And I said, "Not with my baby. Not with my baby." And he put it in reverse and he started going and I went to grab him and I was fighting with him to give him to me. lost for so long, it feels like the world has forgotten them. Even their families begin to lose hope for what happens when fearless officers kick down doors, follow the faintest leads, and risk everything to bring hostages home from the shadows. >> Please put the knives away. Okay, I'm not playing with you. Put the knives away. >> No, >> he was crazy beating me like I told you now. Don't tell me nothing. Don't ever tell me what to do. Here are times when cops have rescued hostages who are missing for years. Starting with these officers who worked tirelessly to find a girl who went missing a day after her birthday, but soon found themselves entangled in a homicide mystery. >> Still not out or 409. And then at this point, I'm feeling the pressure from the cars behind me. I'm like, "Okay, they're all full. They're all waiting for me to leave and she's not here yet." I don't want to believe you too he was so Sunday night and stuck her body out in the morning. >> On February the 25th, 2024 in Kissimi, Florida, Maline Sto celebrated her 13th birthday surrounded by loved ones. But within 24 hours, that joy turned into panic when her mother arrived at her school to find out that Maline never made it to class. On a late evening of February the 26th, 2024, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a chilling 911 call from a deeply concerned caller. Over the phone, the caller recounted the events and shared key details that would be vital to the investigation. The dispatcher promised help, but no one came. She called back twice, growing more desperate with each passing moment. Deputy Joseph soon arrived at the scene where he met with Jennifer Sodto, the 35-year-old mother of the girl, and her boyfriend, Stefan Sterns. The deputy began to question Jennifer Sodto, who recounted the events that surrounded the incident, painting a vivid picture of the events and also other important information. >> Hi there. >> Excuse me. I got to go. I got to go. >> Hey there. >> Hey there. What's going on? >> So, was dropped off close to school this morning, but never made it. I went to school. >> I'm sorry. One second. >> Yeah. >> Go ahead, sir. Are we looking for another kid or we have a kid? >> Looking for another one. She was supposed to be dropped off at school. Didn't make it to school. >> Didn't make it to school. I went to pick her up from school today and she never came out. I got a notice, an email from the school saying she was absent. But I also messaged her teacher and he looked at her entire attendance today and saw that she was completely not at school today either. >> Okay. >> Um, so she never made it. >> Just her 13th birthday. >> 13. >> What was she last seen wearing? green hoodie, white crocs, either blue or black pants, >> I think black shorts. >> Do you know she has like friends in area? >> She does, but she doesn't know where they live. I asked all of them. >> Um, >> is this like does she like have any places that you guys know that she would usually be at? Any friends house? Any places that like she likes to hang out? >> Not typically. No. >> No. >> Not typically. No. Okay. >> Why you doing? Does she have a phone number or phone? >> She does, but she left it at home today. I have it. You have it. >> I've already read through her messages. >> Okay. How about does she have like Apple Watch? >> She's got a device. The only device she's got on her right now is her school laptop. >> Her school laptop. Is that trackable? >> I don't think so. >> You don't think so? >> It should be. If the Wi-Fi is turned on, >> it'll try to connect here. >> She don't have a history of running away or anything. hanging out. >> I'm going to possibly I don't know. She got dropped off. She was like, I >> Jennifer's boyfriend tried to give the officers a lead, but what transpired was suspicious, leaving them with more questions than certainty. >> Was it here? >> It was a long stretch. I couldn't remember the exact spot, but it was around where these communities were. >> Oh, thank you. So, it's like around where these communities were. >> Okay. And it's just like in this trick like we could see the the overpass down there. >> Where did where's this? >> Uh just on the other side of the overpass. With a lead on Maline's last known whereabouts, officers launched their investigation and stumbled upon a key piece of evidence that would take the case to the next level. >> No, no cameras trust right now. >> Believe in this day and age there's no cameras. >> Yeah. I'm trying to see if we can find something. >> Yeah. Yeah. He left and she she walked on the property and then she actually dug back onto property. >> I guess she left. >> She's still sitting there. >> And what's the other >> they were saying, right? She left her phone to me. It's like that feels intentional, you know, like I don't want to be tracked. You want to try bumping it up like 10 minutes to see if >> see if she's in there? Yeah. >> Oh, wait. There is a person >> getting out of the car. >> Mhm. She's gone. She's by nine. >> I mean, if I had a guess, get out of there. If I had a guess, you probably went that way. >> Yeah, >> but >> ow. He dumped her off here. Or he dumped her off >> up ahead. Okay. >> I should walk this way down. >> So, her scent's probably all over here anyway. >> That's a tough one. What are you telling me? >> No. Okay. Yeah, we can blow it. >> It's blurry video. Um, but it looks like a Alice a child sitting right there and I don't see her getting into anybody's car in the video. I see her sitting on property for give give or take 10 minutes and then walking off property. Um, I don't know which way she went from there and get more video like that show the bridge or anything. >> No, >> I have no idea. We checked home. I didn't see any like >> crazy stuff. Yeah, I me neither. Yeah, >> I didn't see her try to like plan anything with anyone and I just really don't think she's the type to do anything. >> Just walk up and leave. >> I just I don't see her doing that at all. >> Officers also interviewed Maline's best friend, but she had no information about her whereabouts. However, the friend's testimony took a surprising turn, revealing Maline's previous threat to leave home when she turned 13 and never return. She also mentioned that Maline always wanted to be dropped off at school and never would want to walk from the church. With her initial efforts yielding no results, the officers reconvened with Jennifer to brainstorm new strategies to find Maline. >> We're going to pull one more and then we're going to have the dog sniff it out again and see if we could get another track going. >> Can I get you like the last outfit that you're wearing? >> Is it has it been like with other clothes and all that? Like your clothes? >> I think I'm mixed in with pink clothes and dirty clothes. Is it other people's dirty clothes or is it her just hers? >> Is there is her underwear about like a pillow that she likes to sleep with? >> Her underwear I mean all that stuff works. >> Yeah, but you slept on the pillow this morning. >> No, that's right. I slept in it with a pillow. >> 5 days into the search for Maline, officers revisited Jennifer for another interview. However, this session seemed to be laced with inconsistencies that were beginning to hint at possible deception. >> You want me to go through the whole thing? >> Yeah. Start We'll start with Sunday. They could be Sunday. >> The Sunday birthday party. She spent the whole day at my mom's house. We celebrated with the whole family. I was at work. I just started a new job last week or the week before. She had the best day. She was so happy when I got home and I saw her at my house around 8:30 that night. I wasn't home. Um, she got dropped off alone. About 10 to 15 minutes later, Stephan showed up >> at your house and >> at my house in case of me. He called me um or he texted me. I don't know where. But he let me know he was he was there and that she was um she was getting ready for bed. She was doing her routine. I got home around 10:30. I started getting ready for bed myself. I started eating and taking my meds cuz I have to take meds. When I went to take my meds, I realized, oh my god, I forgot to take my Saturday night's meds, which is why I felt so weird and so abnormal and not myself. Sunday, while I was at work, everyone at work noticed I was acting different and not being myself. Like, I couldn't smile in front of the guest. I felt this wave of depression that I hadn't felt in years. It was my bipolar symptoms coming up again that I just I've been medicating myself for for all this time. I sent them to sleep upstairs in the best in the guest bedroom >> so that I could get a good night's sleep. >> Between your initial statement to the police, a lot of things have changed. Initial statement to the police was you watched her get you watched her leave. You knew exactly what she was wearing. Can I can I tell you my thought process on that or where I came from with that? I was handed this form and I'm like, where do I start? What do I write? And somebody say somebody said, tell them what you saw. And so I started with I saw and then I wrote out what I wrote out, but it wasn't until later I was like, wait, I didn't see her. I assumed that I saw her. I assumed that I heard her, but I didn't. In reality, I didn't see her. I only saw him. And I heard something in the kitchen, but I don't know who that was. >> As officers questioned Stefan, Jennifer's boyfriend, those he interacted with, people around them, along with requesting Jennifer, discrepancies emerged, strongly suggesting that at least one party was being dishonest. Jennifer's interrogation continued, but officers were now finding it difficult to separate fact from fiction. >> How the hell does that happen? That gives you options now when you reset your phone. He goes, "Yeah, apparently I I wasn't paying attention and it just I pressed I just pressed the button and it happened." And I said, "Oh, that's unfortunate. That sucks." So earlier that day, I think Detective Hunt came or somebody came and asked Stefan for his cell phone if he would willingly give it up so that they can look at it or if they would need a warrant. And I remember him saying, "Should I have asked a warrant? Should I have?" And I'm like, "No, you got nothing to hide. give him your phone. And I think we hung out in the house for a little bit. And then when you guys came in the evening and you guys told us to wait outside and we waited in my car, he started getting very anxious and very panicky going, "I want my phone back. I want my phone back." And I said, "Listen, at this point, it's their phone. It's theirs forever. I don't give a we will buy you a new phone. It doesn't matter anymore. Whatever they need, they need. Like, let them look at it." And he's like, "I just want my phone back." And I'm just like, do you are you trying to make yourself more suspicious? Because like you're if you were to go demand your phone back right now, that would look suspicious as like what are you doing? I just got back home. I left my home my phone home again. I'm so sorry. How long ago did you leave? And I said about 10 minutes ago. He goes, I'm so sorry I missed it. I really wanted to go with you. And I'm just like, it's fine. With each response, Stefan's words grew increasingly suspicious, setting the stage for a revelation that would soon uncover the truth. Meanwhile, as Jennifer's interrogation progressed, it became clear that she was harboring suspicions of her own. >> 410 rolls around and she's still not out or 409. And then at this point, I'm feeling the pressure from the cars behind me. I'm like, "Okay, they're all full. They're all waiting for me to leave and she's not here yet." So, I take off and I'm thinking, "Maybe I missed her. Maybe I forgot to tell her I was picking her up from school today cuz I don't know if she knew that I wasn't working. So, I left thinking maybe she walked. That's pretty close to school. Let me go drive back down, wait along the path she can walk and just wait. And I parked and I waited maybe somewhere between 5 to 10 minutes. She still wasn't there. And I looked at the time and I'm like, "Okay, she should have she should be back at my mom's office by now. Maybe she took a different path that I didn't see. She's still not here." And I'm like, that's really strange. And I think at this point, I call Stephan and I tell him, she didn't make it. She's not she's absent today. She there's no attendance of her at all today. I think at this point when I noticed that forensics was locking down the house and you guys said we couldn't come back, I told him to call his dad cuz I had a feeling something y'all knew something and it was going to come down on him. And I'm just like, they're focusing on the wrong person. They have the wrong person. In my head, I'm convinced you guys were just that you had the wrong person. I started saying to him like, "I think they're focusing in on you. Like, you need to call your dad and I think we need to get you a lawyer." >> How did he feel when he said he needed a lawyer? >> He didn't believe me. Like, when I told him like, "Don't you see is closing down the house? They know something or there's something like they know something. Something's happening. They wouldn't be locking down the house this way if if if they didn't have suspicions of something. The following morning, I wake up, I think around 9:00 in the morning. And Stephan's not there. And I remember thinking, he left again without his phone and didn't tell anyone where he was going. That's suspicious as again. Why is he trying to >> But we took his phone, so he got a new phone. >> He didn't get the new phone until later that day where his dad woke up, came to our hotel room. Mhm. >> and then handed him a phone. But he rolled in around 11:15, rolled in with a cup of wava and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I was just driving around. I grabbed um some Waw Wa on 182 and got lost. I didn't know how to get back to the hotel. Um but I'm here now." And I'm just like, "Detectives are about to show up. What the would have happened if they showed up and you weren't here? Like, you would have been a fugitive. Like, what are you doing?" Um, and he was just apologetic about not telling anyone anyone where he went. Um, >> but you know, I mean, he had a wa cop when he said he was up at 192. >> Yeah. But in reality, I know that he truly took my car in the middle of the night to Northport, Florida, and was down there for an hour and came back. Stefan's father, Chris, was also brought in for questioning to gather his insights on the situation and solicit his help, which he readily provided without hesitation. He also stated that he had misgivings about his son's behavior. On the other hand, Jennifer continued to express her concerns about Stefan during questioning. >> Him disappearing to Northport. What the hell was he do? That is suspicious. I mean, now that I know that that's where he went, that is suspicious as all. Why? Why did he go to a storage unit facility? What was he grabbing? What was he trying to dispose of? Or what was he trying to hide in in the That to me is suspicious. >> Stefan was brought to the station for questioning, oblivious to the fact that his own web of deceit was about to catch up to him. >> What happened in your hand? >> Flat tire. I haven't changed a flat tire in about 10 years. I made a rookie mistake and had my thumb too close to where the jack and the frame meet >> and it slipped and the frame came down on my thumb and pinned it between the jack. >> What about the other scratches? >> Uh courtesy of a janky tire iron and the road. >> Did you bleed at all? >> Yeah, this one had some blood and this one had some blood, but not much. It clotted fast. >> Do you know what? Popped your tire out. >> No idea. Tire just started going flappy and then >> pretty worn out. >> Way floppier and then just completely freaking separated. >> Thank god we had a spare and a jack. Jinky as it was. >> So typically when changing a tire and stuff, you tend to get brake dust and dirty and all that. >> Yeah. Did you happen to >> positive that I breathed in some freaking brake dust or tire dust or something cuz I was coughing the rest of the afternoon? >> What' you end up doing to clean up or stop the bleeding and stuff? >> Nothing actually. I just washed my hands and >> that was it. >> Did your clothes get all messed up and all or not? Surprisingly. >> What were you wearing next? Um, this I don't think I can still wear this. I'm still wearing the same clothes. >> How's he kept breathing? >> Try to I guess. >> Well, I can confidently tell you she did not go to school with her backpack. >> Why was that? >> Because we found in the trash. So, Stefan, here's what I'm asking you and pleading with you is to dig down and do some soularching. I have kids. He's got kids. And this little girl's out there somewhere that we need to know where. And I really, really, really think you can help us. What is it? >> I mean, you want to get something off your chest. I don't know. I don't know what it is, but >> I'm pleading with you. >> I don't know. >> Stefan tried to outsmart the investigators and evade the consequences of his actions, but his clever tactics weren't enough to save it. >> What do you think was on the phone? >> Text messages. Text messages. >> Mhm. emails, >> old stuff, >> pictures. >> Oh, yeah. >> What kind of pictures were on there? >> Training card pictures, lightsaber pictures, Disney pictures. Do you have a Google account? >> Yeah. Do you save pictures to your Google account >> sometimes? >> Or is it automatically? I know sometimes phones sync to a cloud and >> Yeah, I think it I think it backs up to Google. >> Mhm. And then sometimes when you reset uh your phone and your phone updates and puts these apps back on your phone, sometimes they will put the images back on your phone. >> Not sure. Okay. Jimmy, I assume so. Packed pictures of you probably. I mean, went to Disney, took selfies on the train. She got back from Puerto Rico and had her hair braided. We got pictures of that. All sorts of pictures. family events and >> any other pictures you think of. Here's where I'm going to be brutally honest with you. There's phone and I'm pretty sure you know what some of those pictures are about. You're you're a very intelligent person. I don't want you to discredit yourself by saying you don't know about all the pictures that are on your phone. You understand what I'm saying? So, do you want to add to the list of pictures? No. Should I Should I be talking with a lawyer right now? I can't answer that question. I'm My sole purpose right now is to see if I can find and I'm really hoping you can help me. >> Well, I'd like to try to help, but I feel like I should probably have a lawyer present at this point. >> When the officers presented Jennifer with incriminating photos of Stefan and Maline, her reaction raised eyebrows. She seemed strangely unconvinced that Stefan was involved in Maline's disappearance. With the accumulation of additional evidence, Stefan was taken into custody. Meanwhile, the search for Maline continued with her whereabouts still unknown. The officers made it clear to Jennifer that there was clearly more to it than she was letting on. >> I think at a certain point throughout this relationship, you became aware of it and for whatever reason, your reasons are your reasons, whether it was discussed that it would stop, whether it was discussed how it would go, that you feel some sense of guilt. A lot of the news statements you've given kind of again my opinion only. I don't speak for anybody else whether it's in this room or out of this room bother me. I feel like some of your sadness is not real sadness. I feel like when you gave the interview with Fox 35 it was not sincere. Looking at that video one time I didn't feel like your cries were sincere. And I'm not saying that because you're a bad person. But her going missing, her disappearance, if you have knowledge of how it happened, where it happened, an inclination, that emotion is not going to feel sincere because you're already aware of what happened. >> I would, >> it's almost become a lie. >> If I knew if I knew anything, I promise you, I would tell you like, I am willing to take a lie detector test, whatever the you want, but I don't know anything. He's never mentioned anything. I've never seen any signs. I tried watching her like a hawk. I thought I was doing a good job, but I wasn't. >> We currently have upwards probably 200 people working on anybody who is somebody is involved. >> Yeah. >> So regardless of the circumstances, those people don't get to go home. Those people don't get to go back to their families. Those people don't get to live their lives and go back to their primary jobs. This isn't something that's going to stop or go away. I can tell you and I know Pete detectives expressed to you that the thought process at this point is this is a homicide investigation. >> Yeah. >> Based on the evidence I've seen, based on the videos I've seen. >> Have you talked to Chris about Stephan needing a lawyer? >> Yeah. >> What? >> I think when you guys showed me the the the the photos. >> So we showed you photos. First thought you had is to ask his father if he should get a lawyer. >> No, I knew that that was true, right? That's evidence. That's for real. That's happening. But I kept thinking they're going I don't know why I kept I I can't tell you why my brain kept thinking no, he didn't. Not that he didn't, but she's still missing. She's still out there. She was taken. Yes, he's done this to her. And that's not okay. But I swore she was still I felt in my body she was still alive. She was still out there. I told Chris to get him a lawyer cuz I felt like you guys were chasing the wrong person. But you weren't. I mean, >> you offering him a lawyer is very weird. >> I know. I know. I >> the officers tackled the interrogation with a confrontational attitude which put Jennifer in a very tight spot. >> You prioritized him by offering him or telling his dad to get him a lawyer. Not what the did he do. Hey, we need to figure out what happened. No, let's protect Stefan. >> I was in shock. >> No, it's not shock. That is your natural instinct to protect Stephan. What do you think made him snap? >> I don't know. Theories. I I I keep hearing. >> Tell me your theories. Cuz here's the deal. We don't go home until she's found. >> No, I know. I know. >> What are your theories? >> What I've heard is what if what if she upset him and threatened to tell me and say that she was going to tell me and he needed to shut that down. That's the only thing. >> What do you think? >> I don't want to believe you for telling me he wants to Sunday night and stuck her body out in the morning. That that photo you guys showed me of her slumped in the car. >> You don't want to believe you. I want to believe she's still alive and then she got kidnapped, but that doesn't seem like that's the case at all. >> I know. I know. Why just wants to believe something else? >> I just want to believe you still. She's out there. >> Explain your reasoning behind those assumptions and we'll move forward day by day. So he had access to benzo and I think Lunesta >> what are those? I'm not familiar with that. >> Benzoazipines are anxiety medications which relax you and can make you sleepy. >> Okay. >> Uh and Lunesta I think is a sleeping medication like for insomnia. So, I don't know if it's possible he he gave her something and she was in in those photos that you showed me where you're saying she's she was, but if she is dead and it was done upstairs, I could just only imagine that he choked her. I don't know how else you would come and and not leave a mess. >> The officer's analogy hit a nerve, making it difficult for Jennifer to brush it off. We know he we know he drove out of there Monday morning. We know he discarded her backpack in the trash dumpster. We know he discarded her laptop in one shoot, right? So all her property was discarded to look like she's gone. That way he doesn't have evidence with him. But then you have all these suspicious times of when he's left and come back and he's gone here and gone there. So what do you think he was doing out of all these suspicious times? He's roaming 192. What do you think? Knowing what you know now, now we can play. You know, she said know that we've given you information. What do you think? Knowing what you know he was doing on 192, he was doing here, he was doing here, he was doing in Northport. What do you think? So, him leaving early in the morning and driving around aimlessly somewhere. I feel like he stashed the body at that time when he came back and then left again. But see, it's daytime. Like how could you move a body or move something in daytime and not be seen? But like I feel like he went back to change to check to make sure he did a good job or to move the body again. I didn't think he ever like even knew where St. Cloud was cuz we've never driven down that way ever. >> You live in CMI, right? >> Yeah, I know. But to me, he's never had a reason to ever drive down to St. Cloud like ever. In a slip up, Jennifer disclosed an important piece of information that could potentially break the case. >> If I were him and I had to stash a body, but I would never I would never do my mind would say to go to Lake Toho. There's a lot of woods there. There's a lot of gators. >> Like I told you, there's going to come to a point where we will county Sheriff's Office just found somebody the other day that's been missing for a long time. People get found. Sometimes it's quick, sometimes it's not quick, but we will find her. What you need to think about is when we find her, is there an opportunity or a chance that we are going to prove that you did not assist us to your full capability in this investigation? And if that is true, we need to think about the consequences of that. Consequences of hindering aigation or a capital matter investigation could be punishable up to probably the same charges, the same time in jail. I know you I know you know that I don't believe what you're saying and I know you know that I think you prioritize Stephano that you prioritized jail. You see what I'm saying? Like we come back and prove that you sat in the room and misled us >> that you didn't lead us in the right direction or that you assisted or you acknowledge or you knew morning from jail. If I knew anything, I I swear I was talking. >> Maline's remains were discovered on private property, hidden among trees, and covered in something that looked like hay or dry grass. The autopsy results suggested strangulation as a possible cause of death. Stfan Sterns was eventually charged with 13 counts of unwanted advances, seven counts of lewd molestation, 39 counts of unlawful possession of indecent materials, and firstdegree homicide. On April the 26th, 2024, Stefan Sterns pleaded not guilty. This jury trial is set to begin on September the 22nd, 2025, where prosecutors intend to seek capital punishment. If you thought that was wild, wait until you hear about this girl who was kidnapped and exploited by her very evil boyfriend who for some reason thought he could get away with it. >> Where is she? >> He took her and walked up to her and she started screaming. She's like, "He got a gun. He got a gun." And I heard him cut the gun, grab her arm, and he walked her out. On July the 16th, 2023, Fiadville officers responded to a reported kidnapping in progress at the Wingstop restaurant in Fville, Georgia. Multiple 911 calls reported a man entering the restaurant, abducting his girlfriend, who was an employee of the restaurant, and fleeing in a red Chevrolet Camaro. When the officers arrived, they were met with the girl's boss, who blurted out everything that happened, like she knew that time was running out. Are you mom? >> I'm >> Are you mom or >> No, I'm her boss. >> Where is she? >> He took her. He Okay. I just I just got off the phone with the operator because they told me that this was him. That's not him. It's a red Camaro like this, but it has >> No, we we they find him right now. So, >> all right. What happened? So, [Music] so I he came in, the guy came in with this, well, he didn't come in exactly with him, but he came in with him and two other guys. And when she saw him, now earlier, she did tell me that um he had just took out a loan in her name and some other stuff. And she told me this when she got to work at 7:00 this this evening. So, she pulled me to the side and she was like, "Remember my ex-boyfriend I was telling you about? He just came in and I was like, "Where is he?" So, because I wanted to, you know, make cuz she's she looked frightened. So, when she told me what he had on, that's when he walked back cuz I guess he went around the back looking for her. He came back around and he walked back through here and I was like, "Excuse me, you can't come back here." And he pushed past me and walked up to her and she started screaming. She's like, "He got a he got a gun." And I heard him, grab her arm and he walked her out with the her side like this and walked her out the front door. Okay, one second. >> Are you willing to write a statement? >> Yes. >> Can I see your drive license as well, please? >> While responding to a phone call, an officer caught sight of something and quickly went after it. >> 856. Robert Zebra Baker 932 RZB 9932 on a red Camaro County. I'm on bank 85. It doesn't have has a black hood. Not racing stripes though. Subject should be black. Short hair black shirt, black jacket, black jeans. Female is wearing black tight and a black shirt. Going to be a 12. >> 12 m clear pit. All right, we'll come up on the third quarter, please. >> As the chase intensified, the suspect made a reckless move that sealed his fate for good. >> You contacted County. >> He just hit a med. He's probably going to go fly. 415 to 55 high school here. Middle school. >> Hang on. High school. I don't know. >> Radio fired. >> Hey, I'm behind you. I'm behind you. Where is he? >> I don't know. Be advis hold up right here. They're still in the vehicle with shots fired. Units advised Clayton. Units advised, we're at Love Joy High School. If we can get some units coming to the back side of the school and knock them off. >> There's two occupants. Two occupants in the car. >> You get Clayton there quickly. >> All right. What you want to do? >> I'm uh blue. >> All right. Hey, stay right here. There was a female in the vehicle. She said it all. >> I didn't see anybody take off. I got the driver side door pinned. >> Okay. >> Um they'd have to go out the passenger side. Warning, did you see them go out the back? >> They still got to be in there. >> Warning, can you see anything from your side? >> The driver's seat. >> Driver seat. >> We got to move. We're in the >> Yeah. Get back. Get back. Let's Let's go back to this Cox. Your car. >> All right. >> Hey, come back to me, my man. I can close the door. So, we need a little more distance. >> You got rifle? >> All right. >> Hey, based on >> Yeah, they're both still in the car. the window down. >> I'm coming to y'all. >> We got We can hear anything. What do we got? >> We hear a female talking right now. >> I don't know if I They started popping as I was in my driver's seat and got out. Okay. >> I just move. I got >> Okay. Let's just make sure we stay on. >> I was trying to see if we >> We definitely heard a female that was female. She >> Hold on. We got somebody coming in the back side of this high school. >> Hey, Clayton. Who is that? >> Love right here. >> No, it might be love. >> No. Down there. They use that as a cut. Good. >> All right. >> You good? >> I'm good, bro. Hey, can't either. >> With one decisive move, the officers trapped the suspect. And in that moment, his freedom slipped away. >> Hey, I'm going to pop him with 303. Pop this back window. >> All right. >> Try to get a visual. Watch out. I'm >> coming up behind you. Less lethal. Less lethal. Less lethal. I'm on your left. >> Is it popping? It's >> not busting the windows like I wanted to. >> All right. >> Is she in the vehicle? >> Yes, she is. >> Yeah, both of them are in there. >> There's a little OC, but he's got a hostage. >> Yeah. Do what? >> You're on the phone. >> I'm out. All right. Fish are running my truck. Reload. >> She is. >> I see. It looks like somebody laying in the front. >> Lost fire. Lost fire. Okay, Ward, you stay back. We're up here. >> I got hands in the back window. Keep your hands at the window. >> Put your hands back up the window. >> Keep that hand out the window. >> I got both hands. >> All right. Tell him to get out. Hey. Hey. Tell him to get out the front passenger door. >> Get out the front passenger door. >> I'm put my passenger door. >> It don't matter. >> I got hands. >> He's coming out. No, I got this mother. Coming up. >> He's coming up. >> Down him right there by the car. The the passenger door. >> Climb out. >> Yeah, you can climb out. >> Make him climb out. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. >> Let me shield. >> I'm coming with the shield. >> Stand by. Shield. Shield. >> Shield. >> Back up. There ain't no point moving up on him. Call his >> Come out. >> Come out the car. >> Passenger just looks deceased. >> Come out. >> Climb over. >> Okay. >> Come out. >> Climb out of the window. >> Get out. >> Climb out of the window. >> Come out the window. >> Climb out of the window. I knew you heard that. >> Female pastor. >> She's deceased. She's gone. She's gone. >> Man, get out of the car, man. >> Get out of the car. >> Get out of the car. >> Then crawl out. >> Crawl out. >> My girlfriend's dead. >> You want to move up on him? >> Crawl out. Negative. Negative. We got all the car, man. >> Hey, >> we will, but we need you out of the car. Get out of the car, man. >> Get out of the car. >> Get out of the car. >> Just come out of the car for us. >> Radio passenger 48 force agent. >> Son, you got to come out the car, man. >> Crawl out. >> Let me get one voice. One voice. >> You get voices. >> Come out of the car, man. Look, come out of the car and we can help you and we can help her. Keep your hands where I can see you. >> Step out. Step out. Keep your hands up and then step out. >> Come out. >> Look, man. Step out of the car so we can stand to her. >> Come out. >> Get out of the car so we can help her. >> Step out. There you go. Step out. Step out. >> On the ground. On the ground. On the ground. >> On the ground. >> Yo, get on the ground. it. >> Get on the ground. Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground, man. >> On the ground. On the ground. >> Hang on. Wait for them to crawl to us. Crawl to us. >> Crawl to us. >> Hey, you take war. Hands. Warning. >> Somebody still cover on the car. Come to us. I got the car. >> Come to us. >> Hey, crawl to us right now. >> Call. >> Crawl to us now. God's voice. >> Officers approached the vehicle to check on the female victim, but sadly the outcome had already been decided. >> Come to us. >> Warning, you got hands and commands. Come to us. >> Do it now. >> You ready? >> Get out. Pull more. More. More. Damn it. More. >> I'm with you. >> Sorry, y'all. We got it. We got it. Where's >> the gun floor? >> He's out of round is what it is. >> Y'all ready to start in now? >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. >> The suspect put on an innocent front, but the officers saw right through it. >> Okay. No, cuz we're not going to hurt. >> Okay, >> we're not arguing with you, dude. >> All right, we're going to stick your head out. >> Stick your head out. We're going to jump this on you so you can get some of that OC out of your eye. >> Turn this. Turn your head the other way. >> You want some more? >> You want more? >> Where is she? >> Yes or no? Do you want more water? Can I use more? >> Yeah. I'll write one anyway. >> Where is she? >> She's in the car where you left her. >> We flushed him. >> I I found a bottle of water, which he's I think he's full of said she had to. >> No, it was him. I could clean his state. He was coming around with failed. I I'm just saying that's what he Well, I know. Well, that's when you jumped out and I jumped out. I heard the [ __ ] So, I was like, let me come around this way and then I couldn't see inside the car. I knew she was in there. So, I was like, I'm not going to fire and hit her. But >> I saw two people and I >> I thought I actually had a black hood cuz I it it passed me southbound on 314 after I just left up there at Kenwood. I was like, that can't be it going southbound on 314 from the wing stop and it turned left onto Banks and I went down 85 to turn around to see if it was it and I just lit it up and he took off. The suspect was eventually charged with one count each of kidnapping and assault in Fireville. The Clayton County Police Department charged him with one count of malice homicide, two counts of assault incident, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Next, we look at a chilling case where a grandmother along with her daughter was kidnapped by her own grandson. >> Put your hands up. Be >> okay. >> She's very, very beat up. Very beat up. So, we need to get in there. >> He's okay. He's okay. He's okay. >> They didn't shoot him. >> No, he's okay. >> See, they just they just put him down. Go. >> He's okay. Come on. >> Scramble swirling head. >> On April the 6th, 2020, officers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, responded to a domestic altercation, unaware that they were on the verge of discovering something deeply unsettling. Authorities became alerted after several urgent calls coming from a woman named Cynthia, who claims that her 52-year-old nephew, Paul Apadaka, had physically assaulted her after a short dispute. Upon reaching the scene, the cops were confronted with an unexpected occurrence. >> Coming to the door, dude. >> I think it's the uh nephew. >> Hello. >> Sir, >> what's that? >> Sir, can you please put the knives away? >> Please put the knives away. Okay. I'm not playing with you, bro. Put the knives away. >> No. >> Please, can we talk to you? Okay. Sure. >> We don't want to do this, brother. >> I know that I can't beat you from here, but I can't throw the knives. >> No. >> Don't do that, sir. >> Been putting powder in my nose all night, and it's drove me crazy. >> Well, let's talk about that, okay? That's what we're here for. >> You're not going to believe. >> Huh? You're going to think I'm insane. >> Come on, buddy. Let's just talk. Okay. >> No. No. No. No. Talk. >> Situation. >> Let's talk. 3 2 1 M just walk back into the house. >> While one officer attempted to speak with Paul, the others made contact with Cynthia and her mother, Alvina, through the back entrance where Cynthia revealed deeply troubling information. >> The crap out of me. >> What did he hit you with? >> She's very, very beat up. Very beat up. So, we need to get in there. >> My mom. >> Okay. Okay. Give us one sec. We're going to get in there. The officers gave Paul instructions and even his grandmother tried to help. But his response was something that none of them or any reasonable person could have foreseen. >> You need to go outside. They can't get medical attention until you step out the front. >> Okay. >> So, go out the front door now with your hands up and empty. We're not messing around. >> I need to leave a stick, man. >> You need to go to the front door. >> I don't want you to hurt my son. >> And we're trying not to, man. >> Go to the front wall. Safe man. >> Did he hit you? >> As officers handled the case, a woman, Paul's cousin, came in consumed by panic and pain. >> I know my grandma can't climb through that ladder back there. >> I know. >> That's why we put a couple officers in there. >> Just him. Shoot him. I don't care. That's my cousin. Kill him. Yes. >> Please wait inside your >> I can't. That's my grandma. That's my grandma. >> I get that. But you need to wait inside your car. >> I called you guys and I sat here and now you're getting our attention off of this. >> Then your job. I'm not car. >> Thankfully, officers were able to rescue Cynthia. Once at the hospital, Cynthia provided a thorough account of what had transpired. >> So, were you afraid that he was going to kick down the door? >> Yeah. Well, I didn't know what I was He was crazy being me like, "I told you now. Don't tell me nothing. Don't ever tell me what to do." Oh, please, Grandma. Grandma's going to You're going to give her a heart attack. Oh, yes. I know. I say that one. And then I like kind of like pushed in and I said, "Mom, mom, are you okay? Mom, please get up." And that's she told me he like pooped out and he like got grandma and don't touch me. Are you okay? Don't touch me. She put and that's when I jumped up. >> Officers also tried to save Alvina only to be met with a resistance that caught them completely off guard. >> Okay, ma'am. In order for us to help him, we have to get you out. Come on. >> Nope. >> Ma'am, I need you to try to get down. Okay. You can scoot down that ladder. You don't have to climb down it. Okay. I don't want to I >> You need to >> You need to Okay. >> They managed to save Alvina, but faced an unexpected obstacle as they tried to leave. >> Oh. Oh, you got >> Keep walking out. >> Keep walking out. >> Walk out to the sound of my voice. Put your hands up now. Put your hands in the air. Whatever's in your hand. Put your hands up now. >> Put your hands up. >> Hands in the air. Step down. Sir, >> step down. Put your hands up in the air. >> Turn around and face the house. >> Turn around. >> Put your hands behind your head and interace your fingers. >> Put your hands down. Put your hands down. >> Be okay. Turn over. Turn over. He's okay. He's okay. >> He's okay. >> They didn't him. >> No, he's okay. >> See, they just they just put him down. Go. >> He's okay. Come on. Paul was arrested and charged with the a police officer with a risky weapon. But what they didn't realize was that the worst was yet to come. On July the 20th, 2021, over a year after the dispute with Cynthia, Paul was found wandering near a psychiatric hospital and was arrested due to his probationary status. During his arrest, Paul admitted to doing things so cold-hearted that they had no choice but to interrogate him thoroughly. >> See? >> Yeah. >> She what? was walking home from day one because >> okay >> I didn't know that I was going to do that. >> How many times did you stab her? >> Left side. >> What did she look like? >> At that range. >> Okay. How did you kill her? Can you look at this photo and tell me if you recognize this person right here on the phone? >> Yes, that's Kaitlyn. >> That's Caitlyn. >> Okay. >> Mhm. >> Duncan wrote a series. I know what she did last summer. She also wrote a book about her daughter who killed my daughter. And I read that when she saw her walked into the car, had her fire scramble swelling at me. It's been a woman. >> You said you had already shot her >> and you walked up to her car. >> Okay. What kind of car did she have? >> Was car. >> And where did you shoot her? >> I never touched her, but I shot her. >> The officers went further to speak to Paul's brother, revealing news so terrible it was hard to believe. >> And we're doing it for the families of the victims. >> Victims. I'll tell you what. >> When asked what drove him to speak up after almost 30 years, Paul responded with quiet remorse. But no amount of regret could undo the past. It's taking me so long to know how much it could have cost. When I consider those who miss when I killed that I could do more harm after years and years of contemplating and researching. I understand all the pain that I've caused and I feel it >> Mhm. for families of the people that have murdered and raped. I have seen it in my own family >> and I've given it to my own family. God is forgiving. God knows forgives all my trying to understand everything that I've done. >> Mhm. I come in to realize that I I don't deserve to be with you. >> Faced with a critical question, Paul gave an answer that was both lame and impossible to defend. >> Why did you do it? >> I had anger in my heart against women. >> You had what in your heart? >> Anger. >> Anger. Okay. >> Resentment. >> Why? because I've always seen men treating women bad and they have other women and I tried to be nice and they never never on January the 29th, 2024, Paul eventually pleaded guilty to three counts of secondderee homicide, one count of kidnapping and one count of firstdegree attempted non-consentual encounter. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. If released, he would be on parole for 2 years and on probation for five. Moving on, we have these officers who saved a missing child with quick thinking and courage. >> Hey honey, can you >> start me at 29, please? >> They already did. >> Okay. >> On November the 12th, 2024, officer Dylan Fout and Dennis Dy were patrolling the city when they spotted a young boy walking alone. When Fout turned back to check on him, the child had disappeared from view. As officers began searching the area, a 911 call came through reporting a missing boy with autism. The boy was found soon after, but in a deeply concerning state. Without hesitation, officers tried to save the boy, even as doubt lingered in the air. I did >> West Cinder Street in the water under the bridge. >> Hey honey, >> can you start me at 29, please? They already did. >> Okay. All right. >> 29's on the way. Correct. >> There should be a a blanket in the back of the vehicle. >> Okay. >> Grab one. >> Sure. >> In the end, the boy emerged hail and hardy thanks to the officer's sharp observation and swift action. Still on cops rescuing hostages. We have these officers who rescued a toddler from his mother's boyfriend and ensured that he faced the full consequences of his actions. And he started going and I went to grab him and I was fighting with him to give him to me and he wouldn't give him to me and that's when all the neighbors came over. >> Put the kid down. >> Put the kid down. >> Down the ground now. >> On September the 27th, 2022, the Flaggler County Sheriff's Office responded to a distress call in Palm Coast, Florida involving the abduction of a toddler. When the officer arrived, he was met by a trembling mother who struggled to recount what had just happened as she relived the nightmare. >> Like it's primary. >> Still southbound on Belair approaching White View. >> All right. What happened? >> I don't even know if he literally was saying he snapped. I have no idea. >> Okay. Well, what what happened? I need you to tell me like >> literally I ordered pizza. He was coming outside. He left his in the car. So, >> he was coming out to get it and he let the dogs out. And as he was doing that, I got the notification that the pizza was coming. So, I was like, "Bring the dog back inside. Bring them back inside. The pizza's coming." And in that second, he just flipped and he was like, "How do you know that?" Blah blah blah. Just like went crazy. He grabbed my phone. He started going >> 14. I copy. I'm working on it. the neighbor down the street he doesn't like and he's back in town or something and he saw his car and like that freaked him out too. He's like why is he here? >> Is there any court document saying that he's a father? >> He's on the certificate. >> He's on the birth certificate. I'm not going to like that's his dad. >> Okay. But there's nothing from the court determining that he's a father. >> I don't know. Not that I know of. No. We've been together since >> 214 and 216 direct. >> Good. No court documents. You just sign on the birth certificate. The IP was around before that. It's kind of like thoughts are going to make it worse. I think >> Okay. Did he like hit you at all or >> No, he didn't touch me. He literally grabbed he had the baby in his hands. I was cutting up his pizza cuz it got delivered. And he just kept looking around everywhere like something was following him. He was like he was just saying like, "Why would you do this to me? Why would you do this to me?" Like I was setting him up or something. I was like, "I I what are you doing?" I was like, "You're freaking me out." And me freaking me doing that made it worse. I don't know. He had my son the whole time. He wouldn't give him to me. We came outside. The neighbors were outside. He got he went to go get in the car and put it in reverse. And that's when he had my baby on the lap. And I said, "Not with my baby. Not with my baby. He wanted to reverse and he started going and I went to grab him and I was fighting with him to give him to me and he wouldn't give him to me and that's when all the neighbors came over and he was like just I was like just let him go just let him go because it's going to be bad and he just >> the neighbor tried to follow him but he lost him. >> Oh my god. >> My phone's going to >> Okay. >> Like you need to keep him. >> Do you have um Do >> you have your ID with you? >> Um, near my house. >> Okay. Can you grab it for me? >> So, he took the uh the kid. He's not I mean, he's only on the birth certificate as the father. No court documents or anything like that. Uh she tried to grab the baby from him. Uh he just took off. >> Um yeah. >> Yeah. Let me just confirm that with her real quick. and then uh I'll give you a call back here shortly. All right. All right. So, since he's not like the legal father on the uh >> Dude, why don't we have Diesel? >> He's not in the house. >> Okay. >> Hey, do you want to pursue charges real quick for him taking your baby? >> No. No. Cuz I don't even know if this is happening before want to do I don't know. No. >> Hey, we need to make a decision. >> No. No. Okay. >> Oh my god. >> People in the car. >> Oh my [ __ ] >> All right. So you just to make sure you do not want to pursue charges. Okay. All right. She's saying no now. >> No. >> She's saying no. >> Listen to me easily. >> She doesn't want to do anything. >> I don't know if he took a I don't know if he took a I don't know if he took something if anything vagoract and I don't want to press charges. >> Okay. Do you understand that your ch your child is on his lap? >> Yes. >> Driving recklessly through the area and you don't want to pursue charges. >> I don't know. He's never done something like that. >> Okay. I need you to make a decision. >> I don't >> Okay, I really need you to make a decision. >> I don't know. >> As the officer's interrogation progressed, the woman became increasingly unstable. >> I don't know. Wake up. I don't know. Like >> Okay. Well, he's putting your child's life in danger right now. Okay. So, right now >> it's going to be kidnapping. Okay. >> Oh my god. Like I can't >> What was the argument before that? >> There was literally not a single argument. He just immediately started accusing me like that I was setting him up. I don't know. That's what I'm saying. I don't know if he's took something and this is like causing him to be this way. I don't know. Like he's this three and a half years. He's never done this. >> Okay. >> Never been violent. Never done something like this. >> McDonald. >> Okay. Would you be willing to write a statement for me? >> Okay. Um up here is all your personal information. Down here is your narrative section. Just give me details specifics exactly what happened. Okay. Like I just don't understand how this happened. So >> like I have no [ __ ] clue what set him the off. Like I can't even think right now. Like what the >> Do y'all live here together? >> Yes. >> Okay. For how long? >> 3 years. I don't know. We moved in here I don't know March 2020. >> March 2020. >> We've been together since February of before that 2019 happening. We've been together for 3 and 1/2 years. This has never happened. >> So he I mean take me from the start. I still don't I'm still not understanding. >> Literally he was at the store. He was literally just went and got us drinks and Gatorades and waters for the hurricane. >> I ordered pizza. It's literally my son's slice is literally cut up on the counter. I He was >> temporal with her. >> He was coming outside to go get his and he led the dogs outside and I had just got the notification on my phone that the person was pulling up with the pizza. So I said my I have two pit bulls. So I said bring them back inside like they're going to jump all over the pizza person. I brought them back inside and he was like he just immediately started acting weird and like got paranoid as [ __ ] looking around looking around. What did you do? What are you doing? Why is the neighbor in town like weird questions said that the one neighbor told him that? Oh, oh, make sure you shut the lights off. I'm assuming because of the [ __ ] hurricane. I have no [ __ ] clue. Like he was just saying all these things over and over again. Why would you do this to me? Just looking around. He opened the front door wide open. Came out here. He was holding my son the whole time. Wouldn't let him go. I asked him for him like over 20 times. Give me my kid. Give me my kid. Give me my kid. And he just literally let him go. >> Then we came out here. I kept telling him to bring Diesel inside. I was like, "Bring the dogs inside." Like we've gotten multiple complaints about the dogs outside. Bring the dogs inside. And he's like, "Why do you want them inside? Why do you want them inside? Getting paranoid." So I was standing in the kitchen and I said I was like, "I'm going to call 911. I'm going to call 911. I'm going to call 911." And he was like, "No, don't. Don't. You're just going to make it worse. Why would you do this? Why would you do this to me? Just freaking out. I was just trying to deescalate the situation so I can get my kid back. It carries out out here because I tried to get Diesel back inside. >> And then he just gets down to the car and he's just looking all in the car, checks the trunk, just looked at in everything looking if somebody was in the car apparently. >> Is he diagnosed with anything? >> No, not take any medication out of PTSD probably. Like I don't know. >> He does what? He probably has PTSD very likely >> from what? >> Like all the that he's seen all the that he's done. Like I don't know. >> Is he a vet? >> No, but he's But he's been he's just been around bad people. Like he's been in the foot twice. Like it's just he this >> his history is not good. He's been bankrupted before, but that was like years ago. Like this has never happened to me with him. Like he's been sober. Like I don't know what happened. >> Yeah. Moments later, deputies located the vehicle and attempted a stop, but the suspect took off, dangerously weaving through medians and oncoming lanes. When the officers caught up to the suspect, their next move demonstrated true skill and professionalism. >> The vehicle looks like it's falling to the target shop in McDonald's right now. >> Show me youring hands, dude. Put the baby down. Put the kid down. >> Put the kid down. >> Give us the air. >> Put the kid down. >> Put the kid down. [Music] >> Get on the ground. Hey, don't move. >> Hey, get out of here. >> Are you poor [ __ ] [Music] >> Get on the ground now. >> Get on the ground now. >> Watch. Watch. Watch. Get on the ground now. >> Get on the ground now. >> I don't have nothing. >> Hey, no. No. Are you kidding me? Are you guys kidding me? >> Behind your back. >> Who gets Stop resisting. >> Stop resisting. You're going to get your hands behind your back. Tang behind your back. >> Hand behind your back. >> Get your hand behind your back. >> Get your hands behind your back. >> Get your hand behind your back now. >> Hand behind your back. You're going to get it again. >> Hands behind your back. You're going to get it again. Bring your knee. There you go. >> You're going to get your hand behind your back. >> You're going to get it again. Put your hand behind your back. >> Put your hand behind the back. Get it again. Could somebody get control? >> You need to relax. >> No. >> Who's got a Who's got a hobble? >> I got one in my car. >> No. >> I got a um >> like shackles if you want extra gloves. >> Serge, >> you got shackles? Please get them. >> Stop. Stop. >> All right. Code on the ground behind you. The hands. >> Huh? >> Your hands. >> Doing nothing. >> Hold still. Hold still. >> On the front of your >> move. Move. Please. Stop. Relax. >> Stop. >> Anyone's looking at your leg right now? >> No. Stop. Please stop. Please stop. I can't breathe. Stop. Please. >> Talking to you. >> No. >> Stop. >> You need to relax. >> Am looking at your leg. Okay. You're pretty bad. >> Stop. Stop. >> Stop. >> Stop. Stop. >> Yes. Please. >> Please. >> My foot is stuck. Stop. Hey, >> stop. >> Stop. >> Stop. >> No one's going to shoot. No one's shooting. Yes, you are. >> No, we're not. >> Yes, you are. >> No, we're not. Okay. >> Yes, you are. >> No, we're not. They're putting They're putting some gauze on your leg, man. Get this. >> Stop. Stop. Please stop. Please. >> Please stop, guys. Please. No, right here. >> Brandon, >> please stop. >> The officer attempted to communicate with the suspect, but it proved to be a very challenging task. >> Listen to me. >> Please, >> Brandon. >> Listen to me. >> Relax. >> Relax. >> Hey, he he was taking the taser pretty good. >> Brandon, >> I need you to talk to me for a second. >> Can I talk to Jenna? >> Huh? >> Let me talk to Jenna. >> I need you to talk to me. Okay. >> Please let me talk to Jenna. >> Brandon, >> please. Where are you at, buddy? >> Please, please, please stop. Stop. Stop. >> Stop. >> Stop pulling away. >> Stop. >> Stop. Stop. Please. >> Stop. >> That thing dirty hands. >> Please don't. Please. Stop. Stop. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding? >> For what? >> For what? >> Please stop. Brandon, do you have any medical problems? >> No. >> No. How old are you? >> Stop. Please. >> Brandon, how old are you? >> Please, please, please stop. Please, please, please stop. Please stop, guys. >> You need me to get off this farm? >> Please stop, guys. Stop. >> Brandon, >> no. >> Brandon, >> stop. Stop. Please. Hey, you keep saying to stop. What if you want them to stop? >> Stop. Stop hurting me, man. Stop. >> Brandon, we're trying to help you. >> Please. >> Please stop. >> All right. >> Please. >> You want to break the truck up here? >> Please stop. >> Please. I'm already breathing. Stop. >> Going to be a hard, dude. >> No. Stop my hand. >> Stop. >> Stop. Please. >> Hey, Brandon. >> No. >> Brandon. No, >> we're going to sit you up. >> No. >> Okay. >> No. >> Please stop. >> Please. Please stop. Please. >> Please. >> Please. >> Please, guys. >> Please. Please. >> Please >> roll over. >> Stop. >> Brandon. >> Please >> roll over, bud. >> Please. Please stop, guys. Please >> sit up. Stop rubbing. >> Brandon, sit up, bud. >> Stop. >> Relax. Stop. >> Please stop. Please, please, please. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Let's see if we can set him up. >> No. >> This way. Towards me. >> No. Stop. Stop. Stop. >> You're about to throw your head back and hit the curb. Sit up. >> You want to get on his side. Stop. >> Grab this. >> I didn't do nothing, man. >> Stop. >> Please. >> Please stop. >> Please stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Are you kidding me? Stop, guys. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. I can't. >> Relax. >> Yeah. Stop. >> Are you going to relax? >> Please. Please. A little >> You guys ready? >> Is it going head on that side? Yes. >> Got the feet. >> One, two, three. >> Relax. >> No. >> Maybe right here until we get him to the hospital. >> We just have We got two that are going to >> take you to check out you and then please don't please please please don't please stop. Please >> please please. In the end, the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and was charged with kidnapping, using a toddler as a shield, resisting with violence, negligent caregiving, fleeing, eluding, and reckless driving. Moving on to this toddler who was rescued in the nick of time, just after being kidnapped. >> Hi. >> Yeah, I got the child in the parking lot. >> What was that? >> You just keep saying my daddy. You don't know where your daddy's at. We're going to get you to your daddy. Okay. >> I know. I know. It was scary, wasn't it? >> A March the 1st, 2024, a young boy was asleep in a pickup truck while his dad stepped out to buy groceries at a nearby supermarket with the vehicle still on. While the boy's father was away, an unidentified felon stole the vehicle and fled the scene with the toddler inside. Minutes later, the boy was reported missing, and officers all around the area were sent to be on the lookout for the abducted child. Two hours after the kidnapping, an officer found a vehicle matching the truck's description in a parking lot and cautiously checked it out. >> Hi. >> Yeah, I got the child in the parking lot. Check what's house. There was a bunch of people outside. >> Hi, buddy. Are you okay? >> What you guys want? Now, a Smith >> What's your name? >> You don't know your name? >> Let me get you out of this person. >> You okay? >> That's okay. Let me get you out of the car. Huge savings with my find your personality and want to sip your water and groceries. details at giantv.com. >> You're okay. You want to get out. >> You want to stay in your car seat? I'm a police officer. I'm here to help you, buddy. >> That's okay. Just a day. >> 15 minutes. >> Hold on. Let me turn. It's okay. >> You're all right. You like Check this out. You like flashlights? >> No. >> Oh, it's okay. You want to hold this? No. >> Luckily, the boy was now in safe police custody. However, his abduction was a frightening experience and left him weary of strangers. After contacting his parents, the cops called for backup and tried to comfort the little boy in the meantime. >> Here, I'm going to take you out. >> Okay, it's okay. Let's get you out of here. >> It's okay. Your jammy's wet. >> It's okay. It's okay. >> It's okay. >> It's okay. >> I can go 45. >> You got some books here. >> You like You like dinos? I like my My little boy likes dinos. >> It's okay, buddy. >> I'm going to lower his tailgate. >> You can We could just sit right here. Okay. You probably you probably been sitting in the dude. >> All right. Thanks. >> All right. >> How old are you? >> No. My >> Do you like stickers? >> No. >> I know. I'm going to We're going to get you your daddy. Do you Do you like Do you like stick Do you like stickers? I'll get you a sticker. Okay. >> Track. Don't track. >> Hey buddy, did you got a diary? >> What was that? >> You just keep saying my daddy. >> You don't know where your daddy's at. We're going to get you to your daddy's. Okay. >> I know. I know. It was scary, wasn't it? >> It's okay. Have a seat. >> You're okay, buddy? Yeah. Let's keep you warm. >> It's okay. You want some more? What? You want more water? It's all right, buddy. You're fine. >> You're safe. We're going to get you to your daddy. Okay. >> It's okay. >> After the kid was secured, the officers set their sights on locating the criminal and found him a while later. Wasting no time, the officers went to work and quickly showed the man what happens to heartless kidnappers who abduct innocent younglings. >> Hey, it was us. We got the call and So they they got him. >> Well, hold on. Stand by. All right, >> in the end, the kidnapper was charged with grand theft and kidnapping. Next, we have this girl who was rescued after spending a long time held against her will in a scary man's attic. >> Yeah, why don't you just sit down, dear? >> There's some water. >> We'll get you some stuff here. On the 16th of October 2023, a scared eyed witness narrated how William had held the girl in his attic under very terrible conditions. >> What's going on? How do we get in? Can we get in the door? >> We'll have to keep him aside. I don't care. I don't care. My parents are here. I can't have I just unplug this camera. He used to live here so he can tap into anything. >> But we have cameras up for other reasons. >> I got you. You know he's in there for a fact. >> I know for a fact. >> You can kick your kit. >> I swear to God. Go ahead. Please. This girl. I don't know what's wrong with this girl. >> Oh, there's a girl in there with him. >> Yes. I told them this only. I told them there's a girl in there. She's very small and slim. My husband said he didn't want to get over look at her, but he's yelling at her. >> That's why I went with her face. She can't see out of her eyes. >> Okay. After several attempts to warn Williams to give himself up, the cops decided to break in. But what they found inside will leave you shocked. >> William, this is Jack Police Department. This is your last chance. Come out now with your hands up or we'll be sending the K9 in to apprehend you. You will get bit by the dog. >> William, last chance. Please better come out. >> Come on, dude. Your hands up. >> Keep your hands up. Put your hands off. We'll cough. >> That way. >> Just keep coming. >> Watch your step right there. You hear that? >> Come on out here. >> Come out, please. >> Once William was secured, the next thing was to find the kidnapped girl and bring her to safety. >> Okay. What do you need to get down? Let me get this ladder. >> There's no one else up there. >> Where do you live at, dear? >> Thompson. >> How far away is that? >> Like 30 minutes. Like close to Jordan. >> Why don't you have a sit right seat right there? Why don't you have a sit right seat? Right there on my sleeve. William was arrested and charged with kidnapping.