Denise Huskins

He asked Denise where her family lived, blindfolded her and sedated her again, and drove hours south.

He then released her near where she grew up in Huntington Beach.

A nearby security camera caught these images of her.

I heard his car drive off and started walking down this alley in turn and I see

the street that I grew up on.

A neighbor called the Huntington Beach police and the news of Denise's reappearance spread.

A Bay Area woman reportedly kidnapped for ransom is safe tonight.

What exactly happened to her?

That's still very much a mystery.

Although Denise and Aaron hadn't communicated since the attack, Denise told the Huntington Beach officers the same story Aaron had.

But she too began to sense she wasn't being believed.

And it was, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, but, well, you know, we need to figure out what's going on with Vallejo.

And so it just felt like something wasn't right.

Worried, Denise hired an attorney.

That night, as she was making her way back to Vallejo, the Vallejo Police Department gave a press conference, saying they could not substantiate anything Aaron had told them and that Denise would not talk to them.

Mr. Quinn and Ms.

Huskins

has plundered valuable resources away from our community.

They essentially called the case a hoax.

The media came up with another label.