technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. we re tracking the phone and thinking we ve got some leads. agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. sheriff s detective howard cole was sent in pursuit. it was believed that quinn gray s cell phone was being tracked to an area west of orlando. but something had gone wrong. before tracing the calls, investigators had to get a judge s approval and in the rush to fill out the proper paperwork, someone made a small, but critical error. when they actually went to get the order signed by a judge,
when the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held. fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. we re tracking the phone and thinking we ve got some leads. agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. sheriff s detective howard cole was sent in pursuit. it was believed that quinn gray s cell phone was being tracked to an area west of orlando. but something had gone wrong. before tracing the calls, investigators had to get a judge s approval. and in the rush to fill out the proper paperwork, someone made a small, but critical error. when they actually went to get the order signed by a judge,
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
jacksonville office is james casey. he says the kidnappers appear to be dee activating quin s cell phone after each of the calls they made to reid. somebody in the scheme was smart enough to take the battery out of the cell phone, because we were able to, through some technical capabilities, determine that that phone was not only off, but had no power to it at certain times. meaning you can t trace it? meaning you can t trace t. while there was no pinpointing an exact address where quin s calls were originating, technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower. and that gave investigators a general idea where quin might have been held. fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. we re tracking the phone and we re thinking that, you know, we ve got some leads. agents felt they were making progress, but then suddenly the phone was also pinging fa
pointing an exact address where quinn s calls were originating, technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held. fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. we re tracking the phone and thinking we ve got some leads. agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. sheriff s detective howard cole was sent in pursuit. it was believed that quinn gray s cell phone was being tracked to an area west of orlando. but something had gone wrong. before tracing the calls, investigators had to get a judge s approval. and in the rush to fill out the proper paperwork, someone made a small, but critical error.