Brent Christensen

He was my TA, teacher assistant for physics, mechanics.

He seemed pretty knowledgeable.

He seemed like, you know, like any TA in the physics department, pretty respectable, know what they're talking about.

What was he like?

Was he stressed?

Was he relaxed?

He was married.

He lived in a nice apartment on the west edge of Champaign.

Certainly didn't fit the profile of a kidnapper.

He had no police contacts.

So there was really nothing of significance in his background.

I really wanted to talk to Mr. Christensen.

We knew she got into his vehicle.

So our plan was to knock on the door.

We wanted to ask if Mr. Christensen would be willing to talk to us.

And it was almost midnight by the time they had the warrant and assembled the team to go out to his apartment.

And I just kept saying to myself over and over again, just out loud, I can't believe that it's this easy.

I can't believe that this is how we're going to catch him.

It's from that cracked hubcap.

When we knocked on the door, he seemed maybe a little surprised, but was relatively calm in his demeanor.