I'm Anthony Padilla and I spent a day with kidnapping survivors to uncover the truth about the life-altering effects of vastly different kidnapping experiences.

We'll learn the earth-shattering devastation of being kidnapped by a family member and what that does to a child psychic.

And we'll discover the horrifying struggle of escaping a serial killer and the way this tormenting night impacts every element of one's life.

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Now, before we get into your full story, can you give us a brief synopsis of your kidnapping?

In 2002, when I was 15 years old, I was kidnapped from my best friend's front yard by a stranger. I was held for 18 hours until I escaped and I

found out later that he was a serial killer. 18 years ago on this day.

What? Weird right? That's very weird. I was going to wait to tell you

until we were filming. I was abducted by my biological father. I was seven years old when I was abducted. My parents were going through a divorce, a

really nasty custody battle, and my uncle and my aunt are babysitting me, my dad shows up.

He burst in and basically said, I'm going to take my daughter, I'm going to take her to heaven,

and you're never going to see us in it.

That's when we basically just started driving

to a theme book.

My mom has called the police

and there is an active amber alert out for me.

The moment happened where I realized that this wasn't a normal day with my dad.

While we were on this roller coaster, my dad had lost the necklace that he was wearing and he just snapped.

He started like pushing things over at the theme park and he was like spitting on windows that's when he grabbed me and he put me back in the truck.

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