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Went wrong its where everything went wrong. A kidnapping case about to go way off script her story did not make sense. What was really going on . Im a cop for 11 years. I blushed it when i listened to the tape. A story with more twists and turns that the florida roads trying to find this missing mom. This case was not going to turn out like a lot of people assumed. Thanks for watching im lester holt. Whenever someone is kidnapped, its a race against time thats what happened in this story which begins with a young mom abducted at gunpoint but as youre about to see, though her family and veteran investigators spent desperate days trying to find out where she was, they never could have guessed who had her and why. Heres Josh Mankiewicz this is the Sheriffs Office. My wife made a phone call to me a minute ago, said she was held by gunpoint. Businessman told the 911 operator to say that his wife had been kidnapped the call would turn out to be just the beginning of an unbelievable saga that would baffle investigators and turn this husbands life upside down. The next few days would bring one setback after another. And no one could have predicted how it all would come to an end. It was around 5 00 p. M. September 4th, 2009. Reids wife, quinn, had called him at work and told him she had just been kidnapped right out of their 4 million home. Reid couldnt believe what hed heard. He went to his Office Parking lot to try and think straight. Did he tell you where she was at no. There is a note at the house. With a demand. The news was as shocking as it was terrifying. Quinn, a mom of two young daughters, was a trained nurse who was now raising her children full time. Her husband was a selfmade man who finally hit it big in the Health Care Business this frightened husband told the 911 operator he didnt know what to do next. He said if i call the police, they will shoot me dead. A guns a gun, man. Reid gray took a gamble and did just the opposite of what his wife had told him. Soon, multiple Law Enforcement agencies would be on the case. Check and make sure that fire rescue is going to be coordinating with us. St. Johns county sheriff, david shore. All bets are off, theres nothing more important than a victim whos being held against their will and who has been threatened with homicide, so you roll out what you have. While reid went to the Sheriffs Office, a s. W. A. T. Team was deployed to his home. They cautiously entered the multimillion dollar residence. The house sat eerily empty a photo album opened on a couch, a happy quinn on her wedding day. Crime scene techs swept inside and out, looking for fingerprints, tire tracks. Any clues to the kidnappers identities on the dining room table, they found a sheet of yellow paper, the ransom note. It looked to be in quinn grays handwriting. Dear reid, i need you to read this and be calm reid, do not be a hero, this is professional and there are three men holding me right now and they want 50,000 cash i will be okay if you get them the money. What do you know about the victim we knew she was a housewife raising children, in one of the prettier parts of our county. Reid and quinn gray were new to st. Johns county, having just moved into their beach front home in ponte vedra. I dont want to use the term the perfect kidnapping victim, but it fit. And her husband made a lot of money. Worst case scenario, we make one wrong move and they kill her. On the day quinn was kidnapped, the 37yearold pta mom had made appointments for her daughters to have hair cuts and she was far along in the Upcoming Party for one of her daughters birthdays now reid tried to shield the 8 and 6yearolds from the news that their moms life was in danger he picked up the girls from school and took them to a friends house, while he waited at the Sheriffs Office. Reid was still in his shirt and tie from work, and he was an emotional wreck. He shared more details about quinns brief, frantic calls to him hours earlier. She said there was somebody with a gun pointed to her head. On that call she said there were three kidnappers and they were albanian. The 50,000 ransom was to pay back money reid had borrowed from a loan shark, but reid gray insisted he didnt owe money to anyone 50 grand doesnt do much. Why ask for only 50,000 from a man that was making more than 1 million a year . Reid didnt know and neither did investigators. At this point there was only one goal, quinns safe return. It was very disconcerting to realize that we had a housewife and mother of two small children in whatever she was going through, it wasnt good. And there was Something Else that wasnt good this investigation was starting with no witnesses, no clues to the kidnappers identities and, more important, no answers to the question where was Quinn Gray Quinn appears on the phone, calling her husband with frantic instructions. Get in the car with the money. Just get in the car with it. With this one little nexgard chew comes the confidence, youre doing whats right, to protect your dog from fleas and ticks for a full month. Its the 1 vet recommended protection. And its safe for puppies. Nexgard. What one little chew can do. Hilda, i like the new do. Got some layers in there, huh . The more, the merrier. Got to have this stuff in the morning. Oh, thats too hot. Act your age. Get your own insurance company. 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Reid gray, husband, father, and successful businessman was at the Sheriffs Office near his expensive home in ponte vedra, florida, a wealthy community about 20 miles south of jacksonville his wife, quinn, was kidnapped just a few hours earlier the ransom, 50,000. Im not going to be to work, sleep, eat, breathe, until this is resolved. One thing you have to understand is that in the modern day marketplace of crime, kidnapping for ransom is practically an antique heres why its not difficult to abduct a Family Member of a rich person, but things like improved technical surveillance, cooperation between Law Enforcement agencies, even caller i. D. Now make it just about impossible to pick up ransom money and escape undetected as a result, the kind of kidnapping you see in the movies pretty much exists only in hollywood. But for reid gray, this was frightening, nerveracking reality. No prior trouble with any kind of phone calls in the middle of the night, no strange noises around the house, anything like that, right . No. Married for almost nine years, reid told investigators his relationship with quinn was better than ever and that the couple was even thinking about having another child shes just an amazing friend. Shes active in taking the girls to dance, taking the girls to all of the afterschool programs she was a wonderful daughter, yes. Quinns name, gail sikes. Thats very difficult for a mother to say that has four daughters. She was absolutely the sweetest of all the children. That night reid called his motherinlaw with the devastating news. I was just completely in shock. As a mother, thats your worst nightmare. Imagining whats happening to your child. What do you think quinn is going through at that point . Being tortured, tied up, fearing for her life, fearing that she would never see her children again. While quinns mom waited for news at her georgia home, reid stayed at the Sheriffs Office until about 2 00 a. M he then returned to his house while his kids stayed with friends. Early the next morning, saturday, about 16 hours after quinns kidnapping, reid sent a text to his wifes phone havent slept all night. Please tell me youre all right. But there was no reply about two hours later, reid, who is now with investigators, finally got a call it was quinn, and reid became emotional. What do i need to do . Theyll call you back i dont know theyll call you back, okay . All right, i love you she said theyll call me back in a few minutes. Investigators wired up the phone so they could record all the calls. Sheriff shore was surprised to hear quinns voice historically, the kidnappers dont let the victims communicate. And in this case it was quinns voice on the phone. Yes. The advantage of that for the kidnappers is you dont ever hear their voice. Thats true. The sheriff rolled out his mobile command unit to a secluded area near quinn and reids home. From inside, he started directing the more than 100 Law Enforcement personnel who were working this case. They waited for the next contact from the kidnappers. And then about 45 minutes after that last call, reids phone rang again the cell reception was poor, but quinn gave reid a location for a money drop. Just get in the car with the money and go down and take a left on ive got to write it down. Just go just do it now, please reid butler boulevard, hello the conversation abruptly ended and quinn sounded angry. It was easy to imagine the tremendous stress she must be under. Reid was growing increasingly worried for his wifes safety. Remain calm shes probably going to call back again. The first time she was screaming, crying, help. Reid stayed at the Sheriffs Office as surveillance teams scrambled to get in place at butler boulevard investigators also needed more time to get 50,000 cash together for the ransom. But only 30 minutes later, another call came in. Hello it was quinn again, instructing reid to head to a different location he was now to go to a chickfila restaurant. Take the convertible top down and wait in the parking lot. I want to see you i want to exchange you for the money. I am not giving the money without you. Hello . Now investigators rushed to get teams in undercover cars in place at the chickfila but before reid left for the but before reid left for the chickfila, he got yet another call there was a problem at the money drop point they spotted three fed cars near chickfila, so i dont know where im going now you need to wait for more instructions. Were the sheriffs Undercover Team spotted at the chickfila . Is that what quinn meant by fed cars a few minutes later on reids cell phone came an ominous text from quinn i know you want me dead. Reid texted back i dont know if thats quinn i have your 50,000. Stop with me, just give me my wife there was no reply investigators brought reid back to his house and parked in the driveway they set up a minicommand center in the house, using a recorder to tape all incoming calls, and thats when something happened that no one expected. We sent the detectives to that home and we didnt do it surreptitiously. Because we hadnt thought about it and they walked in the front door they pulled in in an unmarked vehicle. The minute they pulled in, we received a text from the victim. Reid got another text on his cell phone wait for instructions, youve up twice already you involved other people. Whose ford is in the driveway . The ford was an unmarked sheriffs vehicle. Theyre watching the house . Theyre watching the house. Fearing they were being watched by the kidnappers, the sheriff ordered all his personnel to go covert and get out of sight. We were watching ourselves to see if they were watching us. The kidnappers, they have got you looking over your own shoulder. Yes, thats exactly right. What does that say that they were playing by a different set of rules. It was probably one of the earliest indications to me that this case was not going to turn out like a lot of people assumed. Uhoh, looks like someones still nervous about buying a new house. Is it that obvious . Yes it is. You know, maybe youd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. I didnt know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. Yep, theyve been doing it for years. What are you doing . Big steve . Thanks, man. There he is. Get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. [ text notification now that you have] new dr. 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Somebody in the scheme was smart enough to take the battery out of the cell phone because we were able to do some technical capabilities and determine that that phone was not only off but had no power to it at certain times. Meaning you cant trace it . Meaning you cant trace it. While there was no pin pointing an exact address where quinns calls were originating, technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. Those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. Were tracking the phone and thinking weve got some leads. Agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. The kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. Sheriffs detective howard cole was sent in pursuit. It was believed that quinn grays cell phone was being tracked to an area west of orlando. But something had gone wrong. Before tracing the calls, investigators had to get a judges approval and in the rush to fill out the proper paperwork, someone made a small, but critical error. When they actually went to get the order signed by a judge, what was typed into the actual affidavit and order, the numbers were transposed. So somebody put the wrong phone number in . Human error. So the phone you were following wasnt quinns phone correct. How long did you follow that other phone. All day saturday. And suddenly what investigators thought were solid leads from quinns cell phone simply vanished. When you realized you were following the wrong cell phone, what my hair was on fire my hair was on fire. I thought how can Something Like this happen and we were really back to square one, who are we looking for . We had no idea. The rest of saturday went by with no word from quinn or the kidnappers meanwhile, quinns mom, gail sikes, left her georgia home and headed to her daughters house in ponte vedra, florida. I jumped in my car and headed south. How long is the drive 7 1 2 hours long drive with that kind of information in your brain. Around 2 00 a. M. , when gail arrived i walked into an unbelievable scene. I walked into a war zone. The s. W. A. T. Team was in the house . I was told that they were outside, in the bushes, on the roof it was unreal. Early sunday morning, almost 36 hours since quinn grays abduction and 12 hours since the last contact from the kidnappers, fbi Hostage Negotiator tony kravith decided to have quinns mom send Text Messages to her daughters phone, hoping the kidnappers would read them. Every 20 minutes, every hour, we sent a message. Please call me, i love you let me know that youre safe, im very worried about you. You want the kidnappers to start thinking of her as a mom who needs to go home to her family and not just a cash register. I want the kidnappers to think of quinn gray as a wife, as a daughter, as a mother finally, a text came back about 9 30 a. M this time to quinns moms phone. Have the money in a bag. No traceable devices no reid whatsoever if he is anywhere close, shes dead no cops. Be ready to leave at 11 00 the kidnappers had apparently decided they no longer wanted to deal with reid why the kidnappers didnt trust reid we didnt know. One of the techs said he had messed it up already after the failed chickfila drop, another thought was that mom was more controllable. So reid gray was no longer at the center of a huge Law Enforcement effort that was working around the clock to save his wife quinns mother would make the next money drop. It was an unlikely role for this 62yearold grandmother, a manager at a walmart and a dog breeder on the side. I was very concerned that if i didnt drop the money properly, that that would be the end for quinn. What in your background prepared you for what you were going through . I guess just being a mother and trying to protect your children. Despite her nerves, gail sikes was pressed into service at around 10 30 a. M. , the kidnappers instructed quinns mom to go to mikelers landing, an area along the beach, and there she would find further instructions in a bathroom gail left her daughters house the money was in a blue bag, along with a tracking device, courtesy of the fbi. At the location, quinns mother found the designated bathroom. Hidden inside the toilet paper holder was a note. It looked again to be in quinns handwriting and gail read it aloud to investigators so far im fine no harm has been done to me. After you pick up this letter, you are going to drive north toward joes crab shack. Drop the money out of the car and do not look back anything goes wrong and im dead up to this point they didnt want to hurt her, they had no intention of hurting her, but now it said anything goes wrong, im dead theyre escalating it yes undercover agents converged on joes crab shack, a local restaurant popular with tourists weve got surveillance units out, weve got an airplane out. Youre watching were watching. Quinns mom drove to the crab shack. I drove through, came around the corner and there were bushes sitting on, i guess, a sidewalk area i stopped the car, rolled the window down, threw the money toward the bushes. Did you tell investigators to watch the money carefully . Absolutely. You guys all on to this yeah. All right because i dont want some stranger to come along and pick up that bag. The plan is to see who picks up the bag and then, what, follow them back to presumably where quinn is right we knew at their level they were going to be aware of the tracking device, they knew they were going to be surveilled. An fbi agent monitored the situation from the command center, as undercover surveillance teams reported back on what was happening in the parking lot. It wasnt too long after she threw the money out that a group of males walks by. One of them wanders over, kicks the bag a little bit pick up the bag, threw the bag in the back of an suv, jump into the car and start doing kind of a circuitous route around the area. They start doing suspicious things they drive through a little neighborhood almost trying to clean themselves from surveillance. It was the first major break in the case. Now weve got a lead. Weve got a license plate, weve got three males, and were watching where theyre going but what happened next was not written in any book. 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But then came something no one expected quinns mom, gail sikes. Quinn called and said wheres the money, theyre going to kill me wheres the money. And you said . I dropped it, absolutely. Jesus, quinn, what kind of people are these i told you, you go to the crab shack and theres a huge parking lot on your right. Listen to me, hello and for the first time, everyone heard the voice of one of the kidnappers. Was anybody following you no, i dont certainly not. Anybody follows you, you know what happens what . Im sorry . Hello . When you hear that guys voice on the phone, that changes everything. Absolutely. She said early on three albanians grabbed her over a loan shark weve got a male there. At last, a solid lead but everyone, including the fbis james casey, was perplexed over why the kidnappers were still asking for the money didnt they have it . They pulled into a gas station not far from joes crab shack after they had done a little driving around. So as were sitting there watching them, a Jacksonville Beach Police Cruiser pulls into the gas station and starts talking to these young men. Youre thinking what . We had no idea whats going on trying to keep the kidnapping quiet, so as not to tip off the local media, the fbi and Sheriffs Department had not told the local police about the ransom drop. So a frantic call was made to the Jacksonville Beach police instructing officers to bring the suspects in. Detective howard cole of the Sheriffs Office rushed to the scene. Immediately everybody, rightfully so, says these guys are involved, we need to interview these guys and we need to find out what the connection is one man told the detective he was german. Whats your address in germany . Hamburg, germany. Even though they were from germany, could they have had some connection with the albanian men quinn mentioned in her first call to reid we walked back and forth in the parking lot and saw that blue bag one of the guys was joking and said i bet theres money inside. Thats a lot of money, what are we going to do with it but in an unbelievable stroke of bad luck, it turned out these men were not the kidnappers. And it becomes pretty clear pretty quick that these guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time the men were actually College Exchange students, two of them played on the same tennis team they looked at a bag and said, hey, wouldnt it be cool if there was money in that bag it was really that simple, that coincidental, and couldnt make it up. The College Students stumbled onto the bag, picked it up and got scared when they saw cars following them they then called 911. We found a blue bag in a parking lot and there was like a huge amount of money in there and we just want to give it to you guys. They came down to Jacksonville Beach to have some fun. And they wound up with more than they expected. A lot more. It was a chance encounter that had everyone on edge. All of the money drop attempts, butler boulevard, chickfila and now joes crab shack had ended in failure three attempts at a ransom drop the money never actually changed hands. No. The kidnappers never actually got the money. No, no. I turn to the fbi and said whats happening with the money . He said, well, we dont exactly know where the money is right now. I said great youve gotten my daughter killed the real kidnappers were still looking for their money. And of course it wasnt at the drop location. Its tense. And moms a wreck. Mom is getting upset because mom knows she dropped off the money. Everything went south at that ransom drop. And we still didnt know who we were looking for. We were back to square one. Back to square one, again. Again. You were kind of at the end of your rope absolutely. Its not like a tv show, is it no. It had been about 43 hours since quinn disappeared. As the fbi prepared yet another bag of money, the kidnappers called back. It was the same male voice from before, and he was angry about the lack of progress. Listen, im sick and tired of this [ bleep ], okay im sick and tired of it youve been giving me [ bleep ] left and right. Reid has been giving you [ bleep ] . Hes going to go to the bank, pick up 50,000 and well arrange somewhere else to meet. More bad news for everyone, it was sunday of that labor day weekend. Monday was a holiday the banks would be closed, guaranteeing that this drama would last for at least another day and night. Were all thrown for a loop when we hear this. We didnt want to string this out two more days. Not wanting to drag this out any longer, investigators decided to try a risky new strategy and told quinns mom to now take an aggressive approach whenever she talked with the kidnappers. Thats a big gamble. We tried to take a little more control it was still being cooperative, we were very clear that we were willing to pay the ransom. I did not get the money, nobody has the money. You know, i tell you seriously, i think youre lying to me. Im what . I think youre lying to me. I think you got it but then something frightening happens. That aggressive approach might have back fired. Did you hear that what . Did you hear that round the what . Did you hear the round i just fired . No, my god, i didnt hear the round you just fired no okay. Well listen. Your daughter is fine, she just talked to you. Keep it up if i heard a round, you let me talk to her again it was completely unexpected. I was in a situation of hopelessness and i figured that i would never see her again and that was so sad because she would never be able to be a mother again and she would never see her children again. Was that a gunshot . Investigators couldnt hear it what did it mean and, was quinn still alive compare comcast business to your current provider. My Current Service provider does not provide half of what you provide. And to know that i could save money . Id be thrilled. This sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. So what are you guys waiting for . Lets do it. laughs comcast business gives you a full suite of products with great performance and value. Get fast, reliable internet on the nations largest gigspeed network for less than at t. Thats 120 dollars less a year. Better, faster. I mean sign me up. Comcast business. Beyond fast. It was sunday afternoon, almost two full days since quinn was abducted and after a terrible morning when the money drop at the crab shack restaurant turned so disastrous, a text message, apparently from quinn, was sent to her moms cell phone around 2 00 p. M mom, please no cops. I am so sorry about all of this. But they are pissed and i want to see my girls. The fbis Hostage Negotiator was tony kravith. Do you think about the kids in a situation like this absolutely. You can not. Reid made arrangements for them to stay elsewhere so theyll be shielded by this were in the business of preserving life. Thats what we do. Do you think quinn, maybe shes not even alive anymore we dont know we dont know for sure investigators were becoming increasingly worried because they hadnt actually heard quinns voice since the day before then at about 5 25 that evening, another text message came in to quinns moms phone. I do not get access to my phone. Have reid check his email, pic of me taken. Did he get all of the money . And in reids email, there was this photo of quinn. What can you tell from this photo . Well, it certainly looked to me as though quinn was very distraught, maybe had been crying she didnt look like quinn at all, not at all. The photo was taken using a cell phone and the background could be anywhere. But investigators got lucky, because theres a little known technology built into that photo, and it offered investigators a huge break. They didnt know that a photograph taken on an iphone and emailed to somebody else has gpscoordinance on there . Yes. I didnt know that. Yes we were very quickly able to check the photograph and find the gps coordinants in there we knew exactly where that photograph had been taken. Investigators rushed to this location in jacksonville how long after you looked at that photograph did you have agents headed to the scene where it was taken minutes but there was no one there. Later that night, the kidnappers called back and quinns mother, again at the urging of the fbi, kept up a tough negotiating stance i want quinn in my car, im just warning you im not giving you the money until you have quinn in the car. Im telling you what to do. Im telling you what im going to do. Did that aggressive approach seem to work i think so. I really think so. Another ransom drop was planned. All right, i talk to her first, i see her and she walks across and gets in my car. Maam, im making the decision, not you. No, no, im sorry, but i am going see my daughter and im going to have her in my car. Ive got your [ bleep ] money. Let me see my daughter and i want her in my car do you understand . Was this at last the end of this ordeal . It was not because the kidnappers never showed, and quinns mom returned home thats when investigators realized they had a new problem. A story broke on the news a story investigators had been trying to keep out press. You werent expecting that . I wasnt. We had it pretty fortunate to go a couple days without it being on the news. Quite frankly, we dont want them to see it either. But the kidnappers did see it and they were not happy. Quinns mom received a text. Why is she on the news that was one of those, oh, boy. You know, oh, boy. Now what are we going to do with this one remember, the kidnappers had threatened quinns life if Police Became involved the fact it was now hard to deny since it was on the news so investigators came up with a cover story. The deputies found quinns abandoned mercedes suv and came to her multimillion dollar home to make sure she was okay. They had quinns mom send a text quinn, the police have found your car they came here and they are now searching for you. Call me, as i am now very worried. I love you mom. Did the kidnappers seem to buy that yes, they did but that good news would be shortlived as the next call from quinn would send everyone into a panic. Quinn, quinn, whats wrong . Quinn . 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We wanted to give them a way out. What was the way out you offered . Nobody has been hurt. If they drop you off somewhere, if they just let you go, nobody will know the difference. Just let her go just let her go. Monday morning turned into afternoon. Quinns mom seemed to be getting desperate. She sent a text on her own to the kidnappers, without fbi approval i am heart broken, and girls probably no longer have a mother you have no heart. And i pray that what goes around comes around. She was angry she was tired. She was worried. Angry at you . Angry at all of us, i think we werent able to bring her daughter home yet. Throughout the ordeal, reid gray, who was pushed into the background after the kidnappers said they didnt want to deal with him anymore, had been alternately upset and angry as well detective howard cole spent some time with quinns husband. I think there was times when he actually wanted to go get the money out of his own bank account and make the money drop. I think there was times when he thought we didnt know what we were doing. What was your sense of reid himself . Seemed like a real decent guy. Genuinely worried about his wife yes he was helpless, he was powerless and he was depending on us to fix it. I just really was very empathetic i put myself in his shoes and i thought that he dealt with it pretty well, considering the circumstances. Reid waited at his home everyone waited as minutes became hours, hoping for some contact. But there was nothing. Quinns mom was so stressed that tony kravith suggested a change of scenery and had her brought to this back courtyard of the fbis jacksonville headquarters. It was around 6 00 p. M. Gail picked up the phone, her whole physical being changed and it was quinn. Quinn, quinn, whats wrong . And she was completely hysterical on the phone, screaming literally. She was screaming at me. Quinn, quinn talk to me, please she was completely incoherent at that point. I couldnt even understand what she was saying. Quinn, did they hurt you . Tony kravith could only hear one side of the conversation. The blood drained from her face, her knees start to shake, her legs go weak nobody can understand what shes saying, and then quinn, quinn. She hangs up. You think maybe they were attacking her or killing her then we dont know but this is the first time that she sounds hysterical, so we dont know now if shes hurt it sounds like shes very upset. While tony kravith tried to calm quinns mom, somebody else had already heard from quinn a 911 operator. Whats your emergency my name is quinn gray and i was kidnapped. It was quinn. Okay, whats happened she was free. I need you to take a deep breath, okay i was kidnapped shaken and in tears, quinn said she was just dropped out of a white van and was now standing near a Mall Shopping Center in front of a restaurant. Somebody is on the way, okay. Okay, thank you sheriffs deputies headed to quinns location, while she stayed on the line with 911. I dont know, like a warehouse or something he tied me to a chair with duct tape you have no idea what i just went through. I cannot imagine and im so sorry for you. Deputy trent was one of the first to find her. She was acting very erratic, was flailing around a lot and was yelling on her cell phone. Quinn was brought to the fbis Jacksonville Office, where her mom and brotherinlaw met her. Its not quite the joyful reunion youd expect as far as being joyful, no. She was hysterical when she saw me for the first time. Of course i was hysterical and we ran to each other, embraced each other and cried together. An audio recorder in one of the fbis Interview Rooms picked up quinns voice from the hallway. Quinn was then led alone into that Interview Room and one of the first things she told the agents there was that she felt her husband didnt really want to save her life i feel like my husband wanted me dead. 100 why is that the man makes a lot of money. Lets just say that maybe my life isnt worth him paying it back i feel that there is a very dark and sinister side to my husband that ive always sensed in a way. Was there another side to reid gray that investigators didnt know and could he have had anything to do with his own wifes kidnapping . Stop dancing around the pain that keeps you up again, and again. Advil pm silences pain, and you sleep the whole night. Advil pm [ scoffs ] if you say so. Im sorry . What teach here isnt telling you is that snapshot rewards safe drivers with discounts on car insurance. What . Or maybe he didnt know. [ chuckles ] im done with this class. Youre not even enrolled in this class. I know. Im supposed to be in ceramics. Do you know room 303. Oh. 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See what listening to audible can do for you. Just text listen5 to 500500. After telling her family she was abducted by her home, days later a florida mom has very suddenly been freed. Its a stunning turn of events but for everyone who loves her and the investigator who is have been trying to find her, it isnt over theres another shock in store here again, Josh Mankiewicz. Quinn gray had finally been released after three days of captivity. But when she was brought to the fbis jacksonville headquarters, quinn started blaming her husband, reid, for putting her through the whole ordeal i feel like my husband wanted me dead. She said that if reid had only given the money to the kidnappers on that first night she was abducted, she might have been set free much earlier but if my husband had just done what he was supposed to do, i would be fine. As it turned out, investigators had been suspicious of quinns husband from the very beginning. Sheriff david shore first spoke with reed right after quinn was kidnapped. When you talked to the victims husband, reid gray yes. Whats the first thing you say to him well, his first comment to me is was the media involved. Thats the first thing he said to you . I didnt feel comfortable with that. Gosh, your wifes kidnapped and thats your first question and someone else was suspicious of reid quinns mom. I thought possibly reid had something to do with it. Because it just seemed like a real convenient way for him to not have to deal with his wife anymore. Detective howard cole said investigators had to take a close look at reid any time you have a situation of this nature, nine times out of ten its inner circle, its spouse, its a business associate, a friend. Remember when reid first went to the Sheriffs Office on the day quinn was kidnapped . Did you go anywhere today where you would have to go outside in any fashion detectives immediately thought something was suspicious. Do you know how you got blood or mud on your shoes there theres nothing on my shoes. It tells us we dont rule anything out. And during that interview, investigators learn that quinn and reid had endured some major problems in their relationship. What did reid gray tell you about his marriage their marriage, for lack of a better way of putting it, was rocky. Theres an ugly side of our marriage she went out and didnt come home she was pretty intoxicated, i looked in her purse and saw underwear in her purse im like, quinn, its time to be honest he did explain a lot of circumstances surrounding past infidelities both on his part and her part. Our relationship started to deteriorate and i dated a few people she dated a few people as well. Reid admitted he had an affair and said quinn had multiple affairs that kind of admission all but guaranteed more questions. Wed interview him on everything from personal finances to kids or associates, business, everything and we threw a lot of really hard questions at him. Do you know where shes at right now . No. Do you have anything to do with her disappearance no. 100 no. And even though reid seemed to be upset while his wife was missing, investigators were keeping an eye on him. Was there a time when you were sort of distrustful of him or wondered what was going on . I was questioning his motives and how he was even though he was acting appropriately, that in and of itself is not enough to eliminate somebody. Did you specifically ask reid about the money he had supposedly borrowed from a loan shark . Yes. And he said he never borrowed any money from a loan shark. I didnt believe him. On that first night of the kidnapping, when quinns mom went to her daughters ocean front home, investigators sat her down with reid some of these truths probably will hurt me. And recorded the conversation she was concerned, and i heard this many times from her, that reid threatened her with divorce and she didnt like that idea, of course. Quinns mother openly speculated about whether reid knew more than he was saying. I also have thought that possibly you could be behind it. Kill quinn and you got rid of all kinds of things. You got rid of a wife, you dont have to have an argument about custody, you dont have to give her any money. I think he was evasive with me to begin with. Suspicions about reid lasted throughout the time investigators searched for quinn. On the same day she was released, they asked reid to take a Lie Detector Test and he agreed. He was being candid he took a polygraph with a very experienced polygrapher who cleared him. From being a suspect officials with the fbi came to the same conclusion reid gray had absolutely nothing to do with quinns kidnapping. I apologized to him in the fbi building and we hugged i said im so sorry that i thought that but that still left a question, who had kidnapped quinn. I didnt know what was going on i was crying and i was like, please, just tell me that youre not going to kill me. Back at the fbi office, quinn was less than completely cooperative with agents after her release. Did they say anything when they dropped you off, any threats . Yeah. What did they say to you . Thats the part im not getting into she eventually became angry. Im sorry, but im going over the big stuff. Im not being confrontational with you i think you are. No, maam, i am trying to get the details. Watching from another room was fbi agent in charge, james casey. How did she seem in that interview . She was very disheveled her story did not make sense. [music playing] across the country, we walk. Carrying flowers that signify why we want to end alzheimers disease. 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Johns county Sheriffs Office was chosen to interview her. I asked her to start from the very beginning. Go back to you wake up friday tell me your day friday. It was just a normal, absolutely normal day. Quinn said she had a facial at a local spa, went to yoga class and ran errands in her mercedes suv when she returned home, she went up to the bedroom. I went up to my closet to change my clothes. He came in this way and said dont do anything stupid im not here for you. And hes got a gun . Hes got a gun and yellow gloves on. Startled by the gunman, quinn screamed, but she was the only one home her husband was at work, her kids in school. So he has a gun to my head and i mean im screaming bloody murder how did she describe this guy . He was a sharpshooter or sniper in the albanian military. That he goes around doing these kind of jobs she said that he had some type of foreign accent. The look on his face and the evil in his eyes, i was like, im dead. The gunman said he was not there for quinn, but for the 50,000 that reid gray owed to a loan shark. I thought maybe my husband was in trouble and i didnt know about it, was hiding something from me. How much is this house worth its a 4. 5 million house. We have a 25,000 mortgage payment a month. Thats why it didnt make sense that my husband would owe someone 50,000. It just didnt add up. Then the kidnapper started to restrain quinn. She sat me down on my bed and came over and tied my hands, just my hands. Then she said the gunman took her out of the house and eventually threw her into the back of a van. Frightened and crying, she was driven around for what seemed like hours she had no idea where she was being taken. And she feared she would never see her husband or two daughters again. The van eventually stopped and quinn was brought into some sort of warehouse, possibly a mechanics garage. She was strapped into a chair with more zip ties, and thats when she became very frightened. He tied my mouth. He put duct tape on my face. At this point i was like no, no, no, no deputies later took photos of the marks quinn said were made by the zip ties being pulled too tight. Quinn was then left alone in the dingy dirty warehouse. She heard what sounded like a tv on in another room, a foreign voice and screaming. I started looking around the room praying for my kids and praying, got, get me out of this and there was another chair so i was thinking maybe this is a torture room maybe this is where they hold women to torture them before they kill them. Quinn gray says she believed this could be the last day of her life i was praying that whatever this crazy [ bleep ] was going on that i would live and survive. After being left in the chair for hours, the kidnapper returned and eventually cut her free she said at some point he realized he was going to have to let her sleep or lay down to try to sleep, so he let her lay down and then a few minutes later, he laid down next to her. He begins to kiss on her neck and i said whats going through your mind . And she said im thinking were going to have sex. Were going to have sex. And i knew i wasnt going to resist him, so i tried to make it the best possible the more he loves it, maybe i have a chance, you know what i mean it makes sense. Take a couple of deep breaths for a minute and hear me out so that you can get yourself together, take your time so then sex happens i asked her to as best she could describe that for me, because it was important if she remembered anything identifiable about this guy. She described explicit sex. I mean we just every position all night long. Quinn said she didnt try to fight off her kidnapper because she thought it might save her life. Its really embarrassing. I know. And i acted like i enjoyed it im not going to lie, i almost did. Listen, its not unusual to have weird feelings and weird thoughts going through your head when youre going through a massive amount of trauma. Sheriff david shore later watched that interview. The bottom line is people react differently under stress. It must have been stunning to hear somebody describe a Sexual Assault as something that they enjoyed. Yes, it was stunning. When she was held at that warehouse, quinn said she spent the first hellish night sleeping on a concrete floor. The next day the kidnapper moved her to a motel, the emerson inn. At that point, he makes the decision that were going to go to a hotel for the night were going to rethink this whole thing and thats when we ended up at the emerson inn. Quinn said the kidnapper also brought his gun to the emerson inn and threatened to kill her husband and children if she didnt cooperate mentally broken, quinn obeyed all the kidnappers demands. The detective asked quinn to share as much detail of her entire experience as possible, hoping to glean some clues she remembered something that seemed incidental, but something that would later turn out to be crucial to the investigation. He bought chicken and in some drinks for us so were eating spicy chicken. Quinn also told police unlike what was written in the original ransom note, she no longer believed three men were involved in her kidnapping. My very gut instinct now that im clearly thinking and getting it all is that theres not anyone else involved but him. The interview lasted almost six hours. Hi. But it wasnt the end of quinn and reids anguish they were frightened to return home. What would be the difference if that guy was in the house right now . Im not going to get my stuff. Im not going back there. Reid later said he was extremely worried for his familys safety. No, sir, we dont have anybody in custody i wont lie to you. I need to know that guy is caught, too. And investigators also desperately wanted to catch that guy. Take a good look at the Surveillance Video taken from a and they were about to get some unexpected help. This is communications, how can i help you i need to talk to somebody about my picture about some kind of womans kidnapping or Something Like that. Is that you the man in the video, the man quinn says abducted her at gunpoint, comes forward. But hes not what investigators expect. He comes from a very good family, has a college education. This guy was no gangster . Absolutely not. clients voice remember that degree you got in taxation . danny of course you dont because you didnt your job isnt doing hard work. Its making them do hard work. And getting paid for it. vo snap and sort your expenses to save over 4,600 at tax time. Quickbooks. 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Armed with the exact time the food purchase was made, investigators scanned the supermarket Surveillance Footage from that moment and they found this man quinn confirmed it he was the kidnapper she gave us enough information to go find his picture in publix and post it on the internet and post it in the news. Witnesses describe the man to be in his mid20s or early 30s and about 58 to 6 tall and now they need your help in hopes of solving this case. Two days later, a 911 operator received a call this is communications, how can i help you i need to talk to somebody about i was buying something at publix and my picture appeared for some kind of womans kidnapping or Something Like that. Is that you im actually on my way over to you guys. Whats your name, sir Jasmin Osmanovic. And within an hour, Jasmin Osmanovic ended up here at the Sheriffs Office he didnt seem to have a care in the world, as he was considered the prime suspect in a kidnapping sheriffs detective howard cole conducted the investigation. Lets just get this over with. What did you learn about Jasmin Osmanovic. He is a bosnian immigrant, comes from a very good family. Was involved in the auto trade has a college education. This guy was no gangster. Absolutely not. But he did match quinns description of her abductor. While he was not albanian, he did have an accent. I just want this nightmare to be over. But osmanovic said he had no idea why anyone would be looking for him. You had this on he freely signed a document waiving his right to remain silent he also said he had an alibi for the night quinn gray was kidnapped. He was at a bar, and met a girl named stacy. Okay, tell me about stacey. Well, me and stacey met up. We just kind of had a twonight stand. But his story had more than a few holes. Osmanovic wasnt sure of staceys last name he didnt have her phone number or her address. Hes a character, what can i tell you hes like i did none of that by the end of the day im walking out here. In addition, osmanovic said he saw quinns picture in the media and he didnt know her. Did you recognize her sir, i mean she looks like a blonde chick. He didnt look at that picture and say i dont know this woman. Sir, she doesnt look like anybody that i know. But the atmosphere quickly changed when cole brought in a photo of quinn gray. Weve already been to the publix you know why because this woman brought us there. Okay. So what did i do she is saying that you abducted her. I abducted her . Yes, sir. I have more than enough evidence to charge you based on her word. And then the detective started to apply pressure to osmanovic. And for you to say that you dont even know her concerns me greatly, jasmin, concerns me greatly. Because this woman, i can assure you, bud, knows you. Okay. She says she knows me. Absolutely. And i know she knows you and i know you know her. Sir, i told you everything that i have to tell you. You were at the hotel with her saturday and sunday night. With her . Yes and im not going on her word. Im going on the clerks word. Detective cole told osmanovic he had been identified not only by quinn, but also by an employee of the emerson inn. Who said that on the same weekend quinn went missing, he saw osmanovic with quinn in room 207. Its her word saying that i that i took her whats the chances that you and her were staying in the same hotel in the same room at the same time and not knowing each other . Whats the chances of that listen, listen, listen. Cole referred back to quinns photo and tauntingly asked if this was the woman stacey that osmanovic claimed he was with the night quinn was abducted. Are you sure thats not stacey, bud . Its her word against mine. No, its more than that now. How is it more . Because i have independent people that identified you together if this woman is not telling the truth, you need to be telling it, buddy. And if she is telling the truth, holy [ bleep ], youre in a whole lot of trouble. But osmanovic maintained he did nothing wrong. Not only that, he said he could prove it he had a secret recording that was going to clear his name. The battle to get hold of that recording and then what it reveals. When you heard that tape, what did you think im a cop, 11 years, been on this planet 40 i blushed when i listened to the tape protect your pet with the 1 name in flea and tick protection. Frontline plus. Trusted by vets for nearly 20 years. We were scrapers. Yeah. Our dishes never got clean the first time, so we did what we had to do. Until we tried finish quantum. Finish quantums three chambers scrub, degrease and shine to get our dishes truly finished. Its not clean until its finished you can go first. 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Jasmin osmanovic was suspect number one in the abduction of quinn gray you know what i just have a feeling im in a bad movie right now. Thats funny you should say that because thats the way ive been feeling for the past eight days. He was denying any involvement whatsoever and said he didnt know her he even said he didnt fit quinns description of the culprit. Did she was i was from bosnia no, albania. What . Albania. Do you know what an albanian looks like a middle eastern i mean come on i mean that, that middle eastern, come on, give me a break. Not only that, but osmanovic, a mechanic, said he thought he was being set up to be the fall guy in this highly public case he was concerned that because she has money and he doesnt that hes going to get the short end of the stick yeah, he did say that shes this rich woman from ponte vedra, i know how this goes. He expressed a great deal of concern about that. It seems like since obviously shes rich, its gonna be my ass. Shes what . Since shes rich, its gonna be my ass. I could careless what she is. In an interrogation that lasted eight hours, he tried to keep him talking. Even when the suspect tested coles patience. He thought he was smarter than us, he wanted to control the interview. Truthfully he drove me crazy. You can search everything that i own youre not going to find anything because just like you said, youve got an iq and ive got one, too hes Walking Around the Interrogation Room talking about his iq do you hear that a lot from suspects not that overtly of the its common for most of them to think it im smarter than her and her [ bleep ] husband or whatever. No doubt about it but alls im telling you is and you know what this is bs this right here is bull [ bleep ]. And its bull [ bleep ] because its headed my way. Oh, it is. Eventually osmanovic relented he admitted he may have known quinn gray. Do you or do you not know i might have seen her but osmanovic said that even if he did know quinn, he could still prove his innocence. He kept talking in like code. And at one point i was like, you know, i dont understand what youre trying to tell me just explain what youre trying to tell me and then hes like you know how you cops, you do videos and this and that ive got my own audio. However, for some reason, he wasnt willing to share that secret audio tape with investigators. He claims he has this tape thats exculpatory and gets him off the hook. Yes, sir. And he wont give it to you. No. And it kind of blew my mind and im here telling him hes facing kidnapping, sexual battery, extortion. Osmanovic insisted that secret recording he made would be his get out of jail free card and i put a tape recorder with her voice and my voice in front of you, which i can go get. Tell me about these tapes whats on the tape sir, the tape the tape is not going nowhere out of my possession which i hid way off the location. Okay. Why would you do that . Why would what . You tape that you remember the iq part . Yeah. I might have been played for a fool, but im not an idiot. Even under the threat of arrest, osmanovic refused to hand over the recording or give its location. It was just a war of attrition. And he knew that he was in it up to his eyeballs. The next day after osmanovics interrogation was completed, detective cole received some crucial information about that recording. We learned the existence of the tape from jasmin the next morning we learned of its possible location. The location was osmanovics home his exgirlfriend had gotten ahold of it and turned the recording over to osmanovics sister the sister then gave the tape to an attorney. We got a call from a defense attorney in jacksonville and he said i think we have something you might be interested in finally, investigators had the tape and when they pressed play this is room 207. They couldnt believe what they heard that recording led sheriff david shore to call a press conference he had a major announcement. As our investigation has developed, we arrested quinn gray just what was on that tape . Had quinn been the victim everyone thought im starting to feel like im the suspect. When dateline continues. After walking six miles at an amusement park. Bills back needed a vacation from his vacation. So he stepped on the dr. Scholls kiosk. It recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. So you can move more. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. Keith used to be great to roadtrip with. But since he bought his house. Are you going 45 . Uh, yes. 55 is a suggestion. Its kind of like driving with his dad. What a sign, huh . 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Were staying at the emerson inn in room 207. The recording started on that monday when quinn was missing. Jasmin narrated. She stayed the whole night by herself, she didnt want me to stay with her, so im going right now back to there. The recording continued with jasmin entering room 207 investigators were shocked as they listened. Because quinn gray didnt sound like a captive at all. In fact, she seemed to be in on the whole thing. Osmanovic appeared to mock massive manhunt that was under way to find quinn. If they just knew that you were here by yourself all night long, they would have a fit. [ laughing ] thats why im starting to feel like im the sinister one, doing this to my family. I wonder what my girls think right now. I wonder if they have any idea whats going on. We went to the hotel and talked to the people that worked at the hotel they said she sat in the car while he was checking in they were hand in hand are those from last night yeah. That was from the rope i was doing that. Oh, you were doing that yeah. Youre a smart girl i have to have a couple and then there were parts of that recording that made even veteran investigators blush. On the tape, the two had what sounds like intimate consensual sex. Nothing like the rape quinn described. Does reid get this much action you know he doesnt the sheriff said that from the getgo, he and fbi officials were suspicious about this case, questioning if this was a legitimate abduction but they had no option, they say, but to proceed as if quinn really had been taken hostage. In the end, the recording osmanovic made gave them all the proof they needed that this was not a kidnapping, but rather an elaborate hoax the apparent real goal, the sheriff said, was to extort 50,000 from quinns husband, reid. We all smelled a rat. I mean it just wasnt right. There were many things that just didnt add up it started with the ransom note. It was in quinns handwriting and unusually long secondly, investigators never needed to ask for proof of life during the abduction because the kidnappers regularly allowed quinn to talk on the phone. And finally, there was quinns shocking debriefing, where she said she enjoyed having sex with the man she had described as her captor and i acted like i enjoyed it im not going to lie, sometimes i almost did osmanovic would later say that he and quinn met by chance at a gas station just weeks earlier. A conversation started and an affair soon blossomed. Something that was strongly suggested by the recording all right, you know im crazy about you. What . Im crazy about you quinn and osmanovic told different stories of how the whole kidnapping plot evolved, but authorities suggest that quinns motive was to get the money, leave her husband and start a new life do i have your word what . Whatever story we come up with, you stick to it. We both have to stick to the same story but clearly osmanovic wasnt convinced quinn would stick to their story. Do you think he made the tape because he thought that at some point he was going to get accused of kidnapping her and he needed to prove that it wasnt his idea or it was her idea and i just went along for the ride. It was probably a smart thing to do because it revealed to us in no Uncertain Terms that quinn gray was not a victim. Put your hands in front of you. Jasmin osmanovic was arrested for extortion. And before the sheriff publicly announced quinns arrest, he had a hearttoheart talk with her husband. Tough conversation for you to have. Yeah. Your spouse made this thing up and she had relations with a guy that were consensual, we know it was consensual because we have a tape recording and its crystal clear. How do you process that information. One day after osmanovics arrest, quinn gray was placed in custody. We arrested quinn gray and charged her with extortion this was an extortion attempt from the beginning it was not a kidnapping. Quinn pleaded not guilty. After her arrest, she was defiant. If i wanted 50,000, all i would do is take it out of the bank account. Did you have a sexual relationship with osmanovic . No, i did not i did not know him. Why would someone make it up . You wouldnt make it up because its the truth. Im talking about him why would he make this up . Because hes a criminal and came in and tried to extort 50,000 from me. And in another shocking twist, reid gray decided to stand by his wife. I want my wife to come out of this feeling wonderful i want her to feel great about everything after this is all over, and i think thats going to be the outcome. Her husband seemed to be standing by quinn. But what did her mother think . You believe shes telling the truth . 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Roller coaster of emotion, from the onset there are times when you sit in front of the fbi and they present you evidence that she was the mastermind of this and you have no choice but to believe that entirely at that point. But i believe in all of my heart that she was kidnapped. Quinns mom also stood firmly behind her daughter, saying Jasmin Osmanovic was to blame, not quinn. I believe she was just manipulated and her mind snapped. You believe shes telling the truth . Absolutely. The fbi and the sheriff do not. Well, they dont understand what can happen to a person who has a Mental Illness. Gail sikes says her daughter suffers from bipolar disorder, a form of Mental Illness marked by both manic highs and deep depressions. I think that she was having a severe bipolar manic episode she thought she was going to die. You have to remember, shes just oit out of hazelton. Quinn had only recently been released from the hazelton clinic, where she had undergone treatment for alcohol abuse. Her mom thinks once quinn stopped self medicating with alcohol, her bipolar disorder suddenly emerged on the today show, reid said quinns family had a history of bipolar disorder. I know theres definitely something not right, because thats not the wife that i know. Quinns mom felt her daughter had a Strong Defense she says that on the tape, osmanovic says he will release quinn. Its one of the few places on the tape where he sounds like her captor and not her lover i can release you tonight, you go home, which i promised from day one, right . Yeah. And quinns mother, whos never heard the tape, says it was because of quinns mental condition that her daughter had sex with osmanovic he started blowing in her ear and i think she just wanted to feel the comfort and the feeling of feeling secure and loved maybe. With the guy who had just brutally abducted her . In her mental state, yes. I believe that is exactly what happened to her. That tape doesnt make her sound like a victim. Well, you have to think it through a little bit more carefully. She thought this man is going to save my life and is going to restore me to my family. Quinns mom also points out that investigators were never able to document the supposed affair between quinn and osmanovic. Investigators admit they couldnt find a shred of evidence that the two had any relationship before that labor day weekend. You can tell that from the tape yes regardless of when the relationship started, they knew each other and they were involved with each other but the prosecutor in the case, jennifer dutton, says her office was never shown any proof that quinn suffers from a Mental Illness. Have you seen anything toll indicate quinn was diagnosed as bipolar before that weekend . No. Her doctor had made the assertion that he believed she was bipolar, although backed off that a little bit and said she did not meet all the criteria. In january of 2010, four months after the incident, Jasmin Osmanovic pleaded guilty to extortion in court appearances, the formerly cock, perhaps even arrogant mechanic, now appeared looking like a man whos been had. Because hes a criminal. But quinn gray decided to continue her fight the state of florida prepared its case against the wealthy mom. The strength of our case were all the times that quinn gray was left alone she was left alone several times overnight. She was often left in cars when osmanovic made trips into various businesses. All proving that she could have walked away if she wanted to, could have escaped, therefore, it wasnt a real kidnapping correct. What was the truth . At one point reid gray arranged a private Lie Detector Test for his wife according to assistant state attorney dutton, the results were not what he expected. Ive been provided records that she did not pass that polygraph. She was deceptive. I believe at some point he also indicated he eventually listened to that tape, which he had not listened to it previously. Does reid get this much action you know he doesnt hes not a dumb man, hes a smart man, hes a successful businessman. He was keblth connecting the dots, too. Reid gray eventually changed his mind and with it, his support for his wife in august of 2010, he was granted a divorce and now shares custody of the couples daughters. Reid did not want to be interviewed by dateline, but told us i wanted to thank Law Enforcement and the state for all their hardworking efforts to ensure the safety of my family and perhaps quinn was ready to move on with her life. In february of 2011, she pleaded no contest to extortion. It was something her mom encouraged i didnt want a jury to find her guilty and send her to prison. Even though a no contest plea is basically admitting your guilt . I understand, but at least she would not have to go to prison. Quinn sent us a statement saying she was abducted at gunpoint and never knew osmanovic, but added i do not deny all forms of responsibility for things that occurred after the abduction. And, she says, because of her mental state at the time, her past experiences and her fresh recovery from alcoholism, osmanovic manipulated by every thought and completely altered my belief system about my life i made the decision to accept a no contest plea to avoid a lengthy, salacious trial that could have further emotionally harmed my family, my mental health, and my road to recovery. Quinn gray and Jasmin Osmanovic were both sentenced to time in jail, given probation and ordered to repay a total of 86,000 in overtime costs that were run up by all of the Law Enforcement personnel who worked that weekend trying to find quinn. Both declined to be interviewed. Both are now free. And since our report first aired, quinn and her exhusband have separately remarried. Whats in this for quinn gray i dont know. I mean if she divorces her husband, shed get a lot more than 50,000. Was it a call for help . Was it a psychological call for help i dont know the answer to that. Was it a desperate act to get attention . I dont know the answer to that. I can tell you, she sure picked a colorful way to do it. Its hard to pull off a fake kidnapping, it just is thats all for now im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thanks for