so he never actually came face-to-face with his kidnappers. he was just coerced over his phone and over the internet. so what appears to have happened is that he was contacted by these kidnappers and told that unless he did exactly what he was told, his family back home in china would be in danger. they asked him for a photograph which they then sent to his family in china with a ransom demand and they told the 17-year-old to isolate himself. that is why he was in this tent in the middle of nowhere. the family, they say that they paid around $80,000 into chinese bank account, and they also contacted the high school in utah. the high school contacted the police and the police by looking at this 17-year-old s spending patterns, what he bought, they worked out that he was camping. so search parties were sent out and eventually he was found in this tent. apparently this siscyber kidnapg is an increasing common trend.
him as very cold and scared. now, apparently he had been kidnapped but not in the traditional sense that we know it. cyber kidnapped. so you never actually came face to face with his kidnappers, he was just coerced over his phone and over the internet. so what appears to have happened is that he was contacted by these kidnappers and told that, unless you did exactly what he was told, his family back home in china would be in danger. they asked him for a photograph, which they then sent to his family in china with a ransom demand. they told 17-year-old, too isolate himself. that is why he was in the tenth in the middle of nowhere. the family, they said they paid around $80,000 into chinese bank accounts, they also contacted the high school in utah. the high school contacted the police, the police by looking at the 17-year-old spending patterns, they worked out that he was camping. search parties were sent, out and eventually he was found in this tent. apparently the cyber kidnapping is
which they then sent to his family in china with a ransom demand, and they told him to isolate himself. that s why he was in this tent in the middle of nowhere. the family, they say they paid around $80,000 into chinese bank accounts. they also contacted the high school in utah. the high school contacted the police, and the police, by looking at this 17-year-old s spending patterns, what he bought, they worked out that he was camping. so search parties were sent out and eventually he was found in this tent. apparently this cyber kidnapping is an increasingly common occurrence, targeting foreign exchange students, particularly chinese foreign exchange students. now, this story ended well in that the student was found alive and well. he asked to speak to his family. he asked for a warm cheeseburger. he is safe. but as i say, this is apparently
taken away from her vehicle in some manner, at that point we were very focused on why was this vehicle located here? why was her wallet found across town? to detectives, it all added up to foul play. it was a very strange and compelling case. a mother of two small children, essentially just dropped off the radar screen. was it baffling to the whole police department what happened to sandi? yeah, her disappearance became a priority with sheriff s office right away. sandi s friends and family put up flyers and joined search parties in the greater seattle area, but there was one notable exception. were you participating in the search. not too much? why not? i just couldn t do that. i just pretty much stayed around the house with the kids and family. did anyone question that? why isn t he out looking for her? they never questioned me.