I'm Josh Manquets.

This story was so off the wall, so downright weird that it was our date line season opener

one year.

It's about a young mom who disappeared, and all anyone could find was a ransom note,

the kind left by kidnappers.

Here's something to keep in mind.

The kind of kidnapping that happens in books and movies and old TV shows where a wealthy

family's loved one is snatched and held for ransom?

Well, that hardly ever happens anymore.

That's one reason why nothing here seemed to make any sense at the start.

I would say that only later would it all become clear except that even after all the twists

have played out, I guarantee you will still have questions.

I sure did.

This is ransom.

The business man Reed Gray was on the line with the sheriff's office in a panic.

He told the 911 operator, his wife had just phoned him minutes earlier to say she'd been

kidnapped.

The call would turn out to be just the beginning of an unbelievable saga that would baffle

investigators and turn this husband's life upside down.

The next few days would bring one setback after another, and no one could have predicted

how it all would come to an end.

It was around 5 p.m., September 4th, 2009.

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