jumpstart. woody woodward was lead guitarist in one of her biggest fans. voices like that are just gives. somebody gives you that from above. friends thought she could take her talent big-time. but tommy seemed happy to remain in columbia. one of her gigs was at her friend ben staples annual barbecue. is this time a stage? well yes, she enjoyed this. tammy was an entertainer. she didn t just stand up there and sing. along the way, in 1996, tammy met and married a local boy, brett parker. a medical supply salesman. if he had been a star athlete in high school. his aunt sandra hunter says he was always throwing some kind of. ball playing football and softball and baseball. and he was an all american kid. an injury sidelined any thoughts of a career in professional sports. so brett took up amateur softball. that s how he met one of his closest friends with.
band, jump start. voices like that are just gifts. somebody gives you that from above. friends thought she could take her talent big time but tammie seemed happy to remain in columbia. one of her giggs was at her friend s annual barbecue. she enjoyed this. tammie was an entertainer. she didn t just stand up there and sing. along the way in 1996, tammie met and married a local boy, brett parker. a medical supplies salesman. he had been a star athlete in high school. he was always throwing some kind of ball. he played football and softball. he was an all american kid. an injury sidelined any thoughts of a career in professional sports so he took up amateur softball. that s how he met one of his closest friends. he was one of the best
gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember she worked a lil caesar s pizza and that was the greatest thing to get a job. reporter: she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. and there she met a german immigrant named heiko. and from then on, that it was. they were a family. she became a lab technician. heiko, a maintenance man. they bought a house in a leafy neighborhood of lynchburg and had kevin. and the immigrants son became an all-american kid he was 14 that summer of 2011. smart, studious, and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall. he s this normal american kid who likes pizza and hotdogs and burgers, hang out with his friends, play video games, ride on his skateboard. reporter: they lived frugally, saved their money.
they bought a house in a leafy neighborhood of lynchburg, virginia and had kevin. and the immigrants son became an all-american kid. he was 14 that summer of 2011. smart, studious, and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall. he s this normal american kid who likes pizza and hot dogs and burgers, hang out with his friends, play video games, ride on his skateboard. reporter: they lived frugally, saved their money. which is how eventually heiko could afford his used mercedes sports car and gerfa and kevin that vacation trip to the philippines. life was good. but now it was very bad indeed. when i first heard they were kidnapped, the first thing that came to my mind was oh, my gosh, it s abu sayyaf. reporter: abu sayyaf, a small but extremely violent militant group. over the years it claimed affiliation first with al qaeda, then isis, as it fought to establish an independent islamic state in the southern philippines. its bread and butter in its fight against the g
in 1985. brought then 16-year-old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember she worked at little caesar s pizza and that was the greatest thing, to get a job. reporter: she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. and there she met a german immigrant named heiko. and from then on that was it. they were a family. she become a lab technician, heiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in a leafy neighborhood of lynchburg, virginia and had kevin. and the immigrants son became an all-american kid. he was 14 that summer of 2011. smart, studious, and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall. he s this normal american kid who likes pizza and hot dogs and burgers, hang out with his friends, play video games, ride on his skateboard. reporter: they lived frugally, saved their money.