At some point during 29-year-old Denise Huskins’ kidnapping Monday in Vallejo, her boyfriend was given a ransom demand, police said a day later. 
 
 The woman, a physical therapist at Kaiser Permanente, was reported missing about 12 hours after her boyfriend told police that he saw her being “forcibly taken against her will” and spirited away, Vallejo police officials said Tuesday. 
 
 The boyfriend told police “a ransom demand was communicated” during her abduction, said Lt. Sid DeJesus. 
 
 On Tuesday, investigators could be seen examining the two-story yellow clapboard residence where Huskins was abducted, combing the shrubbery near the front door. Detectives dusted the door’s white trim for fingerprints. 
 
 At the same time, police said 75 people were combing the rustic area around the neighborhood for Huskins. 
 
 During a news conference Tuesday, officials provided few details to the public on the case, stressing the need to not jeopardize the investigation. 
 
 Denise Huskins Vallejo Police Department Denise Huskins, 29, was allegedly abducted for ransom in Vallejo. Denise Huskins, 29, was allegedly abducted for ransom in Vallejo. (Vallejo Police Department) 
 
 Huskins was reportedly abducted sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. on Monday but her boyfriend didn't tell police until almost 2 p.m. 
 
 Public records list the home where the kidnapping took place as being registered to Aaron Quinn, 30. A car taken from the home and found elsewhere in the city is also under Quinn’s name. Police confirmed the homeowner was Huskins’ boyfriend and that the person who reported the abduction lived there. 
 
 The boyfriend was interviewed by detectives Tuesday morning. He has not been identified as a suspect by police. 
 
 “Hopefully we can extract information from him in a way that we can resolve this in a positive manner,” DeJesus said. 
 
 Quinn and Huskins are physical therapists at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, police said. Huskins hails from Huntington Beach but has been living in her own place in Vallejo for about the last year, police said. 
 
 The 500 block of Kirkland Avenue, where Huskins was abducted, was blocked off by police tape and a command vehicle idled nearby Tuesday morning. 
 
 The quiet development is situated on Mare Island, home of a sprawling decommissioned naval shipyard. Searchers in tan uniforms, some with dogs, could be seen combing nearby streets that abut extensive fenced off open space, some of it marshland. 
 
 Neighbors had little information but said Huskins’ disappearance was unsettling. Yards Eslami, 25, a student at nearby Touro University, said she hoped police would "do more patrols on the island.... Hopefully they'll find her. Our prayers are with the family." 
 
 The FBI and the Solano County Office of Emergency Services are helping in the search, Vallejo police said. Anyone with information on Huskins’ whereabouts are asked to call Vallejo police at (800) 488-9383 or Crime Stoppers at (707) 644-STOP. 
 
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 For breaking California news, follow @JosephSerna. ||||| Police investigating the alleged kidnapping of a woman from a northern California home said late Wednesday -- hours after she was "found" more than 400 miles away -- that it was a hoax "orchestrated" with the woman's boyfriend. 
 
 Authorities had originally treated the disappearance of 29-year-old Denise Huskins as a kidnap-for-ransom case, but said late Wednesday they had been unable to locate her or any of her family members after Huskins retained an attorney and stopped cooperating with police. 
 
 Vallejo police spokesman Lt. Kenny Park said that Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, 30, have now become the targets of an investigation into whether they did anything illegal in reporting a random, violent abduction and a ransom request of $8,500. 
 
 "There is no evidence to support the claims that this was a stranger abduction or an abduction at all," Park said in a statement. "Given the facts that have been presented thus far, this event appears to be an orchestrated event and not a kidnapping." 
 
 Park told reporters at a news conference late Wednesday that police had doubts about Quinn's initial report of the abduction, but said they had a responsibility to investigate thoroughly and speak cautiously to the public. 
 
 "It was such an incredible story, we initially had a hard time believing it and upon further investigation we couldn't substantiate any of the things he was saying," Park said. 
 
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 Park also expressed disgust at the resources the two squandered -- saying more than 40 detectives had worked on the case -- and the fear they instilled in the community over what was reported as random violence. 
 
 "Devoting all of our resources 24 hours a day in a wild goose chase it's a tremendous loss," he said. "It's disappointing, it's disheartening. The fact that we wasted all of these resources for nothing, it's upsetting." 
 
 Huskins was found outside her father's home in Huntington Beach, Calif., some 420 miles away from Vallejo, at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday. Her father, Mike Huskins, had traveled to Northern California to help with the search. Around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, he said Denise called him to say she had been dropped off at her mother's Huntington Beach house. No one was home, so she told him she walked the 12 blocks to his home near the beach. 
 
 "She wasn't crying at all. She just said, `Daddy, I'm OK,' " an emotional Mike Huskins told The Associated Press. 
 
 Quinn had told police that Huskins was abducted early Monday morning from Mare Island in Vallejo, about 23 miles northeast of San Francisco, according to Park. However, the spokesman said Quinn did not actually contact police until 1:55 that afternoon. 
 
 Park said Wednesday night that Quinn's waiting so long to inform them was part of what aroused suspicions. It was not clear whether police had had contact with Quinn since they decided the case was a hoax. Park said he was "free on his own" for now. 
 
 The San Francisco Chronicle obtained an audio recording -- emailed to the newspaper on Tuesday -- of a woman claiming to be Huskins. The woman calmly identifies herself as Huskins in the recording and talks about Tuesday's plane crash in the French Alps to establish the date. She also states a personal detail about herself, saying the first concert she had attended in her life featured Blink 182 and Bad Religion. The Chronicle reported that Mike Huskins had confirmed the voice on the recording as his daughter's. 
 
 The person who wrote the e-mail mentioned that she would be returned safely Wednesday, the newspaper reported. 
 
 "We will send a link to her location after she has been dropped off. She will be in good health and safe while she waits," the e-mail read. "Any advance on us or our associates will create a dangerous situation for Denise. Wait until she is recovered and then proceed how you will. We will be ready." 
 
 Fox News’ Cristina Corbin and the Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| Vallejo police are asking for the public's help in locating 29-year-old Denise Huskins who was reportedly kidnapped for ransom.Huskins' boyfriend reported her abduction around 1:55 p.m. Monday. He told police that Huskins was forcibly taken against her will from her Mare Island home early Monday morning and that a ransom demand had been made.He called police several hours after she disappeared, but police have not explained why it took him so long to report the crime. Police are interviewing her boyfriend, 30-year-old Aaron Quinn, but they don't consider him a suspect or a person of interest.Police say they found Huskins' car, a white 2000 Toyota Camry with California license plate No. 4GQA436, at an undisclosed location in Vallejo. Investigators believe her car was taken from the block where she was abducted.Huskins was employed as a physical therapist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Vallejo and had previously worked at Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Valencia, according to her Facebook page. The Southern California native moved to Vallejo from Toluca Lake in June 2014.Her parents live in Huntington Beach, where Huskins grew up, but were not home when Eyewitness News tried to get in touch with them. Her father spoke at a press conference up north earlier on Monday, and he is helping in the search for his daughter."My biggest fear is the horrors that might be going through. That's my biggest fear, is that she's going through such horror. She doesn't deserve that," Mike Huskins said.At a news conference in Vallejo Monday night, police said they are focusing their search for her on the straits surrounding Mare Island because an object was found."The intention is for the dive team to go into the water and discover, or I should say to look at what this object that they've discovered to be. And at this point we have no idea what that is," said Vallejo Police Department Lt. Kenny Park.Authorities did not give a reason as to why her boyfriend waited so long to report her disappearance, but did say he is cooperating with investigators. No suspects have been named.More than 100 people are participating in the search effort, including FBI agents.Anyone with information on this investigation was urged to contact the Vallejo Police Department at (707) 648-4524. ||||| The mysterious reported kidnapping for ransom took a new twist Wednesday night when authorities said the woman and her family who had made plans to talk to police had disappeared. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
 
 The mysterious reported kidnapping for ransom took a new twist Wednesday night when authorities said the woman and her family who had made plans to talk to police had disappeared. 
 
 Denise Huskins, 29, was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo home, police said. She was reported to be kidnapped by her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, but was found safe Wednesday morning in Huntington Beach, her family and police told NBC4. 
 
 Now, police say, Huskins and Quinn have become the target of the investigation as police probe whether they did anything illegal in their report of a random, violent abduction and a ransom request of $8,500. 
 
 Huskins and her family had made plans Wednesday afternoon to speak with authorities but have since disappeared, Vallejo police said. 
 
 29-Year-Old Woman Kidnapped from Vallejo Found Safe: Police 
 
 Police said Wednesday that 29-year-old Denise Huskins, who was kidnapped from a Vallejo home Monday morning, was found safe. Christie Smith reports. (Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
 
 Police said there was some indication that she would be cooperative and speak with investigators but when the FBI arranged a jet to bring her to Northern California for an interview, she was nowhere to be found. 
 
 Huskins has since retained an attorney and detectives do not know where she is, police said. 
 
 Since the investigation was launched on Monday, 40 detectives and over 100 personnel have been searching for and investigating Huskins' disappearance, which they said they didn't believe was a random act of violence. 
 
 Video Police Search for Woman Reportedly Kidnapped for Ransom 
 
 "Today, there is no evidence to support the claims that this was a stranger abduction or an abduction at all," Vallejo police said in a press release. "Given the facts that have been presented thus far, this event appears to be an orchestrated event and not a kidnapping." 
 
 Lt. Kenny Park of the Vallejo Police Department told reporters at a press conference Wednesday night that police are looking into possible state and federal charges in the case. Park also said Huskins and her boyfriend sent police on a "wild goose chase." 
 
 "The fact that we've wasted all these resources is really upsetting," Park said, adding that "Mr. Quinn and Ms. Huskins owe this community an apology." 
 
 Kidnapped Woman Found Safe: Father 
 
 A 29-year-old woman, thought to be kidnapped for ransom this week, is safe, her father said Wednesday. Stephanie Chuang reports. (Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
 
 At an earlier news conference, Park said his department received a phone call from Huntington Beach police at 10:30 a.m. reporting Huskins had been found safe. Prior to the conference, Mike Huskins said his daughter, Denise, is safe in Huntington Beach. He didn't provide any other details. 
 
 Huskins' boyfriend claims an intruder broke into his Mare Island home early Monday morning and took Huskins by force while demanding a ransom. But for some reason, her boyfriend waited 11 hours to report it to police. Park said the alleged ransom for Huskins was $8,500. 
 
 How Huskins got to Huntington Beach was not made clear in Wednesday's press conference. 
 
 Huskins' uncle, Jeff Kane, said Wednesday morning he was relieved to hear his niece was safe. "Now we know where she is, that’s the most important thing, obviously, but now curiosity is kicking in, and we go, ‘what happened here, why her,’” he said. 
 
 “It all seems curious to me," Kane added. "it seems diabolical, it seems criminal, but it also seems orthodox in the crime world.” 
 
 Kanes said Huskins' dad had answered a call from an unknown number which turned out to be his daughter. "She said 'Daddy, I am safe, they let me go and I am walking to your house'," Kane said. 
 
 Police Search for Woman Reportedly Kidnapped for Ransom 
 
 Police, search crews and the FBI have expanded a search for a 29-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo, California, home and is being held for ransom. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
 
 Since Huskins' father was in Vallejo at the time, she went to a neighbor's house. Family in Southern California broke into tears when they heard Huskins was back. 
 
 "Excitement, overwhelmed ... I didn't know anything that was going to happen. You hear these stories all the time and you watch TV about them and you never know," cousin Natalia Kane said. "I just was happy to hear that she was alive and safe, and home." 
 
 Huskins is from Huntington Beach, and according to her Facebook page moved to Vallejo in June 2014. She is a physical therapist at Kaiser Permanente. 
 
 On Tuesday, the San Francisco Chronicle was sent an email with an audio file of a woman claiming to be Denise Huskins, who said in a brief call, “I’m kidnapped, otherwise I’m fine.” 
 
 In the short clip, she identifies herself, talks about the French Alps plane crash to establish the date and references a personal detail about herself about the first concert she saw. Her voice is calm and the clip lasts less than 10 seconds. It’s unclear who made the clip, or who emailed it to the Chronicle. 
 
 Vallejo Police, FBI Investigating Report of Woman Kidnapped for Ransom 
 
 Police, search crews and the FBI are searching for a 30-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo home and is being held for ransom. Bob Redell reports. (Published Tuesday, March 24, 2015) 
 
 Lisa Fernandez and Bay City News contributed to this report ||||| Police, search crews and the FBI have expanded a search for a 29-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo, California, home and is being held for ransom. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
 
 Police, search crews and the FBI have expanded a search for a 29-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo, California, home and is being held for ransom. 
 
 Denise Huskins' boyfriend claims an intruder broke into his Mare Island home early Monday morning and took her by force while demanding a ransom. But for some reason, her boyfriend waited 11 hours to report it to police. Police originally said Huskins was 30. 
 
 On Tuesday evening, over 100 trained search and resue personnel, including a dive team, were searching the waterfront and other areas near the 500 block of Kirkland Avenue on Mare Island, from where Huskins' was reportedly kidnapped. 
 
 Denise Huskins 
 
 Photo credit: Photos courtesy of the Huskins family. 
 
 Police on Tuesday did not elaborate on what the ransom demand might be. “All I can tell you is that there was a ransom demand,” said Lt. Kenny Park of the Vallejo Police Department. 
 
 Huskins who is a physical therapist at Kaiser Vallejo Hospital, was reported missing on Monday about 2 p.m. by her boyfriend. The event, however, took place earlier in the morning and it’s unclear why he waited to alert authorities. Park said police are interviewing him but don’t consider him a “person of interest.” 
 
 Vallejo Police, FBI Investigating Report of Woman Kidnapped for Ransom 
 
 Police, search crews and the FBI are searching for a 30-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo home and is being held for ransom. Bob Redell reports. (Published Tuesday, March 24, 2015) 
 
 Huskins' car was also reportedly taken from the residence, however the 2000 Toyota Camry was later found at an unnamed location in Vallejo, officers said. 
 
 Huskins also lists on her Facebook page indicates that she's a physical therapist at Southern California Orthopedic Institute. Her Facebook page states she is from Huntington Beach and that she moved to Vallejo in June 2014. 
 
 KNBC reporters went to Huskins' Huntington Beach family home and spoke with her brother Devin Huskins, who said the family is waiting to get more details about what's going on before saying anything to the media. Huskins' dad flew up to Vallejo to talk with investigators, despite their suggestion not to, her brother said. Her father told NBC Bay Area he is praying for his daughter's safe return. 
 
 "She's my little girl — when she was young she would say 'daddy I'll be your best friend,'" Huskins' father said. "I know she didn't just let somebody take her. She would've put up a fight. She ran marathons, she was physically fit." 
 
 Huskins father says the story just doesn't add up. While he's never met his daugter's boyfriend, he says his daughter seemed happy with him. He added that they worked together as physical therapists at Kaiser. 
 
 Devin Huskins said his sister lives right across the street from the Kaiser Permanante Hospital where she is finishing up a physical therapy clinical course. He said her sister and her boyfriend don't live together, Huskins was just hanging out there when the incident took place. 
 
 Neighbors in Vallejo were surprised. 
 
 “We’ve seen her, she's beautiful,” Matea Rolovic said, adding that Huskins lives with two male roommates. 
 
 “It’s bizarre,” added Patrick Van Deweg. “It’s a really bizarre story.” 
 
 "What year are we in, do people still take ransom?" Rolovic asked. 
 
 Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Vallejo Police Department at 707-648-4524. 
 
 NBC Bay Area's Bob Redell and Gonzo Rojas contributed to this report. 
 
 Denise Huskins with her mother. 
 
 Photo credit: Photos courtesy of the Huskins family.
– The details of Denise Huskins' kidnapping are sketchy, but scary: At some point between midnight and 5am Monday, boyfriend Aaron Quinn says he saw her being "forcibly taken against her will" from a Vallejo, Calif., home. He was given a ransom demand; it's not clear when or how it was delivered. About 12 hours after her abduction, at around 2pm Monday, he reported her missing to police. But police say the 30-year-old Quinn has not been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Huskins, a 29-year-old physical therapist from Vallejo, the Los Angeles Times reports. Many details are fuzzy, but CBS Sacramento reports that the home from which Huskins was taken is Quinn's, though some outlets reported it was hers. The station also notes that a 2000 Toyota Camry believed to have been used in the kidnapping belongs to Quinn, though some outlets reported it as belonging to Huskins. The Camry was found elsewhere in the city; police believe it was taken from the block where Huskins was abducted, ABC7 reports. The Times says Huskins has lived at her own place in Vallejo since June, while NBC Bay Area speaks to others who also clarify that she didn't live with Quinn, but happened to be there when she was abducted. Both she and Quinn work at Kaiser Permanente. Police are releasing few other details other than noting that they do consider this a "kidnapping for ransom" case, but they say a mysterious "object" was spotted in a nearby waterway; a dive team will investigate, KCRA reports. All police will say regarding Quinn is that he's cooperating and "hopefully we can extract information from him in a way that we can resolve this in a positive manner." The FBI is assisting with the search.