night, attack, abducted. we re like, wow. where is she. i didn t have a clue what happened. but the real question. was their story even true? we were not able to substantiate any of the things that you are saying. they branded that couple as liars. could this be some kind of hoax? who was really behind it all. normal people don t do things like this. this whole story could take another crazy turn. he said, i know that i need to pay for what i did. hello, and welcome to dateline . denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn went to sleep one night, blissfully unaware that they would wake up to a living nightmare. an armed stranger in the bedroom and he did it appear to be alone. what happened next was so odd, it would leave detectives and the public scratching their heads. was this real life or fiction? and an unexpected break in the case would steer authorities to an unlikely suspect and the truth. here s josh mankiewicz with twisted tale . i was asleep
denise s suffering and humanity at least one of the abductors seemed to sympathize with denise now, the email said they were angry that denise was being accused of making the whole thing up. we will not stand by and see the life of a really good person ruined. attached to the emails were photos. one showed a water gun, spray painted to look more threatening, at least in the dark, with a laser pointer and a flashlight duck tape to it. another showed a, room with cardboard partially covering the window where denise was supposedly held. was this visual proof of denise and aaron s story, or an elaborate deception? you thought, lead it or more of a hoax? i thought it was certainly part of it prank. in fact the emails were so well written, henry lee wondered if they might have been sent by an attorney, hired
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in a terrible hoax. vallejo police department, so eager to talk in those first few days, has since clammed up. but they did send denise huskins aaron quinn each a letter of apology, but so far, has made no public statement to correct the impression of these two as liars and publicity hounds. denise and aaron sued the city of vallejo, and in march, 2018, they settled that case for two and a half million dollars. it took two years and a new police chief to admit the cities mistake. still, no one from vallejo pd had ever explain why the case he extended his deepest apology to denise and aaron for how they were treated. he said to you, by the way, i am sorry about this, this will mess you up yes? he was right about that, wasn t he? yes, yes it definitely
was there some chance that denise and her boyfriend will be prosecuted? it was a strong possibility, based on those public pronouncements. denise s friends did not know aaron, but had every confidence that denise was telling the truth. everybody who personally knows and cares about her, believed her. the day after police branded the kidnapping a hoax, denise finally did show up at vallejo p. d., and told the cops that they were wrong. she said that not only had she been kidnapped, she had also been raped. that seemed, a reporter henry lee received another email, a long message, soon followed by more, supporting denise s claim that this was no hoax, from a person claiming to have been one of the kidnappers. they were very articulate, clearly written by someone who is extremely intelligent. miss huskins was absolutely kidnapped. she was kidnapped, we will