night, strange noises around the house, anything like that, right? no. married for almost nine years, reid told investigators his relationship with quin was better than ever, and that the couple was even thinking about having another child. she s been just an amazing friend. she s active in taking the girls to dance, taking the girls to all their after school programs. she was a wonderful daughter, yes. quin s mom, gayle sykes. and that s very difficult for a mother to say who has four daughters, but she was absolutely the sweetest of all the children. that night, reid called his mother-in-law with the devastating news. i was just completely in shock. as a mother, it s your worst nightmare imagining what s happening to your child. what do you think quin is going through at that point? being tortured, tied up, fearing for her life, fearing that she would never see her children again. while quin s mom waited for news at her georgia home, reid
like this happen? so we were really back to square one. who are we looking for? we had no idea. the rest of saturday went by with no word from quin or the kidnappers. meanwhile, quin s mom gayle sykes left her georgia home and headed to her daughter s house in pontra vedra, florida. i jumped in my car and headed south. how long is the drive? 7 1/2 hours. long drive with that kind of information in your brain. at around 2:00 a.m. when gayle arrived, she found an unbelievable scene. i walked into like a war zone. the s.w.a.t. team was hiding inside the house? they were everywhere. i was told that they were outside, in the bushes, that they were on the roof. it was unreal. early sunday morning, almost 36 hours since quin gray s abduction, and 12 hours since the last contact from the kidnappers. fbi hostage negotiator tony
despite her nerves, gayle sykes was pressed into service. at around 10:30 a.m., the kidnappers instructed quin s mom to go to mikeler s landing, an area on the beach. and there she would find further instructions in a bathroom. gayle left her daughter s house. the money was in a blue bag, along with a tracking device, courtesy of the fbi. at the location, quin s mother found the designated bathroom. hidden inside the toilet paper holder was a note. it looked, again, to be in quin s handwriting. and gayle read it aloud to investigators. so far, so far i m fine. no harm has been done to me. after you pickup this letter, you are going to drive north to joe s crab shack. get the money out of the car and do not look back.