. >> she was held in this neighborhood against her will 45 days. 15 miles away,erica carver went to her computer and found a startling message from a facebook friend. >> i have never met her. i do not know her in person or anything like that. what's the message read, hello is anyone out there? i am having a serious problem and me and my son will be dead by morning. >> i said, this is christmas and this has to be real. you have to follow through on it. >> she called her firefighter has been who knew the victim. they lacked vital information. >> company had a phone number and address to start with. >> several friends posted replies. nobody was answering back and people were typing argued there and putting phone numbers in. >> essentially a facebook friend in south carolina offered up the victim's address. a firefighter in denver called police. they went to the house where they found an uncooperativetroy and his injured girlfriedn. >> she had different stages of coloring. immediately took the boyfriend into custody. but one year ago, he was a rested by a salt lake city swat team and a simi

erica carver managed to sneak a computer into a closet and posted a message begging for help.ent unanswered, but a friend offered up her address. police say they arrived to find an uncooperative troy krichfield. he was arrested in a similar kidnapping last year. >>> an armed man trying to rob a cash for gold store. check this out. friday night instead of the clerk giving up the cold hard cash, surveillance video showing that same clerk knocking the would be robber unconscious with a cold clock to the face. when he comes to, the clerk makes a suspect clean up his own blood. the man has been identified as 25-year-old hindy charged with attempted murder. >> passing in a single season longs to a new quarterback. new orleans signal caller drew brees. there he is. he threw for 307 years and dismantling the falcons. the performance gives him 5087 yards for the season, surpassing the mark set by dan marino 27 years ago. drew brees. not all stores got the business. it will be a blue christmas for some employees. there is a lot going on today. there a few things we thought you should kn

erica carver says she snuck a computer into a closet and posted a message for help on christmas eve.tial hopeful rick perry just filed a lawsuit in virginia after failing to get enough signatures to qualify for the march primary. perry, claiming the state's requirements, violate his rights, and shoppers feeling etter about opening their wallets this month. they have in a long time. consumer confidence indeeks soaring to an eight-month high. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." there's at least one segment of the population that doesn't seem to be suffering in rough economic times. members of congress. in the past 2 1/2 decades, the median net worth of a member of the house of representatives more than doubled, according to analysis by "the washington post." that means wealthier people are being elected. that's an incredible figure, by the way, given the fact that for the average american family that have seen their net worth actually decrease. well, nearly half of all members of congress are millionaires right now, technically, at least. just between 2004 and 2010,

. >> reporter: erica carver spotted this message on facebook for a woman she's only known online. is anybody out there? i am having a serious problem, and me and my son will be dead lie morning. >> all these people were saying, what is wrong, what is wrong. >> reporter: erica and others started coordinating to find out where the woman was. they contacted the police who sent officers to her home. >> they were met at the door by the suspect in this case. he was uncooperative initially in allowing the officers to speak to the female. after some persuading he allowed officers to talk to her. when the officers started talking to her they could immediately see on her, on her face, multiple bruises. >> reporter: police say once critchfield the woman told them show and her son were held captive in the home for the past five days. she told cops her phone was destroyed and every time she tried to leave she was choked. >> she was able to sneak into a closet with a laptop and post that message, and so it was a good thing that social media in this situation was able to allow her to reach out a