Missing Physical Therapist Found Alive
The physical therapist who was reportedly abducted from a California home early Monday morning has been found alive, police said today.
Denise Huskins, 29, was found safe in Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach Police, authorities confirmed to ABC News.
Huskins' father, Mike Huskins, told ABC News that his daughter called him from Huntington Beach to say she is safe. Authorities said the investigation into Huskins' alleged kidnapping is "still active."
Huskins was reported missing at 1:55 p.m., Monday by what police describe as a 30-year-old male who called to report the alleged kidnapping and claimed he witnessed it.
Police say Huskins was abducted from the home where she was staying in Vallejo, California, hours earlier, at around 3:30 a.m. Monday.
ABC News has learned that the home from where Huskins was reported taken belongs to 30-year-old Aaron Quinn. Huskins' family describes Quinn is their daughter's boyfriend and co-worker. They also say he is the male who called 911 hours after the abduction.
Police have said that Quinn is not a suspect or person of interest. Huntington Beach, where Huskins was found alive, is around 419 miles from Vallejo.
Authorities in Vallejo held a news conference earlier today in which they said there was a "ransom demand" in the case and described Huskins as being forcibly abducted from her home.
The San Francisco Chronicle today revealed the contents of an email it says it received Tuesday from an, "anonymous person claiming to be holding Denise Huskins."
The newspaper reports the email said that Huskins "will be returned safely (Wednesday)" and that "any advance on us or our associates will create a dangerous situation for Denise."
The e-mail was also reported to include an audio file of a woman identifying herself as Huskins who referred to Tuesday's plane crash in southern France and identified the first concert she had attended in her life, the name of a childhood friend she attended the concert with and the name of the friend's mother as proof of her identity.
"That was her. The tape recording was her. That I know. They said they were going to drop her off and they did," Mike Huskins told the Chronicle after being played the audio recording. "I'm relieved. You have to expect the worst - but in my heart, I knew she was still alive."
