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Men in an suv picked up the bag of ransom money. police were tracking the car and were confident this would lead them to quin. but turns out there were more twists in the story than anyone could have imagined. here again is josh mankiewicz. >> the ransom drop had been made. sheriff's investigators and fbi agents believed they might be on the verge of break being the kidnapping case of quin gray. under cover teams and an fbi plane were following several men in an suv who had just picked up the ransom money from a restaurant parking lot. investigators were hoping the men didn't notice the tracki...

Tennis team. >> they looked at a bag and said, hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was money in that bag? it was that simple, that coincidental, and couldn't make it up. >> the college students stumbled onto the bag, picked it up, and then got scared when they saw cars following them. they then called 911. >> we found a blue bag on a parking lot and there were like a lot of money in there, we want to give it to you guys. >> they came down to jacksonville beach, had some fun. >> wound up with more than they expected. >> a lot more. >> it was a chance encounter that had everyone on edge. all of th...

>> i'm telling you what i'm going to do. >> did that aggressive approach seem to work? >> i think so. i really think so. >> another ransom drop was planned. >> all right, i talk to her first, i see her and she walks across and gets in my car. >> ma'am, i'm making the decision, not you. >> no, no, i'm sorry, but i am going see my daughter and i'm going to have her in my car. i've got your [ bleep ] money. let me see my daughter and i want her in my car. do you understand? >> was this at last the end of this ordeal? it was not. because the kidnappers never showed, and quinn's mom returned home. ...

>> and they wound up with more than they expected. >> a lot more. >> it was a chance encounter that had everyone on edge. all of the money drop attempts, butler boulevard, chick-fil-a and now joe's crab shack had ended in failure. >> three attempts at a ransom drop. the money never actually changed hands. >> no. >> the kidnappers never actually got the money. >> no, no. >> i turn to the fbi and said what's happening with the money? he said, well, we don't exactly know where the money is right now. i said great. you've gotten my daughter killed. >> the real kidnappers were still looking for the...

Beach police cruiser pulls into the gas station and starts talking to these young men. >> you're thinking what? >> we had no idea what's going on. >> trying to keep the kidnapping quiet, so as not to tip off the local media, the fbi and sheriff's department had not told the local police about the ransom drop. so a frantic call was made to the jacksonville beach police instructing officers to bring the suspects in. detective howard cole of the sheriff's office rushed to the scene. >> immediately everybody, rightfully so, says these guys are involved, we need to interview these guys and we need ...