it felt like it was becoming. sinister? having this person text back as michelle, it was just extremely, extremely terrifying. what does that feel like to go through that? it's hard to put into words. living nightmare, i think, is the closest thing. keith morrison: in a strange way, as chilling as these messages were, they gave michelle's friends and family some hope. to them, it seemed obvious theyn who had abducted michelle. and their mission was now clear, michelle didn't just need to be found, michelle needed to be rescued. it's a time critical situation. every second that you waste is a second that she's hurting. we had to find her. keith morrison: saturday afternoon, 18 hours after michele vanished, michael and a group of michelle's friends met with an inspector for hayward county at the time, fraser ritchie. we had about 10 or 15 family members and classmates and friends at the police department. they were all talking about how responsible she was, how