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Ive been playing hockey for 30 something years. I play every week. Sometimes twice a week. All summer long, all winter long. Money management pays the bills. But hockey feels his passions. Hes the goalies for that team called the trash pandas. So your League Place on Sunday Nights . What did you do that . We want to game. Which was a good thing. But it was a late night. Game that late victory from a february night. And it as he got home. Heap pull up to the garage of his personal, connecticut house around midnight. He didnt know two men were. Watching our just open the Garage Door. Get out, take all my commitment out. Because im goalie, i have a large. By matts 70 year old mother valerie, was a retired nurse, matt moved his momentum to the house after his dad, her husband of 40 years, had passed away. It was the night of the oscars. They didnt finish until it was just about midnight or a few minutes after. And it was right after that when i heard the Garage Door open. As im walking back to the car to pull it in, i see somebody come running down my driveway yelling, get on the ground. And i see hes pointing the gun at me. He tells me ten nail on the garage floor. As im kneeling there, he walks up behind me and sticks the Gun Right behind the back of my ear, presses against my head and says, life is first on the ground. You heard him when he arrived home . Yes, i was waiting for him to come into the house. He wasnt coming in. As im being zip tied, i look up and i see another Guy Running down the driveway. That says the government recovered head to tour in multi layers of heavy Clothing Clothing and dark ski goggles. Based on matts recollection, we created the images of those men. Could you have made out their faces . No, they had no distinguishing things that i could see. Did you even know what race they were . Everything was covered. The only features he could make a, one was a tall, slender guy. The other heavy set. I got up to go out to the garage and when i went out, there i saw matt laying face down in the garage. And if they were to masked gunmen holding guns on him. One of the gunmen swung around his gun and pointed at me and said, come down into the garage here. He said, neal beside your son. This is all going very very quickly. Yeah, this is going bad very. Quickly i went down and i knelt beside my son. I said, please dont hurt us. Please dont hurt us. I said, we will do whatever you want. Mother and son quickly realized they were the victims of a home invasion. Neighbors couldnt see what was happening because their Ranch Houses set far back from the road, on an isolated culdesac. I guess youre thinking, this is gonna play out hopefully in the garage. Well get past. This that was my whole thing. You know what, take what you need. Leave me, go. And i thought that was going to be The End of. It but it moves into the house . But it moves into the house. Inside, matt was led to a couch. They immediately put a small Knit Hat over my Head And Duct taped the hat to my head so i couldnt see anything. Why didnt they just grab some valuables and leave . He could never have guessed what their villainous plan for him really was. Coming up this was much more than just a home invasion. The gunmen say they have a prompt. And Matt Yussman is a solution. We owe some very bad people a lot of money and youre going to get it for. Us how much . Money four point 2 Million in cash. And that was nothing compared to what matt her next. They said, this is sea for explosive. Were gonna make an Explosive Device and were gonna strap into. You and Matts Mom, she was in danger too. Were going to put a bomb on her bed and if you deviate from the plan, were going to detonate both of your. Bonds when dateline continues. Line continues. Your yard. Your game. Even The Way you celebrate. So if youve made plans this prime day, change em. All by yourself. You look a little lost. I cant find my hotel. Oh. Oh this is not normal. No. So . Right . Go with us and find millions of flexible options, all in our app. Expedia. It matters who you travel with. Two armed masked men were holding Matt Yussman and his Mother Hostage in their connecticut home. Matts was brought into the bedroom where they turned the volume on her tv. She says she was instructed to lie down on the bed and stay there. Then she was left alone but she could hear something alarming going on in the other room. Thats where was matt seated on a couch. His hands zip tied, his ice covered with a blindfold. I tried to listen to what they were saying to matthew. They were putting on some headphones on him. I heard them say that. They put your phones on. And im just getting static and static. And i dont know Whats Going on. All the seven, i get a voice that sounds very synthesize, electronic. The very first thing they said to me was, this is not a robbery. This is not a simple home invasion. By using a device like this, i can disguise my voice. This just gave me the creeps there because that sounds very similar to what they did. Then they outlined their complex, big plan explaining why Mom And Son were being held captive. Were looking for a large sum of money. We owe some very bad people a lot of money and you are going to get it for us. How much money . It was very specific. They said to me, we want four point 2 Million in cash. And there was Something Else that was unusually specific. The kidnappers knew intimate details about matts life. They knew where i worked. What i did. I had my mother In The House. Matt, the cfo of a Chief Financial Credit Union was, told the next morning he would go to one of his branches and take four point 2 Million out of the vault. Matt told him a Credit Union would never have that much money on hand. Still, he could get them something. This is where i like for the first time and im like, i can get you guys 1 Million dollars. And they said, oh, 1 Million dollars. Hours pass. Matt says he sat on that couch tied up and blindfolded, wondering what was going to happen next. It had to be around 3 00 in the morning, i think, they get me up and they say, you know what, were going for a right. That was the second time i got really scared. Because now im like, theyre taking me away from the house. Thats a line out of the bad movies . Were gonna take you. Farright the gunman next went into his Moms Room carrying rules of heavy duty Duct Tape. They told her she was going to stay behind. And they strapped my feet with Duct Tape, to the bottom of my bed. They said, just a precaution so that i wouldnt go anyplace while they went away. I said, i will stay wherever you put me. I didnt dare try to Get Out of the bindings. That says he found some self in the Back Seat of one of the two vehicles he owned. They had actually put a pillow in the Back Seat of the car. Dont know why. But they told me to stick my face into the pillow and not to move. We then proceed out my driveway. We drove for maybe 15 minutes. We parked and i heard gravelly or just cracking snow. Like we had gone off the side of the road and i was like, wow, what is going to happen here . Are they taking me out in the woods. Are they going to shoot me with a bullet in my head . One of them got out of the suv. Matt says he heard another car start off. Suddenly, there was movement in his vehicle and they were back on the road. He was relieved to eventually find himself back home. Then according to matt, the kidnappers asked him an odd question. They sat me on the coach and asked me if i wanted to take a shower. A shower . I sure. After all of . This after all of that, i said sure, ill take a shower. A shower . After terrorizing him for three hours, how strange. What was going on . And then matts took another bizarre turn. He says he was lead into the kitchen where something was waiting for him on the table. They said, do you know what this is . I said, no. They said this is c4 explosive. Were gonna make an Explosive Device and were going to Stop It to you because we dont trust that youre going to do what youre told. C4, a Plastic Explosive. Used by the military and terrorists. It can be molded likely to into any shape and detonated remotely. Hearing what was happening in the other room, Matts Mom began to cry. And then i could hear them unwrapping Duct Tape. Lots and lots. I could hear them unwrapping. And then when they were strapping it around him. And i began to cry herder. And really panicked because as you are laying there, im thinking theyre putting a bomb on him. Matt was left alone. A bomb, tightly wrapped around his waist. His anxiety was building. As each minute seemed the last before eternity. It was just before daylight. Matts mom says one of the men came back into her room and said something unexpected. One fella came in and said to me, i dont want you to get alarmed, but were going to be using the vacuum. And i thought, wow the vacuum . They came in and i could hear them vacuuming out my living room. And then they came in the bedroom and were vacuuming all around the bed and things. Six hours into their ordeal, The Sun was soon to rise. The two assailants told matt his workday was beginning, and he would soon be leaving to rob his own Credit Union. And to ensure his corporation, they advised him they were leaving an Insurance Policy in his moms bedroom. They said, were not taking any chances. Were going to put a bomb under her bed. And if you deviate from the plan, were going to detonate both of your bombs. Matt says that plan included the threat to detonate his or his Moms Bomb by Cell Phone, at anytime they wanted. At 10 am, they would text him the location of where to drop off the money. And to make sure he saved on time, they also attached a timer to his mom that would automatically explode at 11 am. That was less than three hours away. And at some point, they came over to me and said, its time. They bring me to my car. At this point, they take the blindfold off me. They cut the Zip Ties off me. So rob the bank. Me trying to drop off place . Coming up i did exactly what they told. Me i called my boss. I said, this is my life, dont play with. It dont call the police. But his boss does. As i turn the corner around ten, i see all the police cars. The kidnappers a dire Paul Diabolical plans was off the rails. [inaudible] when dateline continues. Ntrol . Hide our skin . Not us. Because dupixent targets a Root Cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. And for kids ages 6 and up, that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. Hide my skin . Not me. 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And now for the first time i start to think, wow, how is this going to play out . What is going to happen . Wait a second, argument to drive yourself . Is that what youre saying . Yes, they wanted to drive me to drive my own car. How are they going to control . I figured they were going to follow me around watching the whole. Time to bonds, he said, that could be detonated by the touch of a Cell Phone. And all, by The Way, a timer on his device that would go off at the stroke of 11 am. I call my boss. I said, my mother and i have are victims of a home invasion. Im currently sitting in my car right now stopped an Explosive Device. And im coming to the credit you needed to empty the ball. You need to evacuate that range. Are using any Code Words or anything . No. This is real. I said, this is my life, dont play with. And dont notify the police . And dont call the police. Matts boss ignored his plea of no cops. 911. Whats your emergency . I just received a call a few minutes ago from one of our vps. And hes instructing me to vacate our new branch because theyre going to come and rob it. That 911 call eventually ended up here. Police headquarters in new britain, connecticut, where the Credit Union was located. I was a Brandnew Surgeon Anna had just gotten done with Roll Call in the morning. The Phone Rang at the mean death in the police department. A Bank Robbery going on. A guy is driving to the bank right now and hes has a Bump Shop to his tech chess. This is not your usual monday morning, sergeant. We were trying to figure out if it was a joke or not. It was no joke. Sergeant David Mocarsky was one of the first out of the door. What do you know that points, sergeant . The only thing we knew is they give us a play on the car. It was a Red Car. The sergeant had Matts License Plate number and the model of the Red Car he was driving. I get the Credit Union and i dont see anything. Theres no cars. And im like, fantastic. As i turn the corner around to the front of the branch, thats when pure Panic Sets in. Now i see all the police cars. The kidnappers told matt not to call the police. And now there they were. Curtains. He now had two hours and 15 minutes to until that bomb would explode. Matt eased into a parking spot. I rolled down my window and theyre all screaming, Get Out of the car, Get Out of the car. He gets out of the car. We Get Out of our cars. And there was a good 15 seconds of silence. Im looking at us and us looking at him. And trying to figure out what was going. On Mocarskys Partner drew his Gun Strip aiming straight at matt. I said, im wearing an Explosive Device. And they said, show us. So i lifted up my shirt, show the more im wearing. Were like, holy cow. This is real. You are like oh, 100 percent. Because it was a frigid nine degrees out that february morning, the sergeant told matt to get in his car. Then he and his partner protectively state about 100 feet away. Jim wardwell at that time was new Britainss Chief of police. Overseeing a force of 165 officers for the 73,000 people who lived in this central connecticut city. Word of this extraordinary crime immediately run up the ranks and the chief, along with his top command staff, rush said the Credit Union. What do you do to secure the area . Immediate response. Pretty much all available personnel listened to the area. We cleared the buildings in the areas. School put schools in lockdown. They closed off the surrounding streets and shut down a major thoroughfare. Swat teams and heavy equipment rolled in. And the States Bomb Squad was called to get the device off of matt. Shot down an interstate is not a small decision. Calling in other agencies to assist is not a small decision. All those decisions had to be made. And they were made very quickly. Back at the Credit Union Parking Lot, sergeant mocarsky, a member of the crisis negotiation team, became the Point Man to communicate with matt. The sergeant yelled his Cell Number two yussman, and they started to talk over the phone. So whats the demeanor of this man who says he has a bomb on him . Even keel. You know, he was very calm for the situation. At least for now. Members of the State Police Bomb Squad meanwhile were scrambling. Traveling in from different parts of The State. The precious time was melting away. Then at 10 am, the kidnappers started texting. They wanted their money. One hour to go until the bomb was supposed to explode. Coming up id say to the police of like, what do you want them to tell them . Matt needed answers and he didnt have much time to give them. Your mind stops starts to think about where things. Like, am i going to know it when it goes off . What are you going to feel . When dateline continues. Continues pets for up to 1,000 if theyre ever in a Car Accident with you. This mini majorettes gonna march her way right into your heart. Im sorry. Can we stop . 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A complaint alleges that the new law discriminates against georgia voters, and was intentionally constructed to do so. Now, back to dateline. W, back to datel it was now c. Almost 90 minutes since matt first drove into the Parking Lot of the Credit Union. Youre sitting in the car youre strapped to an Explosive Device. An Explosive Device due to go off in about an hour. Unlike, are my employees watching . This unlike, i dont want anyone to see me blow up. This is not what i want to be doing. So, that next hour was just awful. The pressure was becoming unbearable. Now im starting to. Cry and youre waiting for the Bomb Squad . And waiting for the Bomb Squad. As the State Police Bomb Squad headed to this scene from different parts of connecticut, Sergeant David Mocarsky was talking to matt myself and from his car. My big thing was just trying to keep him calm and keep him talking. And you know, assuring him that we had help on The Way. And we were going to get through it. He is my one and only contact. My only person that im talking to. He tried to keep me from losing it. Terrified as he was, matt was still able to tell the police about his moms dire situation. Nine miles from the Credit Union Parking Lot, the Yussman House in bristol, connecticut, was eerily quiet. Matt simon was convince the kidnappers were gone, but to where she didnt know. She was decided to work herself three from the bed. It took me a while to Get Out of it because they had wrapped that up to around and around. She had no idea that the authorities were descending on her home in force. As i got restraints i could see right out into our driveway. [inaudible] and when i looked out there, it was full of police. One of the police had a big rifle pointed right at me. Well be Matts Mom was unharmed physically. Emotionally, she was alarmed as she talked to the police. And they said, lift up your shirt. And i thought, what are they doing . Apparently they thought maybe i had a bomb on myself. So, i lifted up my shirt. They checked me out and said okay, and they put me in a police car. Back in the Credit Union park it law, mount was told his mom was okay. He was not. Precious minutes were taking by. Meanwhile, youve been told that there is a timer. Right. Which is going to go boom at 11 00. And the original plan was that i would be done at ten. The kidnappers told matt they would text him at 10 am with an address where he was to drop off the million dollars taken from his Credit Union. The text, they said, would be sent from his mother Cell Phone, which they had taken from her. I mean, right at 10 00 i get the first text. Are you done yet . From the home . Invaders from the criminals. And i say to the police, im like, what do you want me to tell them . I told talk to matt and im like, were going to roll with it. Were going to tell them that youre still working hard to get the money that they need. What we need to do is just by a little bit of time. Matt texted, it is more money than i anticipated. Moving as fast as i. Can the kidnappers texted back, that is good. In fact, he hasnt made it into the bank owl. He never made it into the bank. He doesnt have any money . No, zero. This is all, keep them talking. Keep them on the line. Yes. At 10 24 pm, 46 minutes before the device on matt was due to explode, the kidnappers texted again with an address where the money was to be dropped. A nearby cemetery. Matt should leave the money at the flagpole. At the same time, cops were able to trace where the texts were coming from. Near that cemetery. They raced over but found No One. Who was in that specific area was no longer in the area. We process probably missed them by. Minutes and that only upped the ante for matt. Take a talk. That was 10 35 and im like, oh crap. Im like, i dont see that Bomb Squad. Im like, where is the Bomb Squad . It was 25 minutes before the device would detonate and thoughts, terrible once, raced through matts mind. He recalled the shocking story of the Pizza Delivery Guy and erie, pennsylvania, who said he was kidnapped and had a bomb locks around his neck. I knew that he was forced to try to rob a bank. That it didnt go well. That he was actually killed during all of this. Matt for about The End of his life. Your mind starts to play the tricks. And you start to think about where things like, am i going to know it when it goes off . Do you hear the noise first . Do you see a flash first . Where are you going to feel . For matt, the excruciating weight continued as the clock counted down to 11 am. Im just sitting there. There are no more texts from criminals. They stopped. They expect me to be at that drop off point. Were getting closer. Its 10 45. Its 10 50. I am now in full panic mode. Coming up take, top. 10 58. 59. Its just like the movies. 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All of this innovation could lead to some inspiration and you might be the next one to represent our nation this summer on your tv, tablet, or any Screen Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams as federal, state and local officers secure the area with armor, Matt Yussman was in a panic. The improvised device Duct Tape to his waist was set to go off at 11 am. Just minutes away. I start asking, where is the Bomb Squad . Its getting closer to 11. This thing is supposed to go off. A Bomb Squad was now on the scene. That was the first and only time i responded to an incident with an individual that had a device actually attached to their body. Connecticut State Police Trooper mike avery, now retired, was on the Bomb Squad. Every steam assembled a Bomb Robot, thinking they could use it to inspect the device and maybe defuse it from a safe distance. The Bomb Squad didnt know what it had walked into. We didnt know if this individual was a suspect or a victim. Unbeknownst to matt, for Police Sniper teams were getting into position around his car. Targeting him. He has an Explosive Device on him. And if he doesnt follow our instructions, and in the event if he rushed out of that perimeter towards us or towards other Law Enforcement personnel, Deadly Force would have to be utilized. Getting the sniper teams in place, deploying the robot, and figuring out a safe approach, all you talk more of the clock. It was just two minutes to 11. I sat there watched that clock, because i had myself in there and it went 10 58, 10 59. And im thinking this is it. Take, top. Absolutely. Hes looking at his watch. Im looking at my phone. And its clicking closer to 11 00. To be honest, i didnt pre. I didnt know what to do. I just sat there and counted it down and waited. And when that Phone Hit 11. My heart stopped and i just sat there. There was no explosion. And i looked around, nothing happened. After 11 00 past, there was definitely a sigh a relief by everybody there. You know, the last thing we wanted was for anything to happen to matt. Im like, why are i not dead . Finally, it was about 11 05 or so, 11 06, and i said maybe they lie to me. Maybe there is no time or. No one except the kidnappers knew what was wrapped around matt. After about ten minutes, the Bomb Squad ordered matt out of his car. We could see that there was something attached to his torso. But we could not get a good visual on it. Avery and his partner abandon their Bomb Robot plan, because they could get a better sense of the device with the naked eye, from the safety of an armored vehicle. They drew alongside matt. At that time, he slowly lifted his shirt up and explode the device to us. It was completely wrapped around his body with a heavy duty gorilla tape, and you could not see anything else other than the large mass in front of his torso. Then avery made his move. Volunteering to remove the device by himself. He suited up and approached matt. This photo was taken at that moment. It had been 11 hours since matt and his mother said they were forced kidnapped. Now, here he was on his knees, without a coat. It was nine degrees out. And its just like the movies. A guy is wearing the big suit, and he walks up to me and they are examining it. The cops decided to extremely matts torso right there in the law. Using a portable xray machine, it took just one minute to create an image. We saw multiple wires running through the tape and around that organic with [inaudible] at this point we determine [inaudible] it was a hoax device. Theyre Coming Up with a plan. What theyre going to do. Finally, the guy [inaudible] so, i wrote went down with a couple cutting tools. Had him remain on his knees facing away from me. Lifted his shirt up and slowly started cutting the tape up his back. As if matt had already gone through enough this day, another sticky problem came. Up he was extremely here. This was gorilla tape. And it was wrapped around his entire torso. So, while removing it, we were causing quite a bit of pain because it was removing all of that here from his torso. We finally get the bomb off me and it goes down to my feet. And he goes, kick it away. And run with me and go behind the truck. Well, i go to take the bomb away and a get stuck to my shoe. And i start to run and i start drag the pole with. The Bomb Squad guys screams, dragging the ball, youre dragging the. Bob im sorry a buffet. But this is a fully. That stuck out your shoe like a piece of toilet paper. Exactly. At the time i was a lot, like. Look. But so i love the more comical moments of the horrible ordeal. Every says it is becoming quite like that. He thinks about spring we be affected by his emotional trauma. We did hold him to rod and it was not a stuck to him. But at last, Mats Ordeal was over. Or so he thought. As i get to the first swath guy, i top him on the shoulder and i say thank you. And the immediately grabbed my hands and put me in handcuffs and through my hands behind my back. Unlike, i do understand why, Whats Going on here. Coming up there like, were doing this for your own safety. Im like, my own safety. Youre the ones with. Against the police had their reasons to be suspicious. Especially after what they heard about matt from his relatives. One of the first things they mention was that youre a big gambler. Investigators turn up the Heat And Matt starts to sweat. I know im in trouble. I know that im needing an attorney and this is not going to go well for me. When dateline continues. Hen dateline continues your yard. Your game. Even The Way you celebrate. So if youve made plans this prime day, change em. Feeling stressed in your skin . Not with new Olay Retinol Body wash. The way you celebrate. Which improves Skin 3x better. 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Matts waste, red and raw from where the biontech pulled off seductive. And they took pictures of the device itself. It turned out after the massive bomb scare, the multi agency security operation, all the white knuckled fair, the supposed bomb, was a fake. Nothing more than Model Clay with wires running through it that connected to nothing. There was no time or counting down to 11 am. And there wasnt any kind of Explosive Device beneath the bed of Matts Mom, valerie. So matt and valerie had some explaining to. Do by now, At Bristol police station, detectives were questioning valerie. And were learning some strange details about the Kidnappers Mo. What a day used to find your hands . They didnt. They left my hands free. Your feet were just tie together under the bed . Yeah. But your hands were free . But my hands were free. Yeah. Why would real kidnappers leave her hands free . And another word detail. According to valerie, the kidnappers behaved like gentlemen. They were trying not to hurt me or do anything that was bad. After he taped my feet to the bed he kind of hug me and he said, dont worry, were not here to hurt you. He brought me in a can of soda. I had cookies on the counter and stuff. He brought them in so i wouldnt be hungry. Im, you know, he is being very nice to me. Okay. Investigators took valeries clothes as evidence. And she offered more strange details. The criminals cleaned her home. He said, im going to vacuum the floors. And i almost wanted to say to him, oh, do you do housekeeping, to. You know as a side . He said [inaudible] giving you cookies and juice. [inaudible] yeah, i thought this was bizarre. [inaudible] we have a ton of questions for you. What was up with that nighttime shower he took while the kidnappers were in his home . Did you find that odd . Yes, i did actually. I dont know why they would do it was it was their idea . Yeah. As for that strange Nighttime Drive that kidnappers took math on, he didnt have a convincing explanation. Do you know which way you went . They kept making turns. And why did kidnappers speak to matt using a digitally altered voice. You know, like when they do it on tv and they change some guys voice. And something very similar to. That definitely not a human . Voice definitely not human. Yeah. Former new burton Police Chief, jim wardwell, was getting reports on what was being said in those interview rooms. I can see how those guys would be concerned about what you have. Here you have a local, unorthodox kidnappers, whom invaders. Who do strange. Things the investigators were not ruling out any Possibility Mr. Yussman was telling a version of events that by a lot of accounts, would make people pause and say, really . So much of Matts Story did it add up. As he said in the police interview room, the atmosphere turned chilly. Detectives questions suddenly had sharp edges. Financially, theres no issues . Yeah im as far as it goes . Very well, yeah. What matt didnt know was that morning, right after his Credit Union boss called the police. Investigators started to dig into his life. Reached out to people he knew well. Found out stuff. When we talk to your brother and nephew, one of the first things they mentioned was that your a big gambler. They said you all money, that you gamble a ton. And thats completely false. I mean, i dont gamble a ton. This was the troubling picture coming together for police. A guy with possible money problems, kidnappers who were friendly to his mom, who then let him drive himself to rob his own Credit Union, with a bomb that turned out to be a fake. And no trace of any criminals themselves. They figured he had to be somehow involved. Theres just too many things you have the. The ability of the access to do it. Okay . So thats why i think maybe youre willing participant in this. That somebody leveraged you are forced to into. This and if the kidnappers did in Fact Disguise their faces and voices, that didnt help matt. Theres only one reason they do that. And thus that they know you, okay . Had matt gotten himself tangled in a scheme to get rich that had spun Out Of Control . This is your opportunity to put it all on the table. And if Theres Something else if Theres Something else going on. We can help you. If someone is trying i dont. To leverage with. You ive been completely honest. There is nothing. I can say unequivocally that i have nothing. Indirectly, directly to do with this. But as Detectives Press Map to fess up, his answers didnt satisfy them. Im just gonna put the cards on the table, because i dont have any time to play games, really, with you. Its the implication that youre somehow involved in this, not as a victim. Okay . By that we mean this is sort of sort of inside. Job investigators seem so convinced that wasnt being straight with them, they wondered if his mom was somehow part of the scheme. Have you like to us at all . No. When youve been in . Here you have it told us any untruth . Not that i know. If in order to protect matthew, or Anyone Else . Oh, no. If Theres Something else going on im not. Is there Something Else going on police were undeterred. They took mats the any. So, open. White is gonna be a little uncomfortable. Then they asked him to sit for a polygraph. Its good to be bad for you if you feel the polygraph. I dont see any reason that i would fail a polygraph. Oh, it will turn out to be bad. Very bad for free matt. Its all under investigation. New britons then Police Chief, jim wardwell, held a News Conference to calm his nervous community. The city was on edge after being partially shut down when Matt Yussman showed up at his Credit Unions trapped within explosive. The bomb turned out to be fake. Certainly we are considering all possibilities. Whether or not he was course, doing something against his will, or a suspect. Could your guys even determine whether the story was true at that point . We could not. You could not determine exactly what the facts were. But youre not finding cooperating evidence in his Vehicle Or Home . Theres no cooperating evidence other than his. Mom no evidence to support Matts Story. Investigators searched his House And Car with a fine tooth comb, looking for fingerprints or dna from the kidnappers. But found nothing. Whats more, we matt did take a polygraph tests and feel part of it. Results indicated he was in telling the truth when asked if he had any involvement in the scheme. I know im in trouble. I know im needing an attorney and that this is not going to go well for me. Matt was right. In the following days, authorities got Search Warrants for his home. They collected computers and phones. Subpoenaed his Bank Records and started digging into his finances. Then matt was placed on paid leave from his job. Your investigated not only by the authorities im actually now getting investigated by my own Credit Union to make sure that they can clear me. What No One knew it was that this unbelievable tail and reeling in connecticut, was only on chapter one. Well matt try to save his reputation, investigators in another part of the country were about to uncover a whole series of similar crimes. Crimes that would span three states, involving High Speed chases and even more victims. This is where the story takes a turn south, to tennessee. It was april 28th, 2015, two months after the connecticut home invasion. And assistant u. S. Attorney happened to be in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he got an urgent message. Hey, police call the fbi when you get sell reception. I got something about a kidnapping. That man was David Lewin. He learned that earlier that day, a guy named Mark Ziegler was on his way to work at the y12 federal Credit Union in a suburb of knoxville. As he was pulling out of his garage, he noticed a Garbage Can was knocked over. So, he puts his car in part, gets out of the car, goes to fix the Garbage Can, at which time he is accosted by two masked men wearing Dark Clothing, ski mask, with guns drawn. As an assistant u. S. Attorney, lewin was aside to help the fbi investigate the Ziegler Story from that first day. He knew nothing about the connecticut case. But the descriptions of the two suspects were similar. One, slender and tall. The other, stop here. If the first Guy With A Gun had a Big Sun Burst A tattoo on his neck that was the mass was pulled up so it was exposed. Distinctive. Distinctive. And then another person came through, who appear to be a black male with a black bandana and sunglasses, but a black, bald head. Again, with guns drawn. The assailants forced ziegler back into his house. His wife and teenage son were inside. All three frightened Family Members were handcuffed and placed in the living room. Mark ziegler was then given a threepage note. It contain chilling details on what was about to happen. He was going to rob his own Credit Union. Coming up he is to empty the vault of three point 4 Million, for every minute that he was late, his wife was going to lose a finger. And later, a high stakes still need. The Bank Employees refuses to open the ball. And a High Speed Car Chase. That could crack the case. He just a third vehicle. I was like, whats about to happen next . You know . Am i about to be caught in a shoot out in the middle of the interstate . And then the doors open and here come to guys. Yeah. When dateline continues. Your game. Even The Way you celebrate. So if youve made plans this prime day, change em. Do we really need a sign to live, laugh, and love . Yes. The answer is no. 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And a mystery is solved. But first some dots would need connecting. 800 miles from knoxville, tennessee, they had no idea they were about to be part of the same story, only that they were dealing with an unfolding crime of their own. Mark ziegler was ceo of the Y 12 federal Credit Union. They were holding his Wife And Home hostage. Assistant u. S. Attorney David Lewin was helping the fbi investigation. He is to empty the vault of 3. 4 Million as well as any and all gold bouillon. The ceo was given a strict deadline. He had less than 45 minutes to get the cash and gold. If he failed, the consequences would be devastating. For every minute that mr. Ziegler was late, his wife, was going to lose a finger. And when she ran out of fingers, their adult daughter, britney, who lived in texas at the time, they have people watching britney in texas. They had eyes on the daughter. They had eyes on the daughter. And they were going to chop her up and mail her to the family if mr. Ziegler failed to comply. How do they have so much knowledge about this family . We dont know. But theyre getting their facts right. Theyre getting their facts right. Mick nocera was the Lead Investigator for the fbi. He said what happened next took an even more bizarre turn. The tall, slender guy, a White Male went outside. A few minutes later, a white female comes in through the backdoor and a female . A female. So now you got three assailants . Three. The white female comes in, and says something about that, he told me to come in and get milk for the baby. for the baby . For the so now you got four players here . One of them is an infant, apparently an infant that needs milk. So is this a gang . Or Whats Goin on, do you think . Obviously were dealing with a crew. Ziegler arrived at his Credit Union, as captured on Security Cameras. He went to the vault and started loading cash into a black bag given to him by the kidnappers. And he slipped one of the employees this note. 911, what is your emergency . My ceo sent me a note that says home invasion, call the police. he had bags and walked into the vault. Ziegler filled the black bag with over 200,000 in cash. Then he got in his car and headed towards the Parking Lot exit where an arriving Police Officer stopped him. The criminals were listening in to everything through a Cell Phone in zieglers pocket. Mark ziegler is telling them through the phone that, the police are here. Theyre approaching me. What do you want me to do . and what he heard through the phone was two words, abort. Abort. and, then, the phone went dead. In the meantime, the kidnappers blindfolded Zieglers Wife and son and loaded them into the familys suv. They drove to a Parking Lot and dumped the vehicle with Zieglers Wife and son still inside. Eventually the two freed themselves and found someone to call police. So in The End, the family got out alive. And the Bank Robbers got no money from it. No money. But they escaped. The zieglers provided a detailed description of the suspects, which authorities used to create this sketch of the black male and this one the female suspect who came In The House looking for milk. Now, im sure the Crime Scene techs processed the house and the vehicles within within an inch. Did they get lucky . Did they find anything . We found nothing. It was clean. Fingerprints, fibers . No fingerprints. No dna. Nothing was left behind. Nothing to stop the next attack. And there would be a next one. Coming up a young couple and their baby barricaded behind locked doors. The Pry Bar is now being used on the Master Bedroom Door. And an intense standoff. The Bank Employee refuses to open the vault. She says, theyre gonna kill me, unless you do this thing for me. yes. Theyre gonna kill me. Theyre gonna kill my child. When dateline continues. When dateline continues still fresh. Unstopables inwash scent booster. 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Com to find out if you policy qualifies. Or call the number on your screen. Coventry direct, redefining insurance. Connecticut, july 2015, for five months Matt Yussman remained under a heavy cloud of suspicion. By that time, he had read about the tennessee Credit Union ceo held hostage and told to rob his own vault. Yussman told investigators in connecticut it must be the same guys who kidnapped him and his mother. Yussman found this to be very odd, that another Credit Union executive forced to try to rob his Credit Union. Its the same people. Theres no way that this this a coincidence. They told me it was just coincidence, Copycat Doin this. Matt had been allowed to return to his job, but he was still under investigation. The fbi had taken over his case from the local police, and according to matt there were serious doubts about his innocence. I was told there wasnt a 95 chance i was guilty. There was a 100 chance i was guilty. And i said, im in trouble. Back in tennessee that same month, it would be another familys turn to be traumatized. A young couple were beginning their day. The harris, tanner, abigail, and their 5monthold son. He and abigail were just in this cute little love phase. They had the new baby, and they were very happy. Jamie satterfield is a reporter with the Knoxville News sentinel who covered the story. She remembers just having this really goofy grin on her face. And and she leaves the baby with tanner. And she goes down the steps. Shes gonna take a quick jog. And and frankly, she said, she might come back and get a little flirty with her husband. So thats why [ laughter ] she had the goofy grin on her face. So she gets down to the bottom of the steps, opens the door, and then boom. As soon as she opened the garage, she saw two masked men, ski masks, Dark Clothing with guns. She immediately slams the door shut. [ Door Slams ] using a crow bar, one of the assailants ripped open the door. Hes now in the kitchen of the house. Abigail, she ran upstairs. Shes trying to warn her husband. They then chase her up the stairs. She runs down the hallway to the master bedroom. She slams the Master Bedroom Door shut. Then her husband locked the door. They, immediately, hear that Door Frame starting to crack because the Pry Bar is now being used on the Master Bedroom Door. Where shes huddling with her Husband And Child . And child. How absolutely horrifying. Theres only one place left to go. They go into the master bathroom. They get all The Way back into the Farthest Point they could get away. And tanners trying to hold the door, and abbys and the babys cr cryin at this point. Its just chaos. Thats the last doorway. Yeah. The two invaders forced themselves into the bathroom. Then, one drew a gun, and delivered a refrain the other families had also heard. Youre going to rob your Bank Today for us. Tanner, as you may have guessed, worked at a local bank as a loan officer. He was handcuffed, and both he and his wife eventually were blindfolded. The attackers then loaded the entire family in the harris car, including their 5monthold son. The attackers knew where tanner worked and drove there with the family. Fbi agent nick nocera. Theyre going to keep the son and the wife while he goes in and robs the bank. This is a child in arms. This is a baby . This is about a 5monthold does this baby make this a special case . Youre definitely rampin up when youre startin about talk about a defenseless infant. Tanner went into the vault, as seen from this Bank Surveillance Camera and loaded a black bag with cash. He then went out to the banks Parking Lot to the car where the kidnappers were holding his family. You see the Car Stop and the Passenger Side Door open. You see Tanner Harris Hand over a very large bag, but you can see a very brief struggle. Tanner demanded that the kidnappers let his Wife And Child go before he would turn over the cash. At which time the bag is yanked, the door is shut, Car Speeds out of the Parking Lot. And an image of a Husband And Father left in a Parking Lot by himself watching the Car Speed away. Two armed desperados have taken his family. Yes. The kidnappers eventually left abigail and her son in their own vehicle, while they took off in a getaway car. They had escaped once again. But this time they had netted 195,000 for their efforts. So in this case, you believe you have two middleaged White Males correct. We dont as the Bank Robbers. Its not three. Right. Theres not three. Theres not a woman. No woman, no black male no tattoo reported. So after you had two of these things, how was it playing as a story . How was knoxville hearing about it . I cant say that people were universally frightened. I think the greater harm initially was that people were suspicious of these families. Thats what i heard. I have Cop Friends who were suspicious. We, as journalists, were kinda suspicious, like, really . They kidnap you, but then they let ya go . And, you know, it just sounded unbelievable. Unbelievable maybe. But it would happen again. This time in northern tennessee. Three months after the Harris Case, a young mother was starting her day and struggling to get her Toddler Son secured in her car. He wants candy for breakfast. And he is throwin a fit. So shes quite distracted anyway. When, All Of A Sudden, you know, she feels movement. Brooke lyons didnt have time to think. In an instant she and her 3yearold son were under attack. She looks up, and heres a guy with an Assault Rifle pointed at her. Two male attackers forced brooke into the car with her son. Thats right, they headed here, this Credit Union in elizabethton, where she worked as a 9 an hour teller. The people knew where brooke worked. They knew how to get to her bank without being told. Jeff blanton is a Special Agent for the fbi he investigated Brookes Case and says she was instructed to go inside and get 350,000, or else. Shes been told, by these two guys, if the police are called, if she doesnt do what shes been instructed, that theres going to be a shootout, that she and her child would be in the middle of it. A Frantic Brooke entered the Credit Union, screamed that she needed the vault opened, and the bags loaded with money, because her 3yearold son was being held hostage outside. Thats when Brookes Day got even worse. She finds her boss in the bank and says, two men have carson with guns. I need to get into the vault. Her boss refuses to open the vault. Who of us can be judgmental in that kind of circumstance. But masked gunmen have her child outside the door. Brooke lyons response was singular. She pointed at her and said, you just killed us. The Credit Unions Security Cameras caught the excruciating Moments Brooke was desperately running around looking for help. All she can think about is her son. She runs out of the bank, opens the Passengers Side Backdoor of her car, throws the bag in there, drapes herself over carson, begs them not to shoot her, and tells them to drive because the cops are being called as they speak. Surprisingly the criminals eventually let both of them go, leaving them in her car and while they took off in another vehicle. They didnt get any money. Two bizarre Robbery Stories had the Knoxville Rumor Mill buzzing about Inside Jobs but now there were three. People were wondering who would be next. Fbi investigators were frustrated. They had no solid leads. By that time, they had already released sketches of the suspects from the attack on the zeigler family, hoping that might advance the case. 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The sentence is one of the longest terms ever imposed on a Police Officer using unlawful Deadly Force. Now back to dateline. It was surreal. It was like youre not going to believe what happened. This is adam russo. No, he isnt a Bank Executive or teller, not another victim of the violent Bank Robbing Gang terrorizing east tennessee. Back in September 2015 more than a month before Brooke Lyons ordeal, adam was an Assistant Restaurant Manager on his way to a job interview, driving west on i40 in North Carolina in a car he borrowed from his fiancee. What kind of car did she have, by The Way . Its a 2005 ford focus. So, when its a little car, little car yeah, yeah, a little car. You know, it it gets ya it gets ya where you need to go. If you tried telling adam he was on his way to becoming perhaps the most crucial player in a case that had befuddled an army of investigators, hed have thought you crazy. But that was exactly what was about to happen. I remember looking at my rear View Mirror and i could see, you know, a couple a cop cars. Their sirens, and a black suv. I said, that Guy Got you know, hes must have been going too quick, you know, and hes getting pulled over. Im attempting to take over a vehicle on i40 westbound. This is the Dash Cam Video from one of the police cars, and you may recognize it. Its that same dramatic high Speed Chase Footage we showed you at the beginning of our story. Attention, all units. 3545. I looked back, and they were still following this guy, and thats when i kinda knew something was a little off. You know, it was, like, why is this guy not pulling over. Instead, the driver pulled up to adams Little Red Car in the right hand lane. And All Of A Sudden this black suv is on my tail. You know, hes making these swerving gestures, you know, kinda like swipes, like, you know, in this type of motion. All i know is i remember putting two hands on the wheel. He hit me. Vehicle is ramming cars. Trying to run them off the roadway. Just struck one red ford vehicle. Adam, freezeframe that moment, though. Yeah. What the heck is going on right. Once he hit me, i knew i knew at this point, you know, this guys running, you know, obviously. I was like, you know, youre not gonna just hit me and just keep going with two cops on ya unless somethings going on. adam then watched in horror as the black suv hit another car with such force. Hes just hit a third vehicle. It spun Out Of Control and crashed into barrier. I was, like, you know, whats about to happen next, you know . Am i about to be caught out in a shootout in the middle of the interstate . What are these Guys Doing . And then the doors open and here come two guys, huh . Yeah. Adam saw the driver and a Passenger Leap out of the car carrying black bags. Two guys started sprinting. Stop. Across the concrete barrier like an olympic track runner, you know . And sprinting through the wooded area. Attention all cars. Jump and run. Jump and run. I40. North Carolina Troopers decided not to give the men chase, not until reinforcements could arrive. Adam called his fiancee. I was, like, babe, you dont believe what just happened. shes, like, no way. Are you serious . like, she couldnt believe it. You know, sounds like a movie scene. And that should have been it. A crazy tale maybe to tell the grand kids at thanksgivings hence, but thats where this story took a left turn into the twilight zone. Adams fiancee called her dad brian ohare. So i received a call from my oldest daughter who told me, basically, youre not gonna believe what happened with adam. and immediately i thought there was a problem en route to his job interview, my Future Soninlaw has messed up a job interview. Let me put you on pause there and back you up and add an interesting biographical detail here. Because you are not only adams prospective father in law. What else are you . Im a Special Agent in the f. B. I. And his years of Fbi Experience told Agent Ohare that things he heard about that chase were rather strange. Like The Way the driver tried to ram Adams Car from behind, ohare recognized that as a Police Tactic called a pit maneuver. Its a police intervention technique. It is a trained technique. And whats the goal . That would end the hot Pursuit And Youd get away . The goal is to get that engine to shut down and then get ahold of the driver, and make your arrest. If youre a criminal and you spin vehicles around, you can wreak havoc on the pursuing Law Enforcement officials. And there was something unusual about The Way those men fled. I had no clue as to why they felt it so important to grab those bags or why they would choose to cross an oncoming interstate to make that getaway. It just didnt make any sense. It confounded the North Carolina troopers too and despite searching the area, authorities never did find the two men. Agent ohare didnt think much more about it until a little more than a month later when he was assigned to help on a Case Up in Ee Liz a betten. As luck would have it, the Brooke Lyons case. So youve had a Bank Robbery, a woman at gunpoint abducted, told to hold up her own bank. What little detail stuck in your mind . It was very well organized. And that jogged Ohares Memory back to that highspeed Car Chase on i40. It had he thought a similar sophistication. It struck me that those people had discipline. They had purpose. Both cases also involved two suspects and black bags. I thought that its not a guarantee that theyre one and the same, but i wasnt aware of Anyone Else who would fit the bill. So youre not pulling this out of a computer. Your gut is telling you somethings going on here. It was some experience and some instinct that led me to believe that the two episodes could be connected. What started as a hunch was about to break this case wide open. 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So at this point, it was really the only last remaining stone that we needed to go turn to see if there was anything to it. So they took a close look at what happened in North Carolina. Agent blanton and Agent Nocera learned that whole crazy Car Chase stated with a routine Traffic Stop for speeding. And they wanted to take a look at the Dash Cam Video of the suspects fleeing the crash. The descriptions were similar. You had two White Males, one tall and athletic, and one a little bit thicker and stockier, and the black bags stuck out. Because both the zieglers and the harrises had described these individuals when they came into their house that they had black bags. Your first pass through this, agent, whatd you think . I knew we had bad guys. I thought we we may have something here, enough to continue investigation. At this point, i did not know if it was our Bank Robbers or if it wasnt. Turnses out investigators had gone through the suspects black, bangedup suv and they found a gps device. So it could be a Gold Mine of information. It can be. Tell me where you been. It can. An fbi Special Agent searched the device and found something intriguing. One of the locations marked on the gps was a Credit Union near knoxville. It looked that this was set up, that they were casing the bank and looking for Escape Routes and the like away from that bank. I talked to jeff. And i said, they may not be our Bank Robbers, but theyre Somebodys Bank robbers. Another Gps Route led to a luxury Rental Home in maggie valley, a beautiful North Carolina Tourist Destination near the smoky mountains. Investigators reached out to the Property Manager melissa pless. The fbi basically stated that they just had some concerns and needed to know who was staying in the home. Melissa told the agents that about five months earlier, shed received an inquiry. Two men, a writer named Ron Bradford and his assistant, were looking for a place to stay while they worked on their book. Melissa showed them around. They were in the market for something secluded with a garage. We traveled around the area, looked at a couple of homes, and they chose one. The men were staying in a home aptly named southern comfort. It was a monthtomonth rental, and they paid in cash. Melissa said they were some of her best tenants. These guys treated me with utmost respect. They were very kind. On an occasion they actually brought me a potted plant. And a Thankyou Card for, you know, being such a hospitable rental company, i guess. They hardly seemed like gun wielding kidnappers. Agent blanton ran down the name of that author, Ron Bradford. Did the name check out . No. No, the name did not check out. For blanton, the clincher came when he talked to the Property Manager about the renters car. I asked her if she had ever seen Ron In A Black Lexus suv. Because i know that one of one of the robberies in knoxville, there was a black suv that was burned after the robbery. She said, yes, they had a black suv, a lexus, earlier in the summer but that she hadnt seen em in it in several months. Did you think, i gotcha. Im on you now . At this point, i was convinced, this was our Bank Robbery crew, yes. It was time for a good oldfashioned stakeout. Agent blanton assembled a team to keep tabs on the two men. Do you see Em Coming and going . We did. We saw Em Coming and going. We were not able to identify who they are. But we were able to see them. And investigators learned the men were not alone. The Surveillance Team was able to ascertain that there was a female at the cabin. Did you know who she was . We did not know who she was. Remember the ziegler home invasion. There was that woman who came In The House and asked for milk for her baby . Could this be her . Authorities waited patiently for an opportunity to take the suspects down. Two weeks after they started their surveillance, they finally got their chance. Assistant u. S. Attorney David Lewin. The day before thanksgiving, Law Enforcement sees them get into a silver Nissan Pathfinder with stolen Maryland License plates. The decision was made to stop the vehicle. It was another highspeed chase. Sirens blaring. The suv weaved around traffic, then suddenly slowed down. We see the Suv Pull over. We see the Passenger Side Door open. We see a person Get Out of the vehicle holding a black bag. And then the suv takes off. Get down get on the ground get down now squam dont you move put your hands up do not move one down. One to go. But the man on the ground, well, he wasnt behaving like a criminal caught in the act. He was behaving like a victim. He immediately says, hey, im not involved. I dont know Whats Going on. I dont know who this guy is. Im hitchhiking. I was just trying to get a ride. did the cops get the wrong guy . Theyd have to sort that out later. 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Runs him over. You cant make this stuff up. You cant. Thats The End of the chase. Its The End of the chase. The police pull up. They take the driver into custody. The driver of the suv was banged up with a broken collar bone, broken ribs, and burns. Both he and the passenger who rolled out of the suv were taken to a local jail. But who were they . Investigators learned the driver was Brian Witham a guy with a Rap Sheet dating back into his 20s with convictions for armed robbery. He gave you the impression that he was the guy who would sit there and talk to you. And given the chance, he would kill you and think nothing of it. Agent nocera tried get answers from witham. But the suspect was mum. Witham comes in and right away says hes not gonna rat. The passenger who claimed to be a hitchhiker, said his name was Michael Benanti. He was initially charged with Felony Possession of a stolen car. Here in an interview room, he ranted about his arrest. There should be no arrest here. I did nothing. I got thrown out of a car on the highway. You know what i mean . Theres no theres no nothing. Didnt do nothing. And bragged to the guard that he was a bigdeal executive. Im the ceo of a company. Eight years ive been building it and this stupid, little arrest is going to destroy me. Investigators learned that benanti had, in fact, founded a company and was even profiled in the Wall Street Journal in 2014. His company was called prisoner assistant. And it managed finances for inmates in prison. Turns out benanti had a lot of experience in that area. He has multiple felony convictions to include attempted murder of a Police Officer, robbery, theft of property, and most importantly, a federal conviction of conspiracy to commit Bank Robbery. Whatd you make of this business he had . Benanti was actually stealing from that business, stealing from other inmates, part of the reason the banks were being robbed was so that he could repay some of the moneys he owed to inmates he was stealing from. Of course, he wasnt some random hitchhiker who happened to get into Withams Car as he originally told police. The two were in cahoots and had a long history together. Theyd met in the late 90s in a prison in pennsylvania and devised a plan to escape, but the attempt failed. Then both of them were sent to the Supermax Prison in colorado. Now again in custody, benanti paced about while he called his sister asking desperately that she bail him out. Daniele, im very, very sorry to have to give you this call. But i love you. Im in prison. Then Fbi Agent blanton arrived to interview him. Agent, fir first impressions of this guy, whod you see . Well, he was extremely arrogant. Pompous as well, blanton said. He is the smartest person in the room no matter what room hes in. 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It was Thanksgiving Day, 2015 in a house in the mountains of North Carolina. But there was no Family Gathering inside, just Fbi Agents and a prosecutor. They were searching for evidence to tie Michael Benanti and Brian Witham to that string of kidnappings and Bank Robberies in eastern tennessee. When we originally walked in, the amount of evidence and items that were In The House was staggering. Including weapons, electronic devices, cameras, fake Law Enforcement i. D. S, fake tattoos, and massive amounts of photos. Among them, this picture of benanti and witham, plus an inadvertent selfie, Benantis Face seen in a cars Side Mirror taken as they cased a bank. When the agents told Brian Witham what they had, he went from mum to spilling everything he knew to the feds. He laid out the entire scheme, his role in the scheme. It was a chilling criminal enterprise that involved learning every detail about their intended victims lives. Step by step they gathered intelligence. First they identified the bank. They would go to that bank, they would look on its Social Media page, and hopefully get names of names and pictures of the people they they thought would be worthy targets. Employees online. They could find em on linkedin. They could find em on facebook. Victims would rise and fall on their Target List depending on the Quantity And Quality of social Media Evidence that they put out there for the world to see. For example, in the Harris Case they saw pictures of the couples newborn baby on facebook. With the the harris, they were planning on doing that one earlier. But they noticed that mrs. Harris had given birth and they pushed the date back. And facebook also revealed that the zieglers had an adult daughter who lived in texas. This also enabled em to say weve weve got people surveilling your child in texas. Once their victims were picked out, the spying turned up close and personal. Witham would surveil them at home, hiding in their yards, watching and documenting their every move. Commando style. Gopro cameras would be set up around the house. Brian witham would camo up, have some food, and he would put himself up in a tree sometimes right next to the playsets of the families with the children in the backyard. And he would watch quietly, making notes of when lights go off, when they come on, when people go to the kitchen table, when they go out to get the paper. The duo would then take all the information they had gathered reams and reams of personal details, surveillance photos, maps, and compile them into a victim packet. Agents found over a dozen of these packets or dossiers in a black briefcase In The House. We have numerous of packages that have names, address, children, grandchildren. Without revealing it, im seeing spartanburg, which is South Carolina . Thats correct. Without revea seeing spartanburg, which is South Carolina . Thats correct. Georgia. Clayton, georgia. Georgia. Future business . Yes sir. Future victims which included some of the names and addresses on that crumbled piece of Paper Benanti held clutched in his hand. And we found thousands upon thousands of photographs on sd cards of some of these houses, locations, people. The dossiers werent just of future targets. The agents also found one on a target they already knew very well. Brooke lyons. Whats the quality of their this is Surveillance Work so, im our division s. W. A. T. Team leader, and these targeting packs that they have are of a quality that i could use for a hit. Or execute a Search Warrant or anything else. In talking to witham, the agents learned why they never found any physical evidence. No dna, fingerprints or fibers. He and benanti made sure not to leave a trace behind. Witham even shaved his body to try to try to eliminate as much dna as possible. While he was up in a tree all night doing surveillance, he brought a jug along with him. He relieves himself in the jugs so that he doesnt break surveillance, and so that he doesnt leave any dna behind. But now, even with the two men in custody, the feds still didnt know how many others were involved. Who was the african american man and the woman the zieglers described . Was there Anyone Else involved . Three, four, five, six people . Are we looking for two . What are the races . What are the genders that were looking for . Brian witham gave them the answer. Theyd bought masks. So, agents, who is this . Thats the white female from the Zeigler Robbery in april of 2015. The one who said, the baby needs some milk . Yes. Remember the fbi had released a sketch of her to the public. It was eerily close. So whats actually happened here . Brian witham had a fake tattoo on his neck walked outside, put that mask on, and then came in and acted like a female coming in. Looking for milk for the baby. As for the africanamerican man, he was a mask as well. Benantis dna was found on it. Pretty good masks. Yeah. Yes. They spent roughly 1,500 a piece we later found out to purchase these masks. They were sewing in deception and red herrings and things designed to confused the victims. The gender switch, the racial switch. Yeah, all of that. Because the victims then are going to report all of that to the police. And the police will then be looking for a black man, a woman with long brown hair. And it worked. Witham also told the agents that he and benanti didnt just strike in tennessee. He lays out a Crime Spree up and down the eastern seaboard that began in the summer of 2014. He told them about a heist the two of them pulled off in 2014 in a small pennsylvania town, and sure enough there was a tall slender man and a heavyset guy. They held the tellers at gunpoint and made off with 156,000. And sure enough we go up and we learn that that Bank Robbery was still unsolved. Then witham told them about another job. It was in connecticut. And thats when the fbi finally connected the tennessee cases to matthew yussman. And the poor victim had been regarded as a suspect, and he lived under the stigma of that until witham gave us this story, didnt he . Right. Yes. The investigators up there, they were looking at other leads and and running things down. They were striking out the same as as we were down here. Of course, Matt Yussman didnt know any of this yet. He was still very much under suspicion. In fact, he just appeared before a grand jury. It didnt go well. It was very obvious that they were going to recommend that oh, an indictment. That was november. Then on december first, matt thought his worst fear had come true. His boss said the fbi was coming to his office. And i tell him that im not gonna allow them to arrest me right in front of all of my staff. The meeting the was about an arrest all right, but it wasnt matts. He said, weve apprehended two individuals down in North Carolina. We have overwhelming evidence that connects em to your case. You are now no longer a suspect. You are now completely exonerated. Matt and his mom had been telling the truth all along. The overwhelming emotion i actually broke down and cried in the office, because ev all the emotions just came out that id been bottling up for nine months because i was trying to show that i i was truly innocent. And as he learned more about his Kidnappers M. O. , some of the strange details about his story made sense. For instance, remember how his mom said the kidnappers used her vacuum to clean up . Thats because they didnt want to leave any evidence behind. And matt learned his captors found him on his Credit Unions website. Then they saw his picture and learned where he lived on facebook. The criminals began their watch. You were surveilled. Yeah, i was surveilled. To this day, i still Cant Handle that i had people surveilling me and i didnt notice. If i had just paid more attention, would i have stopped this . In 2017 benanti was convicted on 23 counts, including armed Bank Extortion and kidnapping. Hes now serving four consecutive life sentences Plus 155 years, but he still maintains his innocence. Brian witham, who struck a deal, was sentenced to 30 years. So whats the lesson for people here . Be careful what you put out for the world to see. The minute you hit Post Or Hit send, you have no guarantee whos gonna be able to access that at some point. That baby pictures out there . The baby pictures out there. You talking about where you run in your neighborhood and how long, its all out there. And these guys exploited all of those things you just mentioned . They mined it all. As for Matt Yussman, hes still upset at how he was treated by the fbi and local authorities. Former Police Chief jim wardwell. Hed like to have taken a swing at you guys. And and rightfully so. Mr. Yussman was through so much. It for any of us to have added to any of his anguish is regretful. He is a victim of a horrific crime, and and a good man, and a courageous man. And while the men behind this crime are will be in prison for years, and years into the future. All of their victims seem to be deeply traumatized. Reporter jamie satterfield. They will never be able, really, i think, to ever fully rest easy in their own homes. And thats thats the price i think they paid was security. Your life can never be the same. It it it never will be, no matter how much i put on that face and tell everybody that im fine, ill never be the same after this. Im craig melvin. Im natalie morales. This is dateline. I was tied up and tortured. These people almost murdered me. I was terrified. The mother just fighting for her child. Thats universal. Yeah. She survived a harrowing ordeal in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Tonight they have brought me out to kill me. Then from across the world, her