Chris McDonough

But it doesn't mean that they're holding her.

We don't know what her proof of life is, and that's why they haven't answered that question.

In any hostage negotiation, rule number one, proof of life.

Yeah, well, that's possible.

But I think...

in my experience, that dialogue wouldn't have ended on Monday.

And today, this note coming in, again, you had this concept.

And by the way, I spent 11 years as a hostage negotiator.

That was an auxiliary position that I had.

So I was in homicide, but kind of an auxiliary position whenever there was a problem.

Some of us on my agency were

We're doing that.

And so this was a classic situation where they were trying to create emotion, i.e.

they were trying to personalize Nancy.

OK, and then the second situation is we need to know that Nancy's alive.

We need to know this.

And then the third situation was you notice there there's a mixed messaging here.

Savannah was the first spokesperson.

And then her brother was the second spokesperson.

And then they went back to Savannah as the spokesperson again.