Andrea Gunning

The night of Chad's arrest, police began searching one of his rental properties for a secret room, a dungeon, where he was holding two people captive.

From what they could see on the surveillance feed, it was a windowless room somewhere in the house.

The couple was lying motionless on a mattress.

It wasn't clear if they were alive.

But then one of the FBI agents moved a dresser in the closet and lifted up a piece of carpeting to reveal a locked steel hatch.

Police used bolt cutters to open the door.

They found an eight-foot drop into a dark, windowless room, and they went in.

That's where they discovered the couple, miraculously still alive.

They had been tortured and chained.

Chad said he had people watching their kids and grandkids.

So if they tried to escape or get help, he would kill them.

How else could it end?

And judging by the contents of his car, it seemed like he meant it.

This what if still haunts Danielle.

Chad was charged with felony home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, and unlawful restraint.

His bail was set at a million dollars.

Overnight, Danielle had to reckon with the fact that her husband of nearly two decades and the father of her children was capable of a violent crime.

In addition to processing that shock, she didn't understand why.

Was it all for the money?

I didn't know that we were having financial trouble.