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. ||||| The search for a woman reportedly abducted for ransom is focusing on the Mare Island waterfront after search teams spotted a possible object in the water, Vallejo police said Tuesday evening. 
 
 Who is Vallejo kidnapping victim Denise Huskins? Investigators are trying to piece together what happened to 30-year-old Denise Huskins, who authorities say was taken against her will from a home on Mare Island in Vallejo. More 
 
 In a Tuesday night news conference, Vallejo police Lt. Kenny Park said a dive team will focus on an area of Mare Island after spotting an object in the water. The search will continue tonight because of ideal low-tide conditions. 
 
 Search dogs keyed in on a certain area of water, which is where the teams are focusing their efforts, police said. Sonar equipment is also being used in the search. 
 
 More than 100 search and rescue team members are combing the Vallejo waterfront for Denise Huskins, 29, who was reportedly kidnapped from a Mare Island home Monday morning. Authorities initially reported that she was 30 years old. 
 
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 "I know the kind of person she is," said the woman's father, Mike Huskins. "She's fighting. She's fighting." 
 
 Photos: Police search for clues in kidnapping for ransom 
 
 The woman's boyfriend, who's been identified as Aaron Quinn by neighbors and family, reported Huskins missing at about 1:55 p.m. Monday, hours after her disappearance. Police have not confirmed Quinn's relationship with Huskins, however. 
 
 Quinn told officers Huskins was taken from his home in the 500 block of Kirkland Avenue against her will and there was a ransom demand. It is unclear how the ransom demand was communicated. 
 
 Kirkland Avenue remains closed off as authorities continue their investigation. 
 
 Neighbors describe Quinn as a pleasant young man. "He's a nice guy, (I) helped him with a few things," said neighbor Patrick Vandeweg. "I've never had any problems with him as a neighbor. He's very conscientious." 
 
 The victim's father told KCRA he does not know Quinn, but trusts his daughter's judgment of character. 
 
 Quinn is not a suspect or person of interest in the case, according to police. 
 
 "We are treating this matter as a kidnap ransom," said Park during a news conference Tuesday. "We're doing everything we can, but at this point I'm not at liberty to divulge too much information." 
 
 Vallejo police did not give a suspect description during the news conference but said up to 75 people have been dedicated to finding Huskins. 
 
 Late Monday night, investigators found Huskins' boyfriend's vehicle, a 2000 Toyota Camry with license plate number 4GQA436, at an undisclosed location in Vallejo. 
 
 Mike Huskins added that his daughter recently lived in Boston before moving back to California. She is a native of Southern California. 
 
 Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Vallejo confirmed that Denise Huskins is a physical therapist at the hospital. Quinn also works at the hospital. 
 
 Anyone with information about Huskins' whereabouts is urged to call the Vallejo Police Department at 707-648-4524. 
 
 Bay City News 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 ||||| Vallejo woman wasn’t kidnapped, police say 
 
 Denise Huskins was not kidnapped for ransom as her boyfriend had reported, Vallejo police said late Wednesday, hours after she was found safe in Southern California and one day after The Chronicle was e-mailed a purported hostage recording in which a woman identifying herself as Huskins said she was “kidnapped” but alive. 
 
 “Today, there is no evidence to support the claims that this was a stranger abduction or an abduction at all,” Vallejo police Lt. Kenny 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 noted that Huskins, 29, had promised to meet with Vallejo police — and that the FBI had even arranged for a jet to bring her back to Northern California for an interview. But detectives have been unable to contact Huskins, who has since retained an attorney, and police do not know her whereabouts, Park said. 
 
 Park said Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, are no longer considered victims or witnesses and that if evidence showed they had “committed a criminal act, the Vallejo Police Department will request either state or federal charges.” Attempts to reach Quinn have been unsuccessful. Huskins’ family did not return calls or messages seeking comment on the developments late Wednesday. 
 
 'Ransom’ was $8,500 
 
 At a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday night, Park revealed that the purported ransom was $8,500. He acknowledged that detectives, from the beginning, had trouble believing the statement provided by Quinn. 
 
 Park said Quinn’s recounting of the purported kidnapping “was such an incredible story, we initially had a hard time believing it, and upon further investigation, we were not able to substantiate any of the things that he was saying.” Park said Quinn was also not cooperating with the investigation. 
 
 Park noted that search crews from around the region had been searching for Huskins. “That is a tremendous amount of resources that, in my opinion, was wasted,” he said. 
 
 Park said Huskins and Quinn have “plundered valuable resources away from our community and have taken the focus away from the true victims of our community while instilling fear amongst our community members. So, if anything, it is Mr. Quinn and Ms. Huskins that owe this community an apology.” 
 
 The announcement is the latest twist in a case that has garnered national attention since Quinn reported to police on Monday afternoon that his girlfriend had been forcibly kidnapped from their home hours earlier. No explanation had been given by police as to why Quinn had waited so long to come forward. 
 
 Voice mail from Huskins 
 
 Huskins, a Kaiser Permanente physical therapist, left a voice mail for her father Wednesday morning saying she had been dropped off at his home in Huntington Beach (Orange County), where she grew up. Mike Huskins said he immediately called police in order to have someone go to her and make sure she was unharmed. 
 
 “I almost had a heart attack,” said Mike Huskins, who had traveled to Vallejo after the reported kidnapping. “I tried to get authorities to pick her up, but they kept asking me a bunch of questions. I said, 'Send a squad car.’ I was hyperventilating.” 
 
 He added, “It doesn’t sound like she knew what a big deal this was. She said, 'Dad, I just want to let you know that I’m all right.’” 
 
 The shocking case began Monday afternoon, when Quinn called police to report the purported kidnapping from his home on Kirkland Avenue on Vallejo’s Mare Island. Police said a 2000 Toyota Camry registered to Quinn, reportedly taken from the two-story yellow home, was later found at an undisclosed location in Vallejo. 
 
 E-mail to The Chronicle 
 
 Then, on Tuesday afternoon, The Chronicle received an e-mail from an anonymous person claiming to be holding Huskins. 
 
 The person wrote that Huskins “will be returned safely (Wednesday). 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. 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.” 
 
 The e-mail included an audio file of a woman identifying herself as Denise Huskins. To verify she was alive, she referred to Tuesday’s plane crash in the Alps in southern France. 
 
 “My name is Denise Huskins,” the woman on the recording said. “I’m kidnapped, otherwise I’m fine. Earlier today, there was a plane crash in the Alps, and 158 people died.” 
 
 Facts from childhood 
 
 To prove she was Denise Huskins, the woman said the first concert she had attended in her life featured Blink 182 and Bad Religion. She said she had attended with a childhood friend, whose name she provided, and that friend’s mother. 
 
 The Chronicle played the audio file for Mike Huskins. 
 
 “That was her. The tape recording was her. That I know. They said they were going to drop her off and they did,” he said. “I’m relieved. You have to expect the worst — but in my heart, I knew she was still alive.” 
 
 He added, “When I heard the recording, that gave me hope.” 
 
 Henry K. Lee, Evan Sernoffsky and Kale Williams are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com, esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com, kwilliams@sfchroincle.com Twitter: @henryklee, @EvanSernoffsky, @sfkale 
 
 Online 
 
 To hear the audio recording sent to The Chronicle, in which a woman identifying herself as Denise Huskins said she was “kidnapped” and alive, go to http://bit.ly/1FI5JkN.
– 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.