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Would get there before the police did. >> los angeles is bracing for a second night of burning, killing and looting, in response to the rodney king verdict. >> now officials prepare for night fall. >> i can't predict what will happen, but it's going to be worse. >> good evening, the saga of sidney risso is now a kidnapping case. >> in the case of exxon executive sidney risso, investigators are trying to get cluing from a ransom note. >> rainbow warriors is a ship owned by a ship that was's part of greenpeace. >> the first letter clearly wanted to make the point that this in fact was in retall ...

Manager victor samuelsson had been kidnapped by marxist guerrillas. >> after $14 million in ransom was paid, samuelsson was returned unharmed in april 1974, 18 years to the day sidney risso disappeared. >> we need to know if indeed there is a group that is holding mr. risso. >> but the fbi's behavioral science expert becomes suspicious of the group's international claims. >> i think we had one call from new york, and then one call late in the investigation from georgia. all of the phone calls that we were able to capture were all within a five to ten mile radius. >> in fact the kidnappers seem...

Was covering, so dramatic was the footage. and here we had no footage. >> that night, investigators get a new lead. >> may 1, around 9:30 at night, we had received a call that directed me to morris park. they said that the second letter could be found under a white rock near a fence. we did in fact find a letter. they wanted a plane, they wanted the money pud in bags. we wanted to make sure that sidney risso was alive. we had a lot of concerns about sidney risso's well-being. >> this is an nbc news special report. >> president bush addressed the nation regarding the l.a. riots. >> i want to ta...

Murder in ohio. >> people began showing up at the county courthouse in order to be one of the 35 spectators allowed to see the proceedings first hand. >> it's not often that somebody famous comes to akron, i just wanted to see what goes on and how it's handled. >> he had letters from women proposing marriage to him. he got mail like he was a rock star. >> while the trial unfolds in akron, it's been three days since exxon executive sidney risso was kidnapped and no one has herd from him. >> the media wanted answers and a lot of the time we just didn't have them. >> it's enormously frustrating. ...

Environmental crusaders they claim to be. they're locals. >> mrs. risso says she's concerned about her husband's health. he had a heart attack three years ago, but she has faith. >> he's honest and he's good, so if anybody can survive any set of circumstances like that, he can do kit. >> the suspect has been identified by the sheriff's department as eric houston. >> in olive hurst, california, the local community is facing a terrifying hostage situation. >> are we any closer to identifying what he wants? >> nothing other than we know he came here with a grudge when he was a student. >> i just ...