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When Karen Palmer couldn't find her ex-husband Gil and her daughter Amy, she called the airport police.

Karen and Aaron stayed at the airport for hours, until morning.

The police had put out an alert for Gil, but they didn't find anything.

The next day, Karen and Vinny started calling around airports and bus stations, looking for Gil and Amy.

They called Gil's old jobs and his friends and family, including his first wife Rita.

Karen's lawyer had asked for an emergency custody hearing, but it had been scheduled for a week later.

Until then, they couldn't file kidnapping charges.

But her lawyer had learned that there was a warrant out for Gil's arrest for not appearing in court for drunk driving.

The police in San Francisco said if they found Gil, they could arrest him for that.

At the custody hearing, a judge issued an order for Karen to have sole custody of both Aaron and Amy.

But they still had no idea where Gil and Amy were.

The police in Santa Cruz had also come to Karen's apartment and put a tap on her phone.

So if Gil called, they could ask the phone company to try and trace his location.

Ten days after Gil disappeared from the airport, he called Karen.

They spoke for 45 minutes.

Gil said he would bring Amy back if Karen stopped seeing Vinny.

She agreed.

Gil gave her an address in San Francisco and told her to meet him there the next evening at 8.30 p.m.

He told her not to tell the police.