been bragging to his buddies that he's about to come into enough money to buy some nice place that costs about that much...Stranger things have happened. Heck, the Unibomber's own brother recognized his own's sib's particular brand of looneyness.