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Ransom herself. If i didnt drop the money properly that would be the end of quinn. She dropped the cash all right, but who picked it up . And thats where everything went wrong. 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, 11 years. I blushed when i listened to the tape. A story with more twists and turns than the florida roads they raced along trying to find this missing mom. This case was not going to turn out like a lot of people assumed. Hello, and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Whenever someone is kidnapped, it triggers a race against time, when police joined by the victims family begin a frantic search. Thats what happened in this story, that begin with a frantic call. As youre about toss, 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 main o mankowitz. This is the Sheriffs Office. My wife made a phone call to me a minute ago to see she was held by gunpoint. Businessman reed gray was on the line with the Sheriffs Office in a panic. He told the 911 operator his wife had just phoned him minutes earlier to say shed been kidnapped. It sounds like a but its not. 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 shed just been kidnapped right out of their 4 million home. Reid couldnt believe what hed heard and went to his Office Parking lot to try and think straight. Did she tell you where she was at . No. Theres a note at the house with the gunmans demands. 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 whod finally hit it big in the health care business. This frightened husband told the 911 operator he didnt know what to do next. They said 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 told him. Soon multiple Law Enforcement agencies would be on the case. Check and make sure fire rescues going to be coordinating with us. St. Johns county sheriff. David shore. All bets are off. Theres nothing more important than a victim being held against their will and being 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 open on the 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 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, known for its world famous golf course and lux homes. I dont want to use the term the perfect kidnapping victim, but it fit. And her husband made a lot of money. And her husband made a lot of money. In the worst case scenario, we make one wrong move, they kill her. On the day quinn was kidnapped, the pta mom made appointments for her daughters to have haircuts and she was far along in the planning for one of her daughters upcoming birthdays. Now reid gray 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 call to him hours earlier. Quinn said that theres somebody with a gun pointed at her head. On that call she said they 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. I make over 1. 2 million this year. 50 grand doesnt mean much. Why ask for only 50,000 from a man 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 we had a housewife and a 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 importantly, no answers to the question, where was quinn gray . Coming up quinn appears on the phone calling her husband with frantic instructions. Just give me the car with the money. Just do it now. Just do it, reid. Would he be able to get the cash and find his wife in time . When ransom continues. Bowling. Classic. Can i help you . Its me. Jamie. Im not good with names. Celeste i trained you. We share a locker. Moose man yo. He gets two name your price tools. He gets two . I literally coined the phrase, we give you Coverage Options based on your budget. Thats me. Jamie yeah. Youre back from italy. [ both smooch ] ciao bella. 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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 . 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 been just an amazing friend, shes active in taking the girls to dance, taking the girls to all their after school programs. She was a wonderful daughter. Yes. Quinns mom, gale sykes. Its very difficult for a mother to say who has four daughters, but 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, its your worst nightmare. Imagining whats happening to your child. What do you think quinns 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 was now with investigators, finally got a call. It was quinn. And reid became emotional. What do i need to do . Ill call you back. I dont know. Theyll call you back, okay . All right. I love you. She said shell 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 for that is 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 leave the car with the money and go down cutlet boulevard and take a left on south ive got to write this down. Just do it, reid, take a left. Cutler 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. She goes, youve got the cops, theyre going to kill me. Still remain calm, shes probably going to call again. The first time screaming, crying, help. Theyre making this urgent. Reid stayed at the Sheriffs Office as surveillance teams scrambled to get in place at butler boulevard. Investigators also needed 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 just wait in the chickfila parking lot. I want to see you. I want to exchange you for the money. I am not giving them money without you. Hello . Now investigators rushed to get teams and undercover cars in place at the chickfila, but they needed more time, so they told reid to play dumb on quinns next call and say he didnt know which chickfila restaurant to go to. Which are you at . Where are you . Youre supposed to be at the chickfila. Which one . Theres three of them. But the avenues mall. You said on south side make a left. You need to go. I want to know youre going to be there. Let me talk to them right now. But once again the call was abruptly cut off. Quinn sounded frantic. Was it possible she had a gun to her head . Investigators tried to trace the calls, but they were all so short that an exact location couldnt be pinpointed. And according to detective howard cole, reid gray was becoming unhinged. He was scared and he was a nervous wreck. He was worried for himself, he was worried for her, he was worried for his family. But before reid left for the chickfil chickfila, he got yet another call. Reid. 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 teams 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. We didnt do it surreptitiously. We thought about it. They walked in the front door. They pulled in in an unmarked vehicle, and the minute they pulled in, we received a text from the victim. Reid got another text on the 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 have you looking over your own shoulder. Yes. Thats exactly right. Theyre playing by a different set of rules. That was probably one of the earliest indications to me that this case was not going to turn out like a lot of people assumed. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you the mountain like i used to. I even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But whatever trail i take, i go for my best. 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After two attempted money drops failed, the local sheriff called in the fbi. Almost 150 people were now working to find quinn gray. The agent in charge of the fbis Jacksonville Office is james casey. He says the kidnappers appeared to be deactivating quinns cell phone after each of the calls they made to reid. Somebody in the scheme was smart enough to take the battery out of the cell phone. Because we were able to, through some technical capabilities, 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 pinpointing an exact address where quinns calls were originating, technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. Those are the 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 toni crabit. 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 then suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. The kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. Sheriffs detective howard cole. Was center in the 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 call, 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, the numbers were transposed. 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 guys 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 . So we were really back to square one. Who are we looking for . We have no idea. The rest of saturday went by with no word from quinn or the kidnappers. Meanwhile, quinns mom, gale sykes, left her georgia home and headed to her daughters house in ponte vedra, florida. I jumped in my car and i headed south. How long of a drive . 7 1 2 hours. Long drive, but that kind of information in your brain. She found an unbelievable scene around 2 00 a. M. When she arrived. I walked into like a war zone. The s. W. A. T. Team hiding inside the house. They were everywhere. I was told that they were outside in the bushes, that they were 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 toni crab it decided to have quinns mom send messaging to her daughters phone, hoping the kidnappers would read them. Every 20 minutes, every hour wed send 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 . Because the kidnappers dont trust reid . Maybe. 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. How did reid feel about being shut out of that . Made him uncomfortable, i think. He didnt understand it. Nobody understood it. So we moved forward. 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, trying to protect your children. Despite her nerves, gale sykes was pressed at her into service. At around 10 30 a. M. , the kidnappers instructed quinns mom to go to an area along the beach, and there she would find further instructions in a bathroom. Gale 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 in quinns handwriting and gale read it aloud to investigators. Mom, 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 the 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. 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 where presumably where quinn is . Right. We knew at their level they were going to be aware of a tracking device. They knew they were going to be surveilled. So really someone grabbed that bag, were taking them down. Sheriff shore and fbi agent in charge casey monitored the situation from the command center, as undercover surveillance teams reported back on what was happening in the parking lots. It wasnt too long after she threw the money out that a group of males walked by. One of them wanders over, kicks the bag a little bit. Picked up the bag, threw the bag in the back of an suv, jumped into the car and started doing kind of a circuitous route around the area. They start doing suspicious things. 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Police were traging the car and were confident this would lead them to quinn. It turns out there were more quists in this story than in incould have imagined. The ransom drop had been made. Sheriffs investigators and fbi agents believed they might be on the verge of breaking the kidnapping case of quinn gray. Undercover teams and an fbi plane were following several men in an suv who had just picked up the ransom money from a restaurant parking lot. Investigators were hoping the men didnt notice the tracking device in the bag or that the bag only contained 10,000. Fbi agent in charge, james casey. The kidnapper asked for 50,000. Right. You didnt give them 50,000, you gave them 10,000. We gave them less than 50,000. And they said dont put a gps tracking device in right. And you did. Right. Is that standard procedure, to ignore kidnappers . Were in charge, not them. The idea was to get the bag to them and find out where they are. But then came something no one expected. Quinns mom, gale sykes. Quinn called and said, wheres the money . Theyre going to kill me. Wheres the money . And you said, i dropped it off. I dropped it. Absolutely. Oh, 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 ahead the voice of one of the kidnappers. Is anyone following you . No. Anybody follows you, you know what happens. What . Im sorry . Hello . When you hear that guys voice, that changes everything. She said earlier there were three albanians, 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 theyd done a bit of driving around. So as were sitting there watching them, a Jacksonville Beach Police Cruiser pulls into the gas station, 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, said 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 connection with the albanian man quinn mentioned in her first call to reid . We walked back like crossing a parking lot, we saw the blue bag. One of the guys was joking and said, sure 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 some money in that bag . It was really that simple, that coincidental, and couldnt make it up. The College Students stumbled on to the bag, picked it up, and then got scared when they saw cars following them. They then called 911. We found a blue bag on the parking lot and there was like 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 turned to the fbi and said, whats happening to the money . They said, well, we dont exactly know where the money is right now. I said, great. So 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. Moms a wreck. Mom is getting upset because mom knows she dropped off the money. Everything went south at that ransom drop. We still didnt know who were looking for. Were back to square one. Back to square one again. Again. You were kind of at the end of your rope. Absolutely. 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. Reids been giving me [ bleep ] left and right. Reids been giving you hes going to go to the bank, hes going to pick up 50,000, and well arrange someplace 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 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. We were still being cooperative. We were very clear we were willing to pay the ransom. I did not get the money, my partner did not get the money, nobody from us has the money. 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 happened. That aggressive approach might have backfired. 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. I figured 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 gun shot . Investigators couldnt hear it. What did it mean . And was quinn still alive . Theres a denture adhesive that holds strong until evening. Fixodent plus adhesives. 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Common side effects of harvoni include tiredness, headache and weakness. Ready to let go of hep c . Ask your hep c specialist about harvoni. Returning to our story, there were three attempts to deliver the ransom money to quinn grays kidnappers. All of them had failed. With no money changing hands, it seemed the kidnappers were increasingly on edge, and the situation was looking more dangerous for quinn gray. Here again is josh mankowitz. It was sunday afternoon. Almost two full days since quinn was abducted. And after a terrible money 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. You think about the kids in a situation like this . Absolutely. You cant not. Reid made arrangements for them to stay elsewhere so they would be somewhat shielded by this. Were in the business of preserving lives. 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 that 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 gps coordinates on it . Yes. I didnt know that. We were quickly able to find the gps coordinates in there and then 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 im going to do. Im telling you what im going to do. Did that approach 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 decisions, not you. No, no, im sorry, but i am going to 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. Deputies in st. Johns county are looking for a ponte vedra woman who didnt return home last night. The story somehow broke on the news. A story the investigators were trying to keep out of the press. This hits the news. You werent expecting that . I wasnt. We were fortunate to have it go a couple days without being on the news. Quite frankly, we dont want them to see it, either. 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. Oh, boy. Now what are we going to do with this one . Remember, the kidnappers had threatened quinns life if Police Became involved. A fact that was now hard to deny since it was on the news. So investigators came up with a cover story. The deputy found quinns abandoned mercedes suv and came to her multi Million 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 theyre 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 short lived, as the next call from quinn would send everyone into a panic. Quinn quinn whats wrong . Quinn quinn there are ordinary eggs. And the best. We like cage free, and which ones are more flavorful . Only egglands best. We prefer organic, and which have more vitamins and less saturated fat . Only egglands best. Better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. I dont want to lie down. I refuse to lie down. Why suffer . 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With the botox® savings program, most people with commercial insurance pay nothing outofpocket. Talk to your doctor and visit botox®cmsavings. Com to enroll. Welcome back to dateline extra. Here again is josh mankowitz. It was monday. Three days since quinn grays kidnapping. And thered been no communication with the kidnappers since the night before. The fbis toni crabits switches strategies. We had three droppings go back, but they were still willing to wait until tuesday. They still wanted the money. Theyre going to need a way out, and we wanted to give them a way out. What was the way out you offered them . Nobodys 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 seems 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 wanted to go get the money out of his own bank account and make the money drop. I think theres 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, powerless, and depending on us to fix it. I put myself in his shoes and i thought 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 toni suggested a change of scenery and had her brought to this back courtyard of the jacksonville fbi headquarters. It was around 6 00 p. M. Gale picked up the phone, her whole physical being changed. And it was quinn. Quinn quinn whats wrong . She was completely hysterical on the phone. She was screaming. Quinn quinn talk to me, please she was completely incoherent at that point. Quinn did they hurt you . Toni could only hear one side of the conversation. Gale starts to shake, her knees are weak. What . What . 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 toni tried to calm quinns mom, someone else had already heard from quinn. A 911 operator. Sheriffs office, whats your emergency. My name is quinn gray and i was kidnapped and im not sure where i am right now. It was quinn. Okay. Whats happened . She was free. I need you to take a deep breath, okay . I was kidnapped on friday. Shaken and in tears, quinn says she was just dropped out of a white van and was now standing near a Mall Shopping Center in front of a restaurant. All right. Ive got somebody on the way, okay . Okay, thank you. Sheriffs deputies headed to quinns location while she stayed on the line with 911. I was in a room. I dont know. Like a warehouse or something. They tied me up to a chair with duct tape and ties. You have no idea what ive been through. I cannot imagine. And im so sorry for you. Deputy trent d on. Tt was 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. And its not quite the joyful reunion youd expect. As far as being joyful, no. She was hysterical and 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 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. Maybe my life isnt worth him paying it back. I feel there is a very dark side to my husband that ive always sensed in a way. Was there something about reid gray that investigators didnt know . And could he have had anything to do with his own wifes kidnapping . Copd makes it hard to breathe. So to breathe better, i go with anoro. Go your own way copd tries to say, go this way. I say, ill go my own way with anoro. 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Ends monday. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Welcome back to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. After telling her family she was abducted from her home by armed kidnappers days later a florida mom has very suddenly be freed. Its a stunning turn of events but for everyone who loves her and the investigators who 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. Right now i feel like my husband wanted me dead. She said if reid had only given the money to the kidnappers on the first night she was abducted she might have been set free much earlier. If my husband had only done what he was supposed to do as it turned out, investigators had been suspicious of quinns husband from the beginning. The sheriff first spoke with him right after quinn was kidnapped. When you first speak to the victims husband, was wha does the first thing he said is the media involved . And someone else was suspicious, quinns mom. I thought reid could have something to do with it. Because. It seemed like a convenient way not to deal with his wife anymore. Investigators had to take a close look at reid. Any time you have a situation like this, nine times out of ten, its a friend, spouse. Did you go anywhere today you would have to go outside . That first day, detectives felt something was suspicious. Youre asking me if theres something on my shoes, theres not. That tells me you dont have any leads. During that interview, investigators learned that quinn and reid had endured major problems in their relationship. What did reid tell you about their marriage . It was rocky. She went out and didnt come home until 3 00 in the morning. She went upstairs, i looked in her purse and found underwear, i said its time to be honest. He did explain a lot of circumstances explaining past infidelities on her part and his part. Reid admitted he had an affair and said quinn had multiple affairs. That kind of admission all but guaranteed more questions. We interview him on everything from personal finances to kids, 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. Even though reid seemed to be upset while his wife was missing, investigators were keeping an eye on him. Was there a time you were distrustful of him or wondering what was going on . I was questioning his motives and how he was. Even though he acted appropriately, that in and of itself is not enough to eliminate somebody. Did you specifically ask reid about the money he borrowed from a loan shark . Yes. He said . He never borrowed money from a loan shark. I didnt believe him. On the first night of the kidnapping, investigators sat her mom down with reid. 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. Quinn am mother openly speculated about whether reid knew more than he was saying. I always thought possibly you could be behind this. They killed quinn and you got rid of the wife, you dont have to have an argument about custody, you dont have to give her money. Things were going good between us. I dont know that, reid. Thats what you say. You thought he was lying . Yes, i thought 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 detect or the test. And he agreed. He took a polygraph with a very experienced poly grapher. Officials at the fbi came to the same collusion, reid gray had nothing to do with quinns kidnapping. I apologized to him if the nib building and we hugged. I said, im so sorry that i thought that. That still left the question, who had kidnapped quinn. I didnt know what was going on. I was trying and i was like please tell me 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 after they dropped you off . Yeah. What did they say . Thats the part im not getting into. She became angry. Im sorry, im going over the big stuff. Im not being confrontational with you. I think you are. Im 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 dissefled, her story did not make sense. Why was quinn so annoyed . Why wasnting she cooperating in the search for her kidnaps . Later that night she returned home. Two days later, quinn gray was a different person when she met with detective george hairgan of the Sheriffs Department. From the beginning it was let her tell her story. Its been the most incredible ordeal to go through this, and then to be brainwashed that you believe your husband is trying to kill you. Quinn said the kidnappers brainwashed her into believing her husband wanted her dead. And she wasnt cooperative earlier because the kidnappers told her if she gave any information about them, they would find her and kill her. But after some sleep, she believed her husband was trying to save her life. Quinn was ready to tell her story of what had happened during her 72hour nightmare. Coming up, just how much of a nightmare was it . Quinns bizarre description of a sexual encounter with her abductor. I acted like i enjoyed it, sometimes i almost did. When ransome continues. sup, world . Its the box with 30 savings for safe drivers. Coming at you with my brandnew vlog. 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Returning to ransom, investigators wondered why quinn gray wasnt cooperating in the serge to find her kidnappers, it took a couple of days, but soon quinn gray was ready to tell her story. Here again is josh mankiewicz. All of a sudden coming back into reality, what was really going on that i knew. Quinn gray was finally prepared to tell all the details of her kidnapping. Do you feel okay . Do you feel youre able to talk and get it out . Detective George Harrigan was chosen to interview her. I asked her to start at the beginning and act as sf she had not told anyone the story before. 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 to her bedroom. I went to my closet to change my clothes. He came in this way and said dont do anything stupid. Im not here for you. Hes got a gone snnchts hes got a gun and yellow rubber gloves on. Startled by the gunman, quinn screamed. But she was the only one home. He has a gun to my head and im screaming bloody murder. How did she describe this guy . He was a sharp shooter or sniper in the al bane yan military. She said 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. Thought maybe my husband was in trouble. How much is this house worth . Its 4 million, we have a 25,000 mortgage payment a month. Thats why it doesnt make sense my husband would borrow then the kidnappers the start today restrain quinn. Then she said the gunman took her out of the house and threw her in 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 around my face. At this point i was like, no, no. Deputies later took photographs of the marks by the zip ties that quinn said were too tight. She was left alone in the warehouse, she heard a tv and foreign voices and screaming. I was looking around my room and praying for my kids and praying god would get me out of this. I looked over and there was another chair. And i was thinking, maybe this a torture room. This is where they hold women to torture them before they kill them. Quinn gray said she believed this could be the last day of her life. I was praying whatever this crazy [bleep] going on that i would live and survive. After being left in the chair for hours, the kidnapper returned and cut her free. She said at some point he realized he was fwog to have let her sleep, so he let her lay down. And a few minutes later, he laid down next to her. And he begins to kiss on her neck, and i said whats going through your mind . She said im thinking were going to have sex. Were going to have sex. I knew i wasnt going to 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. Which makes sense. I dont know what i was thinking. Take a couple deep breaths and hear me out so you can get yourself together. Take your time. So then sex happens. And i ask her to, as best she could, describe that for me because it was important if she remembered anything identifiable about this guy. Every position all night long. Quinn said she didnt try to the fight off her kidnapper because she thought it might save her life. Its really embarrassing. I know. Im acting like i enjoyed it, and im not going to lie, sometimes i almost did. Listen, its not its not unusual to have weird feelings and thoughts going through your head when youre exposed to a massive amount of trauma. The sheriff later watched that interview. The bottom line is people react differently under stress. It must be stunning to hear a Sexual Assault described as something they enjoyed. Yes. At the warehouse, quinn said she spent the first night sleeping on a concrete floor, but the next day the kidnapper moved her to a hotel, the emmerson inn. At that point he makes the decision weer going to go to a hotel for the night. Were going to rethink this thing. And thats when we ended up at the emmerson inn. Quinn said the kidnappers brought his gun to the inn and said he would kill her husband and children if she didnt cooperate. She contemplated using it on himself. I was trooi crying. And i grabbed his gun and said im going to shoot myself in the head. He said are you [bleep] crazy. 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 a thing of paper and drinks for us. So were eating like spicy chicken. Quinn also told police unlike what was written in the ransom note she no longer believed three men were involved in her kidnapping. My gut instinct is theres not anyone else involved. The interview lasted six hours, but it wasnt the end of quinn and reids anguish. They were frightened to return home. What if that guy is at home waiting 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 have nobody in custody. I wont lie to you. I need to know that that guy is caught, too. 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 appeared for some kind of woman kidnapping or Something Like that. Is that you . Coming up, the man in the video, the mannequin said abducted her at gun point comes forward, but hes not exactly what investigators expect. He comes from a good family, has a college education. This guy was no gangster . Absolutely not. When ransom continues. We could go down this waterfall, honey. What do you think . Whooo yeah mmmmm. Want some . Its good, its refreshing. This is what our version of Financial Planning looks like. Tomorrow is important, but shes only seven once. Spend your life living. Find an advisor at northwesternmutual. Com. During a police interview, quinn gray talked about her kidnapping ordeal in graphic detail. Armed with new information, police were able to identify a suspect in a Grocery Store camera video. The next step tracking him down. Here again, josh mankiewicz. A man hunt was under way for quinn grays kidnapper. Two days after her release, quinn remembered something important. It was a new lead for investigators. The big thing that she says during the conversation is on sunday morning we were at p ublix. Quinn remembered the kidnapper had bought food from a public super market while she was in captivity. And she remembered specifically what he purchased. Thats where he bought the chicken, a paper. Detectives went to the publix, where the manager found a match for those items. Armed with the exact time the food purchase was made. Investigators scanned the super market Surveillance Footage from that moment and found this man. Quinn confirmed it, he was the kidnapper. She gave us enough information to find his picture and post it on the internet and post it on the news. Witnesses describe the man to be in his mid 20s or early 30s and 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, i was buying something at publix and my picture appeared for some come kidnapping. Is that you . Im on my way over there. Within an hour he ended up here at the Sheriffs Office. He didnt seem to have a care in the world that he was considered the prime suspect in a kidnapping. Howard coal conducted the investigation. What did you learn about jasmine osbanovick. He was involved in the auto trade, had a college education. This guy was no gangster. Absolutely not. While he was not albanian, he did have an accent. But he said he had no idea why anyone would be looking for him. You have the rights he freely signed a document waving 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. Tell me about stacy. Me and stacy met up. His story had more than a few holes. He wasnt sure of stacys last name. He didnt have her phone number or her address. He was a character. What can i tell you . Hes like, i did none of that, by the end of the day youll see ill walk out of here. In addition he said he saw quinns picture in the media and he didnt know her. Did you recognize her . Sir, she looked you didnt look at the picture and say i know this woman . She doesnt look like anyone i know. The atmosphere changed. Weve been to the publix because this woman brought us there. What did i do . She is saying you abducted her. I have more than enough evidence to charge you based on her word. Then the detectives started to apply pressure. For you to say you dont know her, concerns me greatly. Concerns me greatly. Because this woman, i can assure you, knows you. She says she knows me . Absolutely. I know she knows you, and i know you know her. Sir, i told you everything i had 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 world. Detective coal told him he had been identified not only by quinn but also an employee of the emerson inn who said on the same weekend quinn went missing he saw osmanovic with quinn. Its her word saying i took her. Whats the chances of you and her staying in the same hotel in the same room statement without knowing each other . Whats the chances of that . Coal referred back to quinns photo and asked if this was the woman stacy that osmanovic claimed he was with the night she was abducted. Its her word against mine. Its more than that. How . We have independent people that ided you. If this woman is not telling the truth, you need to tell it. If shes not telling the the truth youre in trouble. He man taned he did nothing wrong and not only that he said he could prove it. 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Call your doctor if you have worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain while taking anoro. Ask your doctor about anoro. Go your own way get your first prescription free at anoro. Com. Despite denying any involvement in quinn grays kidnappers, Jasmin Osmanovic found himself in the hot seat. With investigators closing him, he decided to tell police about a secret audio tape he thought would prove his innocence. Here again josh mankiewicz. Jasmin osmanovic was suspect number one in the abduction of quinn gray. I just have a feeling im in a bad movie right now. Its funny you should say that. Ive been feeling that way for the past day. 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 say i was from bosnia. No. She said albania. Do you know what abania look like . Middle east earn. Give me a break. Not only that but osmanovic, a mechanic, said e he thought he was being set up to be the fall guy in this highly public case. Hes concerned because she has money and he doesnt, hes going to get the short end of the stick. Yes, shes the rich woman, i know how it goes. He expressed a great deal of concern about that. It seems like obviously since shes rich, its going to be my shes what . Shes rich. I could careless. In an interrogation that lasted almost eight hours, detective coal tried to keep him talking, even when he tested coals patience. He thought he was smarter than us, he wanted to control the interview. Truthfully he drove me crazy. You can search everything. Like you said, i got an iq, you got one too. Hes Walking Around talking about his iq, do you hear that a lot from suspects . Not overtly. They think it, but its rare for them to say it. Im smarter than her and her [bleep] husband. No doubt about it. And this is bs. This is [bleep]. And its [bleep] because the stone is headed myway. It is. Eventually osmanovic relented. He admitted he may have known quinn gray. Do you know or do you not i might have seen her. But he said if he did know quinn, he could prove his innocence. He kept talking in code. At one point i was like, i dont understand what youre trying to tell me, explane to me what youre trying to tell me. He said, you know how you cops do videos, this and that. Hes like, i have my own audio. However, for some reason he wasnt willing to share that tape with investigators. He has this tape that gets him off the hook . Yes, sir. He wouldnt give it to you . No. It blew my mind because if i dont get this tape, hes facing kidnapping, sexual battery, extortion. Osmanovic insisted that recording would be a get out of jail free cards. Tell me about the tape. Whats on the tape . The tape is not going nowhere out of my possession. Which i hid way off the location. Why would you do that . Why would what . You tape that. Remember the iq part . I might have been played for a fool, but im not an idiot. Even f under the threat of arrest he refused toe hand over the recording or give its location. He knew he was in it up to his eyeballs. The next day after osmanovics interrogation was completed, detective coal received some crucial information about the recording. We learned of the existence of the tape from jasmine. 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 owner in jacksonville, and he said we have something you might be interested in. Finally they had the tape, and when they played i, they couldnt believe what they heard. The sheriff called a press conference, he had a major development. As our investigation developed we arrested quinn gray. 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Chinchilla update got that chinchilla after all. Say what up, rocco. Welcome back to dateline extra. After getting access to the secret audio tape, police were brown away by what they heard. Exactly what explosive secrets did the tape hold and why were authorities now headed in a whole new direction. Here again, josh mankiewicz. Lets see what happens at the hotel. Shes been staying at the hotel all night long. At last, investigators had the secret recording that Jasmin Osmanovic refused to hand over. But far from exonerating him, it offered plenty of evidence against him. It was compelling, it was the icing on the cake. It was the point of no return for quinn and for osmanovic. On that recording, investigators heard a completely different story from what quinn gray had said happened during her ordeal. Were stay at the emerson inn in room 207. The recording started on monday, when quinn was still missing. Jasmine narrated as he drove alone to the inn. She stayed all alone by herself. She didnt want me with her. 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. Just tell me you have them. They call the cops and everything. But i have a different plan. Osmanovic next appeared to mock the massive Law Enforcement man hunt that was underway to the find quinn. They just knew you were here by yourself all night long, they would have a fit. Thats why im starting to feel like im the sinister one. I wonder what my girls think right now . I dont know if they have any idea whats going on. We went and talked to the people who worked at the hotel, they said she sat in the car while he checked in, they were hand in hand. In fact, they left the room many times over the weekend. And remember the bruises she got from quinn being zip tied on the chair, the recording says she made them herself. Thats from the rope. I was doing the rope. You were doing that . Yeah. Youre a smart girl. I have to have a couple. Amazing they dont have a [bleep] clue whats going on. 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 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 said but to proceed as if quinn really had been taken hostage. In the end the recording osmanovic made gave them the evidence they needed that this was not a kidnapping, but rather a hoax. The pairs real goal was to extort 50,000 from quinns husband reid. We all smelled a rat. It wasnt right. There were many things that 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 described as her captor. And i acted like i enjoyed it. And im not going to lie, sometimes i almost did. Osmanovic would later say that he and quinn met by chance at a gas station weeks earlier. A conversation started and an affair soon blossomed. Something that was strongly suggested by the recording. Im going crazy without 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. When this is all over i have your word . What . Whatever story we tell, you stick to it. We have to both stick to the same story. But clearly osmanovic wasnt convinced quinn would stick to their story. You think he made the tape because he thought at some point he was going to get accused of kidnapping her yes. And he needed to prove it was her idea. It was probably a smart thing to do because it revealed to us in no Uncertain Terms that quinn gray was not a victim. Jasmin osmanovic was arrested for extortion. And before the sheriff publically announced quinns arrest, he had a heart to heart talk with her husband. Tough conversation for you to have . Yeah your spouse made this thing up and she had relations with the guy that we know were 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, dy not. I did not know him. Why would someone make this up. Its the truth. Im talking about him. Because hes a criminal and came in and tried to extort 50,000 from me. 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. I think thats going to be the outcome. Coming up, her husband seemed to be standing by quinn, but what did her mother think . You believe shes telling the truth . And then, what kind of legal price would quinn pay for her escapade . When ransom continues. Now you can join angies list for free. Which means everyone has access to our real reviews that we actually verify. And we can also verify that what goes down, [ splash, toilet flush ] doesnt always come back up. Find a great plumber at angies list. Join today for free. Find a great plumber at angies list. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you in an elaborate kidnapping hoax. But even though investigators considered lee gray the victim, to the surprise of many he decided to stand by his wife. Two months after her arrest, he even appeared on the today show and offered total support for kwin. Its been a roller coaster of emotion from the onset. There are times when you sit in front of the fbi and they present you with evidence that shelves 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 she was kidnapped. Quinns mom also stood firmly behind her daughter, saying jasmine os mono vich 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 she was just out of hazel ton. She was in a fragile situation. Quinn had only recently been released from the hazel ton clinic, where she had undergone treatment for alcohol abuse. Her mom thinks once she stopped self medicateding with alcohol her bipolar disorder emerged. I know theres definitely something not right because thats the wife that i know. Quinns mom felt her daughter had a strong defense. She says that on the tape os mono vich says he will release quinn. Its one of the few places on the tape where he sounds like her cap tore and not her lover. I will release you tonight. You know you can go home, which i promised from day one. Right . Yes. And quinns mother who has never heard the tape says it was because of quinns mental condition that her daughter had sex with os mono vich. And 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 brultsel 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 os mono vich. Investigators admit they couldnt find a shred of evidence that the two had any relationship before that Labor Day Weekend. Does it give you any pause at all that theres no proof that those two knew each other before Labor Day Weekend . You know, it does and it doesnt. We knew that their encounter was consensual. 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. Bond will remain the same but the prosecutor in this case, Jennifer Dunn ton, says her office was never shown any proof that quinn really does suffer from a Mental Illness. Have you seen anything to indicate that quinn gray already was diagnosed as bipolar before is 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, jasmine os mono vich pleaded guilty to extortion. In Court Appearances the formerly cocky, perhaps even arrogant mechanic now appeared looking like a man who has been had. Because hes a criminal. But quinn gray decided to continue her fight, and 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 and mr. Os mono vich made trips into various businesses. All proving that she could have walked away if she wanted to, could have escaped, therefore wasnt a real kidnapping. Correct. What was the truth . At one point read gray arranged a private lie director test for his wife and according to assistant state attorney dull ton, the results were not what he expected. Ive been provided records that she did not pass that polygraph. She was deceptive. And at some point he eventually listened to that tape, which he had not listened to it previously. This much action . You know he doesnt. Hes not a dumb man. He was connecting the dots too. Reed gray eventually changed his mind and with it support for his divorce. In august of 2010 he was graptd a divorce ask now shares custody of the couple daughters. He did not want to be interviewed but told us i want to work with Law Enforcement to ensure the safety of our family. And perhaps quinn was ready to move on with her life as well. In february 2000 lesson she pleaded no contest to extortion. It was something her mom had 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 that but at least she did not have to go to prison. Quinn sent us a statement saying she was abducted at gunpoint and never knew os mono vich 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, os mono vich was able to my opinion my 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 jasmine os mono vich were both sentenced to time served in jail, given proxy and ordered to repay a total of 86,000 in overtime costs that were run up by all the Law Enforcement personnel who had worked that weekend trying to find quinn. Both declined to be interviewed. Both are now free and apparently theyre no lodger coconspirators or lovers. Whats in this for quinn gray . I dont know. I mean, if she divorces her husband, shed get a lot more than 50,000. Thats it. It was a call for help. It was 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. But i can tell you she sure picked a very colorful way to do it. Lie and lie and lie and lie. Its hard to pull off a fake kidnapping. It just is. Thats all for this edition of dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Thank you for watching. She was a mom looking for her baby, and her baby hadnt come home. Reporter cathys week had been nothing but trouble. She couldnt tell me what happened. She was so upset. Reporter it was about to get much worse. My mom would say if you find the car, youll find cathy. You didnt want it to be dark because you wanted to keep looking. She was stabbed multiple times. There was blood within the interior of the car. She was a targeted victim. Reporter who killed cathy . We had no witness. We had no confession. We had no dna. Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost