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I really believe in my head, this is it. next week, i'm getting out of this box. >> but he didn't 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 didn't care about him. had moved another man into the raench to live with her. and in the end those hours of coffin-like solitude, doubts ate at his mind. >> i started feeling mixed feelings. i ...

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, make sure that the person that meets you at the next destination has the missing piece. >> it was the p...

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 emptied. his kidnappers kept the light burning day and night, blasted the inside of the box with high volu...

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 hustle into a building, up a stairwell on someone's shoulder, the stripping of all his clothes, the sud...

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 kidnappings. >> they said, oh, yeah, we have resolved 100%. and i said really? so does that mean you go...