nesbit, and he got the ball rolling. and then everybody was calling us wanting information. the next morning the fbi showed up and set at the table. that night we told isb where the car was probably at, where they d entered the trailhead up there on burnt log road later onto find out it was snowshoe cabin road, right? how does this make you feel that you helped crack this? it makes me feel really great that the girl was found and that she s safe. i m very grateful for the amber alert program and how it played a role in the whole thing. because without that, this would not have happened. idaho wasn t even on the radar for her. nobody suspected her to be there. and the area, i mean, you saw aerial photos of it. it s much worse than it looks from the air. let me tell you. it s rough country. and for us to be there at the
and there it would be in their living room. and then, mark, just to hear really about maybe a little bit of the psychology of james dimaggio. that he was quick with an explanation saying that she would have chosen los angeles or hollywood, but this was my pick to be out here in the wilderness in idaho. is that kind of a classic, i guess, type of hallmark of someone who may have planned an event like this and planned encountering strangers or people who might suspect something strange between this man and this young girl? sure. and what a great job these people did to help rescue this girl. this guy was a desperate man, this obviously wasn t planned well out. they were wearing tennis shoes and not hiking boots. i don t think he had planned this. he wasn t really ready for any kind of interaction with anybody
was that, you know, just a few weeks ago hannah made a comment to her friends that she felt awkward, weird around him because he said he had a crush on her. and she was afraid to tell her parents because jim s family. and her friends, you know, the awareness wasn t there for them to tell their parents or another adult so that, you know, we could have acted on this earlier. a week earlier. and it might have helped. reporter: and sara britt also saying this is a cautionary tale and for all teens and parents and grandparents to pay close attention. just see if there are any signs out there that someone might be grooming a child or plotting something, anything out of the ordinary. let s talk a little bit more about grooming. and possibly in this particular situation. there s lots of questions about whether hannah was kidnapped or
trusted family friend, would snap? never. no. no. even the way it turned out, i mean, he loved little lee and he loved my daughter. and for him to do such a horrific act is just not fathomable. i can t understand it because he loved them too. reporter: both of you have said for any teenagers watching, for any parents watching, there s some lessons to be learned here. there certainly is. you know, what surfaced at the end here was that, you know, just a few weeks ago hannah made a comment to her friends that she felt awkward, weird around him because he said he had a crush on her. and she was afraid to tell her parents because jim s family. and her friends, you know, the awareness wasn t there for them to tell their parents or another