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Patricia hearst has sent her parents a message and her captors have sent them a unique and high-priced ransom note. >> there was a crowd outside berkeley radio station kpfa the morning mail was opened. there was a letter. while mr. and mrs. hearst listened in their hillsborough home, a tape recording was played. >> mom, dad? im okay. um -- i -- i had a few scrapes and stuff. but theyve washed them up and theyre getting okay. im not being starved or beaten. >> she was alive. obviously terrified. ...

Two men and a girl in a bizarre kidnapping. >> no ransom note, no phone calls, no word, nothing. >> the sla is the peoples army, and we fight in their interests. >> the fbi said the girl in the wig with the automatic rifle was patricia hearst. rich college girl turned armed terrorist in a matter of weeks. southern californias largest manhunt continues. >> for someone my age, i have been through an awful lot. >> we dont know where she is. >> mom, dad, im okay. >> regardless of whether patricia he...

Kidnapping. no ransom note, no phone calls, no word, nothing. >> the sla is the peoples army and we fight in their interests. >> the fbi said the girl in the wig with the automatic rifle was patricia hearst,. >> rich college girl turned armed terrorist in a matter of weeks. >> southern californias largest manhunt continues. >> for someone my age, i have been through an awful lot. >> we dont know where she is. >> mom, dad, im okay. ♪ after the crocker bank robbery, the remaining members of th...

>> the granddaughter of william randolph hearst was abducted by two men and a girl in a bizarre kidnapping. >> no ransom note, no phone calls, no word, nothing. >> the sla is the peoples army, and we fight in their interests. >> the fbi said the girl in the wig with the automatic rifle was patricia hearst. >> rich college girl turned armed terrorist in a matter of weeks. >> southern californias largest manhunt continues. >> for someone my age, ive been through an awful lot. >> we dont know where...

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. all the kidnappers demands. the detective asked quinn to share as much detail of her entire experience as possible, hoping to g...

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 ad...

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...

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, ...

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, investigator...

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 ver...