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Surely, he thought, they would check and discover that. >> i had nothing but high hopes. i thought this is my last week. i really believe in my head, this is it. next week, im getting out of this box. >> but he didnt get out, not for a minute, not for a second. he secretly marked off the passing days on saved scraps of paper, slowly he starved. if they gave him a bit of chicken, he would eat the bones as well. an egg, he would eat the shell and the tortures intensified. the kidnappers sent him n...

Letter "t" on their car with duct tape. there could be no weapons, no cell phones. any hint of the federal police and the deal was off. the two brothers were ordered to a fried chicken place blocks from the hotel. there would be a note taped to the pay phone. they found it. it was directions to the next stop. on it went, and a macabre scavenger hunt from restaurant to convenience store to restaurant, each stop with a note on the pay phone, a map to the next location, for hours they drove the gia...

After taking a red eye to washington, elvis dropped off a handwritten note at the entrance gate. in the note elvis tells president nixon he wants to help the president any way he can. all he wants in return is a badge from the federal bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs. it turns out elvis had a collection of police badges and considered that one to be the ultimate prize. in her memoir, his ex-wife, priscilla presley, writes, with the federal narcotics badge, he believed he could legally ent...

Having. >> arty makes a good point. the mom was asked is this a setup? did he stage this? the truth is the mom doesnt need the money. >> look, i think thats somewhat irrelevant. i think at the end of the day what makes this case compelling and interesting is the fact that once upon a time, husband does a normal thing and says wife controls everything. all of a sudden scribble, scrabble, handwritten note, mom is out, mom is going to control everything. this is someone with a history of bi-polar, ...

Dirt-caked blood dried on her skin, jayne placed calls all around the world to private companies that specialize in kidnap negotiations. >> they knew all the questions to ask. they said, how many vehicles were involved? what did the note say? can you describe the people? what did their guns look like? >> must be a sophisticated operation, they told jayne. negotiating would be difficult and expensive, at least 2,500 u.s. dollars a day, plus expenses, far more than she could afford. she wondered, ...

I really believe in my head, this is it. next week, im getting out of this box. >> but he didnt get out, not for a minute, not for a second. he secretly marked off the passing days on saved scraps of paper. slowly, he starved. if they gave him a bit of chicken, he would eat the bones as well. an egg, he would eat the shell. and the tortures intensified. the kidnappers sent him notes telling him jayne didnt care about him. had moved another man into the raench to live with her. and in the end tho...

Any hint of the federal police and the deal was off. the two brothers were ordered to a fried chicken place blocks from the hotel. there would be a note taped to the pay phone. they found it. it was directions to the next stop. on it went, and a macabre scavenger hunt from restaurant to convenience store to restaurant, each stop with a note on a pay phone, a map to the next location, for hours they drove the giant city. >> in the final note, on the inside the note said, this is a photograph, mak...

Communication was by handwritten note. the kidnappers would signal when they wanted to enter the box. >> always twice, always like that. >> that was your signal to do what? >> to put a pillow case over my head, and immediately go like i am right now, put my head against the wall. >> so you would never see their faces? >> never, ever, ever. >> they watched him on the web cam, kept him naked, fed him an occasional piece of fruit or a salad. a small bucket served as his toilet. it was rarely emptie...

Inside surfaces are covered in dark abrasive rug, a single bulb in the ceiling, an electronic eye watching. the box is only slightly wider than our own shoulders, barely long enough to lie down in. this is unbelievable. how do you keep your sanity? >> when i first arrived here, and i repeat myself over and over and over, calm your mind down. >> when he first came here, that was the violent ambush in the jeep outside the school. then the bloody semiconscious hooded ride that followed, a blind hus...

Companies that specialize in kidnap negotiations. >> they knew all the questions to ask. they said, how many vehicles were involved? what did the note say? can you describe the people? what did their guns look like? >> must be a sophisticated operation, they told jayne. negotiating would be difficult and expensive, at least 2,500 u.s. dollars a day, plus expenses, far more than she could afford. she wondered could the state police help her? she asked them how successful they had been solving kid...