i think like around 6:00 or 7:00 at night in california. i said, well, they're online right now. why would they be online at 3:00 a.m. in the morning? >> reporter: they weren't. her mother and her father were in fact at the family-owned condominium north of san diego. flown there not knowing he was the subject of an international arrest warrant for her part in aiding and abetting the kidnapping of adam and jason. >> we thought it was too good to be true. we didn't think too much of it. let's go ahead and call out there. and sure enough, someone picked up the phone at that their gnome california. >> i called the fbi and said they're in san diego at their house. i called the number. impossible. she's red flagged. she can't get through customing, through ins. i finally had the maryland police call and say they were at pacific bell and electric company, picked up the phone. got the san diego county sheriffs and kicked the door in