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Life at jayne and eduardos ranch was divided now, into the joyous before and the somber after. the kidnapping of eduardo valseca brought with it an unrelieved trauma, soon all the children understood it was no business trip their father had taken. within hours, the word spread, was whispered around the school, around the neighborhood, around the town. jayne, still in shock, tried to keep life normal. even helping her childrens teachers at school, as if everything was just the same. >> she was ve...

Anything, really, beyond our -- what was in our checking account. >> the fact of the matter was the valsecas were house poor. they had put everything they had into the ranch and at recession prices, even if she could sell it, she would get a small fraction of $8 million. there in the dining room, jayne showed the e-mail to her afi agent and realized he was not surprised. >> you know, jayne, you have to realize that this is the way this works. youre going to be learning the ropes here. theyre alw...

Definitely not right. what is this guy doing? >> and then in moments it was obvious. jayne and eduardo were being chased, herded like cattle into a chute with no escape. >> in the distance we see the compact car that has raced up our interior road, cut in front. >> here she relived it, the horrified moment as the car in front of them suddenly stopped and eduardo slammed on his brakes. >> we immediately were hit from behind. at that point, a split of a second and there was a man coming out of the...

End of story. but it didnt go that way. >> no, it didnt. jayne says the police tried one escape highway, no other. and no eduardo. he had been kidnapped. >> these people carried this whole operation out with such precision and such surprising professionalism, which seems a strange word to even use. >> how long did it take? >> seconds. they were cool as cucumbers. >> but that was just the first clue. on the ground beside the suv in which the kidnappers abandoned jayne was another. inside an envel...

Hours." jayne stared at the kid from afi with what could only be described as dismay. her husband eduardo had been kidnapped. she had gone through the whole horrifying ordeal herself, had scoured the country in a desperate search for someone to help her. she was frantic. it was 3:00 in the morning and now the federal police had sent her an unarmed boy. the young man took one look at jayne, saw her disappointment and then spoke. >> he had a very confident smile on his face, takes off his glasse...

What was in our checking account. >> the fact of the matter was the valsecas were house poor. they had put everything they had into the rarj. and at recession prices, even if she could sell it, she would get a small fraction of $8 million. there in the dining room, jayne showed the e-mail to her afi agent and realized he was not surprised. >> you know, jayne, you have to realize that this is the way this works. youre going to be learning the ropes here. theyre always going to demand a lot more t...

Jayne and eduardo were being chased, herded like cattle into a chute with no escape. >> in the distance we see the compact car that has raced up our interior road, cut in front. >> here she relived it, the horrified moment as the car in front of them suddenly stopped and eduardo slammed on his brakes. >> we immediately were hit from behind. at that point, a split of a second and there was a man coming out of the passenger side of the car, coming at eduardo and hes got a hammer in one hand and a ...

Life at jayne and eduardos ranch was divided now, into the joyous before and the somber after. the kidnapping of eduardo valseca brought with it an unrelieved trauma, soon all the children understood it was no business trip their father had taken. within hours, the word spread, was whispered around the school, around the neighborhood, around the town. jayne, still in shock, tried to keep life normal. even helping her childrens teachers at school, as if everything was just the same. >> she was ve...

>> no, we never said anything. >> a request, she said, from the federal police. >> they said no comments in the radio station, no comments in the channel because we dont want these people to be afraid or whatever and they could do something to eduardo. so it was like, mouth closed, like everybody was acting that as if nothing was happening. >> everybody perhaps, but jayne, whose need for information was making her crazy. remember, the kidnapper said go home, youll get an e-mail with our demands....

>> no, it didnt. jayne says the police tried one escape highway, no other. and no eduardo. he had been kidnapped. >> these people carried this whole operation out with such precision and such surprising professionalism, which seems a strange word to even use. >> how long did it take? >> seconds. they were cool as cucumbers. >> but that was just the first clue. on the ground beside the suv in which the kidnappers abandoned jayne was another. inside an envelope, addressed to jayne. >> the first th...