Andrea Gunning

She repeatedly tried to get in touch with Chad without any reply.

Then, first thing the next morning, her phone rang.

It was Chad's father.

Unbeknownst to anyone, that couple from their church had been missing for three days.

We're not saying their names because Danielle wants to respect their privacy.

Before this, they were friends, and Danielle believes that their story is their family's to tell, just like her story is hers to tell.

So for this episode, she's going to call them... His victims.

The day before police raided Danielle's house, a woman had walked into a bank and asked for a cashier's check for $350,000 from her own savings account.

Before the teller cut the check, the woman slipped her a note.

She was being held for ransom.

Her captor was waiting down the block with her husband in the trunk.

If she didn't return to the car with the check, her kidnapper said he would kill her husband.

She needed to walk out of that bank, check in hand.

So they gave it to her and let her go.

And as soon as she walked out of the door, the teller called the police.

That call initiated a statewide search for the kidnapped couple and their captor.

Immediately, it became the top story on the local news.

The morning after the raid, Danielle was still in the dark about what was happening.

She was reeling and desperately trying to get in touch with her husband.

She didn't want to believe the wild theory that Chad could have kidnapped this elderly couple.