told police that he tried to kill himself, hang himself. the hospital released him today into custody of police. statements that he has made to investigators would indicate that it s not going to be a positive outcome. shepard: as investigators searched through wooded areas, fields and ditches, it seems obvious to observers what sort of outcome they re expecting. our senior correspondent rick leventhal following late developments from new york. rick, do we know what the father is saying if anything tonight? well, if he is talking, shepard, it may be to federal agents. fbi agents from the toledo office took john skelton into custody when he was released from that mental facility this afternoon. he was charged with three counts of kidnapping. he was moved to an ohio jail. this is our first look at his mugshot. police apparently believe he made up a story about dropping his sons andrew, alexander and tanner with a female friend before trying to hend his own life. there is less talk
sense that a short time ago i spoke with judge andrew napolitano. he confirmed my assessment as well is that this is really a holding charge for assange. this is a way to take him out of circumstance if you will. there are a couple of critical questions. is assange hiding in a country that would not extradite him to sweden? it is reported he is believed to be hiding in switzerland and ecuador. countries that may offer him asylum. the other critical question is whether sweden has new investigation in their sex crimes case against assange which has prompted this red alert or this red notice or whether there has been pressure on sweden, also on interpol by the united states and others as a result of wikileaks documents. i would assume it has been the latter, shep. shepard: i was going to ask you if there was a sense if he does get extradited to sweden if, in fact, svedaline hold him. this is one of the interesting points that judge napolitano made. he said that sweden has very liberal