there was audio of huskins given. this is the phone call made this morning. >> answers a phone from an unknown number. she said, i'm safe. they let me go in huntington beach. i'm walking over to your house right now. >> huskins'' uncle told me there was no ran some paid at any point. all of her relatives came up here from southern california during this two-day search. i'm told they are heading back not huntington beach area to be with huskins at this point. throughout this two-day search police have maintained that huskins 'boyfriend was never a suspect or a person of interest in connection with her disappearance. they -- we understand they do maintain that is still the case and they say that the boyfriend has been cooperative. we just learned that in about, you know five minutes or so -- at about 12:15, vallejo police will be coming out to hold a news conference to give us an update on the investigation. we're hoping to learn more about what happened over the last couple of days. >> another on our facebook and twitt

quinn and miss huskins that owe an apology. >> denise huskins' uncle is speaking out about the press conference. >> they really assassinated her character and the character of her family. >> his wife is married to denise huskins' brother and said it is tough to listen to this and to read the reaction online. >> it is unfair they are being portrayed this way by the police department and then now, airing it all over the place that the court of public opinion is squarely against her. on the experience, people want their heads. though think they wasted all these public resources and the truth is the opposite. >> police are clear in the press conference: they do not think a kidnapping occurred. they say aaron quinn reported the abduction from his home on monday and an $8,500 ransom was demanded. she turned unsafe yesterday and police say they thought the story was far-fetched. >> the statement that he provided was such an incredible story we initially had a hard time believing it. >> but denise huskins is promising you will be hearing more soon. >> i believe it is not a hoax and that be r

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denise huskins concealed her face as she left the police department. last night after being interviewed by investigators. police say there is no evidence she was kidnapped on monday or her boyfriend aaron quinn was drugged. but denise huskins' attorney says police have it all wrong. >> she was victimized by being a kidnap and then by being a suspect by the police department. who issued a nasty press release. >> aaron quinn and denise huskins plundered valuable resources away from the community. >> denise huskins turned up unharmed in huntington beach on wednesday. >>> a caltrans worker injured a homeless person this morning. the worker was using a skip loader to remove debris from an encampment. a woman was in the tent. the loader hit the woman and caused minor injuries. >>> two pedestrians were

huskins.yfriend reported her missing to the time yesterday, as a matter of fact when we learned from the "chronicle" that an e-mail was sent to one of the reporters with a voicemail attached to it, voice message attached to it indicating that the caller on that voicemail was ms. huskins. we had some concerns about her safety which is why we asked the "chronicle" not to report it until we could substantiate that information. we'd like to publicly thank the "chronicle" for cooperating with us and assisting us in the investigation and not releasing the information as we asked them to do. so thank you for that. moving on. we know that ms. huskins is also from the huntington beach area. on today's date at roughly 10:30 in the morning we received a call from the huntington beach police department indicating that they have located ms. huskins. a huntington beach police officer briefly spoke to ms. huskins. and all indications initially was that she would be cooperative with the investigation. through

police investigators are making travel arrangements to speak with denise huskins in person. back to you. >> in talking to her father and her uncle, did they talk about the ransom, what they wanted and whether anything was paid here? >> reporter: when i spoke with denise huskins' father, he said police told him not to speak about specifics in the case. this is still an open investigation. when i spoke with him he said he was talking about his creation the emotions after learning his daughter was safe -- reaction and the emotions after learning his daughter was safe. allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> call for change in the oakland unified school district. this followings the beatings of two students by security guards. protesters are demanding justess for the students -- justice for the students. ktvu's noelle walker is live. >> reporter: this isn't just a matter of one beating but several that have them concerned about student safety in the place where they are supposed to feel safe. an hour and a half ago 12 protesters gathered outside before the meeting to demand the firin

state or federal charges against quinn and huskins could be filed.lejo, i'm tara moriarty, back too -- back to you. >> thank you. >>> back to san jose where the community is mourning the death of officer michael johnson. life is slowly returning back to normal in the neighborhood where he was shot and killed tuesday evening. brian flores is in san jose and brian, what are you hearing about the suspected gunman? >> reporter: well, when we spoke with residents out here, tori, what they are really saying, they were shocked, saddened, even heartbroken this happened. >> very friendly guy. we normally wave at each other and say how are you doing? >> reporter: which is why so many people who saw him on a regular basis don't know what made scott dunham do this. what we do know is that dunham had no recent run-ins with the law. back in 1996 he pled no contest to three misdemeanors, including assault and battery. the victims were his common law wife and this then-teenaged daughter. he also worked in construction and gardening for the foothill de anza college d

detectives said huskins has refused to talk to police and retained a lawyer. now they're calling the whole story a hoax. nbc bay area will be there for the news conference from quinn's lawyers and an update tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 and the latest on what the woman's family is saying as well. >>> oklahoma officials say at least one person is dead several others injured after a line of tornadoes moved across the area last night. the storms left thousands without power. this morning, work crews trying to restore power as well to homes across the region. >> meanwhile, many familyerize seeing damage to their homes but feel lucky that they are still alive. gabe gutierrez is near tulsa, oklahoma, with more. >> good morning. a tornado soozen here in tornado alley. this is a doughnut shop or rather it used to be a doughnut shop here. it is the hardest hit area of oklahoma. at least one person was killed in a mobile home park not far from here. three people were injured in the mobile home park, one critically. at least several dozen homes were destroyed near here. just

huskins. >> reporter: after promising to cooperate this morning, she has now lawyered up. she and family members are no longer talking to vallejo police investigators. in all, 40 detectives and 100 support personnel spent hours on the case. now, police say it was all for nothing. >> that is a tremendous amount of resources that in my opinion was wasted. i can sit here and apologize for all of us being regarded with our information. but i can tell you in the grand scheme of things, mr. quinn and ms. huskins have plundered valuable resources away from our community while instilling fear among our community members so if anything, it is mr. quinn and ms. huskins that owes this community an apology. >> reporter: now investigators say they still have a lot of questions in this case. two vallejo detectives are in huntington beach hoping to talk to ms. huskins. as for she and her boyfriend, they could face federal and state charges if this turns out to be a complete hoax as is believed by investigato

mike usu huskins told us this is like a nightmare. >> don't hurt her.lease don't hurt her. >> reporter: through his pain and exhaustion, mike huskins pleaded with his daughter's alleged kidnapper to let her go unharmed. the biggest fear is the horror she might be going through. that's my biggest fear, is that she is going through such horror. she doesn't deserve that, not from anybody. >> reporter: monday afternoon, her boyfriend reported 29-year-old denise huskins was abducted from this home on mare island. >> as of this moment ms. huskins' whereabouts are unknown and we are treating this matter as a kidnap for ransom. >>> >> reporter: police say the boyfriend identified through dmv records as a 30-year-old darin quinn has questioned extensively is and is not a suspect at this time. police released photos denise's car. investigators believed it was related to her disappearance. they also could not explain why quinn didn't call 911 until nearly 2:00 in the afternoon though he claims huskins was abducted sometime in the early morning hours. >> if he was

denise huskins told police she was safely dropped off at her mother's home in hunting ton beep.earch when she was reported missing calling the f.b.i. to help and now it is upsetting this was all a hoax. >> in the grand scheme mr. quinn, and miss huskins have plundered valuable resources from the community and have take were the focus away from the true victims of our community while instilling fear among our community members. if anything, it is mr. quinn and miss huskins that owe the community an apology. >> miss now say that charges could be filed against huskins and her boyfriend honor -- aaron quinn saying he did not condition rate and they found his story incredibly hard to believe. no word yet on why they would make all of this up and huskins agreed to met with vallejo police and the f.b.i. aned for a -- arranged for a private jet and new she is unreachable >>> at 6:33, san jose police are putting on a brave face after one of their own was gunned down if the line of duty they led a tribute to the 14-year veteran and today they will continue to investigate officer michael j

her name is denise huskins. she is 30 years old and a witness told police he saw her being taken against her will on kirkland avenue on mare island. ryan takeo is in that neighborhood this morning. >> reporter: we're right by a staging area here, michelle. oes is here, also the county has some other crews here, sheriff's department is here at this staging area. search-and-rescue trucks are at the ready. in the last 15 minutes there's been more movement here. we know vallejo pd also asked the fbi to help. yesterday afternoon a 30-year- old man reported huskins missing saying there was a kidnapping on the 500 block of kirkland avenue early yesterday morning. we don't know why it took a couple of hours at least for that report to be made. but police say they found huskins' car yesterday. they won't say where. overnight i did talk on the phone with one of denise's cousins who works for our sister station in l.a. she say denise's boyfriend lives on kirkland avenue. the family figures he called police. she told me the

quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. >> reporter: huskins has since retained a lawyer and again we're waiting to hear what if any charges could be filed against her or that boyfriend aaron quinn who originally made the report to police. live in vallejo, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> san jose police officer michael johnson being remembered by family, friends and colleagues outside sjpd headquarters people leaving flowers to honor mr. johnson. officer johnson was shot tuesday responding to a call about a suicidal man in a condo on "senter road." yesterday, there was a large procession in san jose as the officer's casket was moved from the santa clara county coroner's office to a funeral home in los gatos. hundreds of people paying respects lining the streets along the way. they included firefighters who gathered on overpasses and stood on fire trucks to salute the fallen officer. kiet do is live at the san jose police department and joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, that somber mood continues this morning here at san jose police headquarters

we got our first glimpse of denise huskins today. this is video of the 30 year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped in vallejo and held for ransom. a woman was back at home with her family in huntington beach. >>: my brothers up there in the room but he's not allowed to talk to or she said she was good an issue due in a can >> jr stone: the circumstances behind what happened is unknown. officers that she was dropped off his back alley near her mom's house so she walked a mile to our dad's apartment. they it was reported that there were no visible injuries and the does not look like she has been harmed. >> jr stone: those that del webb known denise huskins for years are baffled by what happened. they said she is not the type to make up and a story. to make up a story >>: i'm happy that she's away from those guys is a huge relief. >> jr stone: out here in huntington beach all is quiet outside of the niece his father's apartment which is directly behind me off and the distance. there are differing reports out there from different police de

quinn said he was in the process of putting together ransom money when huskins showed up. she endured hours of questioning. investigators portrayed her two days ago as a faker. notably after huskins' was supposed to fly in an fbi jet back to the bay area but failed to correspond for hours. >> when they thought that egg was going to end up on someone's face they threw it on her. there is no egg whatsoever. this is a legitimate crime. quinn said she was abducted early monday morning. quinn's attorneys said they delayed in reporting the crime. >> all we know is that our client has no responsibility for this kidnapping. and we also know that our client has gone above and beyond what any normal human being would do to try to save this one. >> reporter: quinn's attorneys say he later submitted to a blood test, under within hours of inter-- under went hours of interrogation. but still a lot of questions here and now everyone is wondering what vallejo police will have to say in response. live from vallejo i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> certainly a lot of questions. thank you.

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the voice claiming to be denise huskins.then establishes the day by reference think yesterday's plane crash in alps. the final touch was a brief personal detail apparently in an effort the confirm your identity. it is a little hard to understand so we have included captions. >>: sitting there as the was a plane crash and having audio difficulty. >> catherine heenan: that recording was played for husband's father michael immediately said he was part he said hearing it yesterday gave him hope that she was still alive. stay with us more news coming up after the break. >> reporter: the warm up again today across the bay area of winners contingency record challenging more the three had the the rest of the work week. a sea breeze is pushing more strata the west. we broke records in hayward concord topping out about 80 degrees. the same braze elsewhere however we're holding on to the '70s as we speak. it will be some areas of low clouds. tomorrow morning will start at the upper 40's low 50 years ago 50s. will have 80s across the ba

denise huskins was reported kidnapped from a home on monday. >> i want to hug her. i want to say how -- okay, baby. we are okay. >> his sense of joy quickly turned to panic. >> i wasn't relieved because she wasn't in the hands of authorities. she was walking the streets. >> he answered the call and it was her. she said daddy, i am safe. they let me go. >> reporter: denise huskins made the call to her father from huntington beach, 400 miles away from the home where she was abducted from. the man who owns the home reported the kidnapping to police several hours after it happened. >> the person that reported this is a victim at this point. and i can't comment about anything else. >> reporter: because of the nature of the investigation there are still many details he cannot clarify.

yesterday morning huskins showed up safe and now both quinn and huskins owe people here a big apology. >> mr. quinn, and miss huskins, have plundered valuable resources away from our community and have taken the focus away from the two victims of our community. >> huskins reunited with her family members down in huntington beach. the fbi arranged for the 29-year-old physical therapist to fly up to the bay area in a jet. huskins said police treated her aggressively. but police say she's hired an attorney and there's sufficient evidence that she and quinn could both face charges. live in vallejo stephanie chaung "today in the bay." >> thank you, stephanie. >> this morning a memorial at san jose police headquarters for officer michael johnson. >> flags also flying at half staff to honor johnson, the first hofser gunned down in san jose in the line of duty in 14 years. bob redell has been follow the story since it began. he joins us live where the memorial is growing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me you see expression of love and support for officer michael johnson. peo

huskins showed up wednesday in southern california. hours later, vallejo police declared the whole thing a hoax. >> we're all interested in it because we don't know the answer. did it really happen? were they really kidnapped? >> reporter: legal analyst said if indeed the couple made it all up they are facing serious consequences. >> yes. they could be facing with a conspiracy, with making of false police reports. >>. >> reporter: quinn's attorney said his client was drugged, bound and received text messages demanding $8500. >> not only bound up but drugged. and one of the things that he did voluntarily was give a blood sample so that the police could confirm that the kidnappers drugged him. >> huskins attorney is firing back claiming the 29-year-old physical therapist is a victim. >> she is 100% absolutely positive unequivocally a victim. >> reporter: receiving another e-mail correspondent to the kidnappers -- >> i'm going to get ahold of the chronicle and e-mail them and tell them i'm the real kidnapper, so let them go -- you've got

denise huskins, seen here walking in a black hoodie. is the woman involved in what investigators are now calling a kidnapping hoax. officials say, huskins' boyfriend --aaron quinn--- called police monday. claiming she was kidnapped from his vallejo home for ransom. huskins was found safe on wednesday, more than 4-hundred miles away in huntington beach. but lawyers for both huskins and quinn. are adament they were victims of a legimitate crime. quinn's lawyer acknowledges to kron-4. he has never seen anything like this. >> i have dealt with kidnaps. and this is completely outside my experience. i believe we have solid leads to go on to figure out what these folks did >> pam: charges are possible in the case. but authorities are still unclear what exactly is going on. the f-b-i is also investigating the huskins' financial records. >> pam: the verdict is in. for a high- profile sex discrimination lawsuit. a jury ruled in favor of the venture capitalist company. which was being sued by a former employee for gender bias. ellen pao was suing

investigators have just revealed that denise huskins has disappeared again. police just wrapped up a late night news conference. >> reporter: this is a very strange case. police once again are searching for denise huskins, not as a kidnapping victim, but as the purported ringleader, or orchestrater of this possible kidnapping hoax. they say that denise huskins had agreed to return to vallejo today in a jet provided by the fbi to meet with investigators here to talk about that case. but then, sometime today, they lost contact with her. they have not been able to get ahold of her, or members of her family, and she apparently has hired an attorney. this all started monday morning. police say it was an incredible story to begin with when huskins boyfriend called it in. his name is aaron quinn. >> they made a ransom demand in the amount of $8,500. we also know that the statement was such an incredible story, we initially had a hard time believing it, and upon further investigation, we were not able to substantiate anything he was saying. >> reporter: they had more

this is denise huskins.i'm kidnapped, otherwise fine. >> reporter: more than 48 hours later, huskins reappears in southern california. the police soon questioning the story of her disappearance, calling it "orchestrated." >> our investigation has concluded that none of the claims has been substantiated. >> reporter: tonight, a war of words over exactly who the victim in this case really is. aditi roy, abc news, vallejo, california. >>> this friday night, this hero bus driver. the bus exploding, the children getting off just in time. >>> and the student driver. who is really behind the wheel? apples fall, but the apples of your cheeks don't have to. defy gravity. juvÉderm voluma® is the only fda-approved injectable gel to instantly add volume to your cheek area. as you age, cheeks can lose volume. voluma adds volume creating contour and lift for a more youthful profile. for up to two years. temporary side effects include tenderness, swelling, firmness lumps, bumps, bruising, pain redness, discoloration and it

but we are hoping to hear at least from huskins' or quinn's attorneys. live from vallejo i'm tara moriarty. >> all right thank you for that update. >>> 4:32 is the time. friends and family continue to mourn the loss of a uc berkeley soccer player who was killed while on spring break in los angeles. 19-year-old eloi vasquez was at a party on friday night. his body was found early saturday morning on a freeway just a mile and a half away but was not identified until yesterday. now the chp says he was hit and killed by a car while trying to run across the 10 freeway. he called a friend saying he needed help just moments before he was hit and killed. authorities did not know who he was because he was not carrying any identification. yesterday his teammates and coaches gathered to remember his life. >> as you can all imagine, this has been an extremely difficult and trying period. >> the cal athletic's department describes vasquez as a wonderful young man who accelled academically and athletically. his photo is featured on the front page of their website. for

the woman denise huskins is found safe.as never kidnapped or held for ransom but about 15 minutes ago an attorney for the woman's boyfriend accused the vallejo police department of bungling the investigation and said there is absolutely no proof that the boyfriend or the woman made anything up. said his client was more than cooperative with investigators. >> he provided fingerprints, clothes, computer access, in other words, he gave up every password to every device he had so that they could see that his account of what occurred was accurate and real. >> police say they cannot get a hold of denise huskins. she apparently is with her family. we'll have more on this story. check it out at kpix.com. >>> let's send it now over to cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger who has your bay area jobs market report. >> reporter: are you using all available tools to conduct your job search? you may be holding an important one right in the palm of your hand. vault.com identified the top alps for your job search. it found resume' bui

denise huskins disappeared from mare island on monday.not report her missing until hours later. >>> airline officials say two americans were on the germanwings night that crashed yesterday. a black box has been recovered damaged and so far, no sign that foul play brought down the airbus a320 with 150 people. >>> for the first time in 39 years the warriors are division champions locking up the crown winning in portland last night. they will try to move closer to claiming the number one seed in the west friday night. >> sky is on fire, check owe -- out this beautiful picture from the roof camera with temperatures on fire too. 73 to 80 inland and the coast cooler and breezy at up to 64 and around the bay, 68 to 76. >> a if you accident south of this 288, passing beyond 17 and a new spin out blocking the lanes, 18 minutes intoñçç cupertino and we have an ambulance head headed out to the point because of a bicyclist being hit so expect delays. >> we see you in 25 minutes. i've just arrived in atlanta and i can't wait to start telling people ho

and now add huskins and quinn owe the community an apology. >> quinn and miss huskins plundered valuable resources away from our community and has taken the focus away from the two victims of our community. >> huskins was reunited with her father. both could k face charges. as for a piece of evidence sent to a local newspaper. and what the family is saying about the police treatment of huskins, that's coming up in the next live report in 15 minutes. live in vallejo, stephanie chaung. >> a man showed up in a san jose hospital yesterday. climbing he shot himself. investigators believe he is the same man who tried to hit a deputy as he fled a drug deal. that man opened first but he got away. his car was found later with blood inside. >>> and authorities are reporting an unusual event of burglary attempts involving sticky traps. thieves are targeting night deposit boxes. they drop sticky drops into the boxes. the traps are attached to an end of a string. most of the time the burglary attempts have not been successful, shocking as that might sound. >> isn't that amazing? innovative but not sm

i talked to denise huskins' dad. i was asking him about his daughter. tell me about your daughter who is now missing. tell me about denise. [ pause ] >> i can't. she's a beautiful girl. >> reporter: michael huskins cannot believe his 30-year-old daughter denise is missing. he got the call from vallejo police yesterday and flew up from l.a. this morning. >> this is overwhelming to me. i mean, i -- i don't understand it. i -- i can't -- it's the -- it's the -- the hard part is i don't understand what's going on. [ crying ] >> reporter: yesterday afternoon, a 30-year-old man reported huskins missing saying there was a kidnapping on a 500 block of kirkland avenue early yesterday morning. hours earlier, this morning officers kept watch at the house where denise was reported missing on mare island. mr. huskins says it's her boyfriend's house and the car police found yesterday is his, too. >> apparently didn't come forward for 10 hours. so -- >> reporter: do you have a problem with that? >> of course! she sees this i want her to know that the family is is ther

huskins. >> 29-year-old denise huskins turned up at her mother's house after claiming she was kidnapped the ransom demand? $8500. this is video of huskins today in huntington beach. now vallejo police say she is refusing to talk to them and she hired an attorney. huskins' boyfriend said she was forcibly kidnapped from his home early monday morning. >> the statement he provided was such an incredible story that we initially had a hard time believing it. >> yesterday the san francisco chronicle received an anonymous e-mail saying the captors would release her if the authorities would thought pursue them. they also sent a voice recording verifying she was okay. and then around 9:30 this morning she called her father and said her captors dropped her off in huntington beach. we asked her uncle if he shot she was involved. >> no way. to me that way in the world. this was one of the most stable individuals i am around. >> now police say it was apparent that it was an orchestrated event with no evidence to support the claims and charges will likely be filed. in vallejo, alan wang abc7 news. >>

she would walk away from that. >> i also spoke briefly with huskins uncle. he said the family definitely has doubts about the kidnapping story but at this point he's not sure what is true but the family is very glad that police, state authorities are involved in this. it looks like they are getting ready to open this street up shortly. >>> ali, thank you. >>> people who live in an east bay neighborhood are struggling to come to grips with a horrible accident that claimed the life of an expectant mother. a gravel truck tipped over crushing a car and the young woman inside. neighbors were outraged today when the construction work resumed just one day after the death of 32-year-old lindsey colmes. >> how dare you have somebody die and not have some respect for the dead. >> martinez police told investigators someone working with the jjr construction crew asked colmes to move her car just before the accident. investigators are now trying to find out why. also today family members confirmed that colmes, a mother of a 4-year-old daughter was 2 months pregnant with

this is the last known video of denise huskins. when she was discovered this morning near her parents home in southern california. since then, she has shut down. and disappeared again. and her family has hired a private attorney. as you can imagine authorities are angry about the hoax and huskins and her boyfriend - aaron quinn - could face serious *federal* charges. we have a team of reporters working this story tonight. from charles clifford in vallejo. to j-r stone in huntington beach in southern california. we begin with charles. charles. what is the latest? charles >> just a short time ago the place to park it held a press conference and they said that they now believe the adoption of denise was a hoax. they also believe that the ransom demand for her safe return is also a hoax. they also believe that the deception was an effort by her and her boyfriend. they started the morning and found that she was found safe in southern found and were working with her to do an interview that the investigation since wednesday morning a have

yesterday, denise huskins spent the day interviewing with vallejo police and this video was taken of her leaving the police station. police said she refused to talk to them and accused the pair of sending them on a wild goose chase. >> in the grand scheme of things mr. quinn and miss huskins have taken away valuable resources. >> she was a victim of a serious assault and like a number of women who have been victims of serious physical and emotional assault she was initially hesitant to come forward but she has fully cooperated with law enforcement hoping to clear her name. >> also appearing is the alleged kidnapper and an e-mail was received from a kidnapper who said the kidnapping was real. on wednesday night the police have said that the pair could face criminal charges and as of today they only say "the investigation isn't complete." >> if you look at facts, this is absolutely no way that she should be chargeed. >> denise huskins' uncle said he hopes to hear police say that this wasn't a hoax and they are actively looking for the kidnappers. miss have this point will only say that

denise huskins early and demanded ransom for her return.one willing if describing her as a marathoner and a fighter. >> don't hurt her. police don't hurt her. the biggest fear is the horror she could be going through. >> police are not explaining why this is a lapse in time between when honor quinn said she was taken and when he reported her missing. officers recovered her white camry that was involved in kidnapping. the far said that the couple met seven months ago and just last week he asked his daughter about her relationship and she told him she was happy and in love. officers say they have in suspects in huskins' disappearance. >>> the sent for a prisoner escaped from the san francisco james is expanded beyond the city. alexander santiago-gonzalez escaped while on trash detail. he was beings cored by a sheriff deputy and was able to slip away down an alley to the street. santiago-gonzalez was arrested on federal judge charges in santa cruz county last may. he is considered "dangerous," but he was in a security level that let him go to

and that news conference is wrapping up about an hour ago, and now vallejo police say that denise huskins' kidnapping story has not written the final chap chapter. >> reporter: the surrounded kidnapping for ransom plot seems to be that a plot from a made-up story. the statement that mr. quinn provided was such an incredible story that we initially had a hard time believing it. >> reporter: he said that his girlfriend had been kidnapped by strangers and asked for $8,500 on ransom story. they spent thousands of dollars searching around the clock for denise huskins, but today, she turned up at her dad the -- at her dad's home. >> she was flown up to her dad's home by jet, and right now, we have not had any contact with ms. huskins or any other family member. >> they said they had a break in the case when they had a voice that seemed to be hers. >> reporter: it is not independently verified, but that the voice is hers and that the couple should give the community a apology. >> they have taken the valuable resources away from the community, and instilled fear among the community. >> so the big

huskins says her client did not know her kidnappers. still a lot of questions here and now everyone is wondering how police are going to respond. live from vallejo i'm tara moriarty. back to you. >> we have posted the the news conference from the attorney of denise huskins on our website at ktvu.com. just look for it top of our home page. >>> beginning today a series of community events are scheduled for fallen san jose police officer michael johnson. the memorial continues to grow. observers say it looks to have doubled in size yesterday. there are two vigils tonight honoring officer johnson. next week they are organizing a raffle and silent auction for his family. online fundraiser is generating tremendous support. >> part of the process for the entire community to heal and grieve is what everybody is doing. everybody is gathering and supporting each other as a family does. >> colleagues of johnson are still until mourning. they say the public lost a great officer and they lost a dear friend. coroner's report shows johnson's partner f

. >>> developing news in the case of denise huskins. attorneys for that vallejo woman say the claim of her being kidded is real. her attorney is disputing the police account and says because of it huskins is now a victim two times over. debora villalon is live, this case keeps getting stranger and stranger. >> reporter: it does and it's quite a war of words. >> this is no laughing matter, she was a victim of a very serious assault. >> reporter: without die -- divulging details, her attorney spoke out and said she has been victimized twice. once by her kidnappers and second by the police department. >> this is a legitimate crime. >> reporter: our only glimpse of denise huskins came just after 5:00 after she left the vallejo police department. a jacket over her head, she took steps not to be seen. >> mr. quinn and miss huskins have taken resources away from our community. >> 24 hours a day, i will classify as a wild goose chase. >> reporter: huskins claims that her alleged attackers released her near her parents home. >> he cried. he crie

in fact, it gave police until noon today to apologize to huskins or face consequences. so far, no comment from police on the case and no apology either. rapoport is a san francisco attorney who has represented other high-profile clients including former pleasanton assemblywoman mary hyashi in a shoplifting case from 2011. in vallejo, abc7 news. >>> a fire that threatened homes for a time in san bernardino county is now out. the blaze broke out this afternoon this a dry riverbed in spring valley 90 miles northeast of los angeles. it quickly spread to 60 acres and burned a fence and outbuilding. authorities evacuated a handful of ranch homes in the area. but crews were able to douse the flames before they got too close. >>> we are also see something gusty winds in the bay area as well. >> let's take a live look from our abc 7 roof cam. you see the flags blowing there in the wind. this is san francisco. spencer christian is here with the accu-weather update. >>> yes, it's gusty out here. and the gusts probably have not reached their peak yet. in san bernardino county where

vallejo police say they are no longer in contact with denise huskins or her family.orney. we do have video from her from yesterday where she urned up yesterday. she had claimed she was kidnapped and a ransom demand of $8,500 was made. she then said she was safely drop off at her mother's homier. police have launched quite a search for her after her boyfriend reported on monday she forcibly was taken from his home. police now say they had trouble believing the incredible story he told them. police now say it was all a hoax but denise huskins uncle refuses to believe she would make this up. police say a tremendous amount of resources were wasted looking for denise huskins and they now say charges could be filed against her and possibly her boyfriend. she agreed to meet with vallejo police and the fbi arranged for a jet to bring her to the bay area for an interview but now she has

denise huskins was seen walking with police outside an apartment building in huntington beach. wayne friedman joins us from vallejo right now. wayne? >> reporter: questions in huntington beach questions here in vallejo. police want to speak with her. they hope to do so as soon as tone. the kidnapping odyssey/mystery that began on monday ended in huntington beach this morning. in a voice mail to her father denise huskins said her kidnappers had set her free, that she was in good condition at her mother's house. her uncle told us how family members say they had a feeling this morning the case would break. >> at least my feeling was that we're dealing with a group of people who are losing their stomach for this whole thing and looking for a way out. >> reporter: denise huskins disappeared from this house in vallejo on monday. her boyfriend told police she had been abducted and the kidnappers demanded a ransom. he is not a suspect even though 11 hours elapsed. >> i've never heard a bad word about him. >> reporter: by last night the case had taken an onerous turn as they searched ne

and, denise huskins' attorney says her client spoke to police at length and maintains her innocence. while the vallejo police department is dropping the ball on this case. >> "i can say that they are absolutely wrong -- a lot of people said the world was flat as well." denise huskins' attorney douglas rappaport says the vallejo police department has poorly handled his innocent client's case. >> "she's victimized initially by being kidnapped and then a second time by allegedly being a suspect by the vallejo police department. they very quickly threw her under the bus when they thought that egg was gonna end up in someone's face they threw it on her. in fact, there's no egg here whatsoever. this is a legitamite crime." meanwhile. attorney's representing huskins' boyfirend aaron quinn held a news conference themselves earlier in the day. >> "i want to be very cleart to everyone there is no evidence that this is a hoax." they stressed that the kidnapping and ransom requests were real. >> "we have to be careful because there is someone still out there that committed this crime." quinn's a

huskins stopped cooperating and hired an attorney. the ordeal began when her boyfriend told police she was forcibly taken from their home with a ransom demand $8,500. he waited nearly 12-hours to call the cops. >> the statement that mr. kwijquinn provided was such an incredible story we initially had a hard time believing it and fon further investigation we were not able to substantiate any of the things he was saying. >> on tuesday the san francisco chronicle was e-mailed an audio recording of a woman claiming to be huskins claiming to be safe. she was found wednesday 400 miles away at her mother's house in huntington beach and told police she would cooperate. but when the fbi had a jet to fly her back north she wasn't there. her disappearance marked a massive round the clock search for days involving 40 detectives and 100 other personnel that they say was basically wasted. >> mr. quinn and miss husbandkins plundered valuable resources away from the community. police are investigating if they broke any laws. if so they could face cha

huskins showed up at her father's home in huntington beach the next day unharmed. now coming up find out why the center says the ransom was set at $8500. by many accounts a lot of people said that was a very low number so coming up in the next half hour, find out why this senator says that was the case. live from vallejo i'm tara moriarty. back to you. >> this seems to get more, more interesting. >>> we are getting details of the procession route for the police officer killed in the line of duty. the procession will start in los gatos, it will travel through campbell before ending in san jose. officer johnson will be laid to rest in a private ceremony. along the procession route, the police may set up rolling street closures. this may effect traffic in the area. officer johnson as you know was shot and killed one week ago responding to a 911 call about a suicidal man. >>> police in san francisco detained a man threatening to hurt himself after a four hour stand off. it started about 6:45 last night at a home near lion and haze streets about a block from the golden

huskins. >> 29-year-old denise huskins turned up at her mother's house after claiming she was kidnapped. the ransom demand? $8500. this is video of huskins today in huntington beach. now vallejo police say she is refusing to talk to them and she hired an attorney. huskins' boyfriend said she was forcibly kidnapped from his home early monday morning. >> the statement he provided was such an incredible story that we initially had a hard time believing it. >> yesterday the san francisco chronicle received an anonymous e-mail saying the captors would release her if the authorities would thought pursue them. they also sent a voice recording verifying she was okay. and then around 9:30 this morning she called her father and said her captors dropped her off in huntington beach. we asked her uncle if he shot she was involved. >> no way. to me that way in the world. this was one of the most stable individuals i am around. >> now police say it was apparent that it was an orchestrated event with no evidence to support the claims and charges will likely be filed. in vallejo, alan wang abc7 news. >>

in other news, a search is going on this morning for a woman, des niece huskins, report -- denise, huskins, reported kip kidnapped and held for ransom. alex savidge is live in vallejo to tell us what police are saying about miss huskins and the report of a kidnapping. >> good morning to you. police and the fbi involved in the search for huskins and they are continuing the report that she was taken by force from the home where she lived here on mare island earlier in week. they are also investigating the possibility that the people who took her demanded a ransom of some kind. now, last night, the search for the 29-year-old took authorities to the waters off mare island just south of the highway 37 bridge. that's where vallejo police say search dogs reacted to an object of some kind in the water. divers went in. they did an underwater search but they did not find anything significant to the investigation. now, huskins went missing on monday -- or has been missing since monday. friends and relatives tell us that huskins lives at the home here on mare island with her boyfriend who police say i

the search continues for huskins that went missing on monday. huskins lived at a home with her boyfriend which police say is not a person of interest in this case. if he was working as a physical therapist. her boyfriend looked there as well. >> i know the kind o of person he is. she's fighting. i know that. that gives me a lot of confidence. is >> reporter: investigators say they got a 911 call from the home from a man that reported the abduction of huskins about 2:00 in the afternoon on monday. now that was quite a few hours after the abduction actually took place which was in the early morning hours. some of huskins' relatives are saying they question that delay in reporting. police by the way have not elaborated on why there was a delay. but obviously a lot more questions to be answered. >> all right alex savidge, thanks for the update. >>> 5:51 is the time. another step forward in a push to build a new stadium for the oakland raiders. the deal the county board of supervisors has agreed to. >> plus internet troubles for the first the preside

mid-afternoon on monday denise huskins boyfriend, 30-year-old, reported her missing. quinn said she was forcibly taken from the hospital that morning and the kidnapper demanded ransom. they are not revealing why there was a lapse in time between when denise huskins was taken and the call to report the kidnapping. >> a question we wonder, why? why so long? was he incapacitated? was there a son it took so long? was he threatened? >> she, i know she just did not let someone take her. i know that. she would have put up a fight. >> his daughter met quinn at the college where they were physical therapists. the there us do not have any suspects as of last night. >>> thanks developing news, day two of recovery operations in the french alps at the site of the germanwings plane crash. all 150 people on board including two babies and 16 high school students are presumed dead. family members are expected to visit the crash site this morning. a black box, the voice rodder, was found damaged but information should be retrievable. the germanwings took off from barcelona to dusseldor

an all-out nearly three-day search for huskins followed.amily desperate and baffled. >> she didn't have any enemies that i know of. i know this is not a prank. that's for sure. >> reporter: wednesday morning huskins reappeared more than 400 miles away in southern california. this morning another twist, quinn's lawyer telling abc news his office received an e-mail from the alleged kidnappers, a six-page manifesto, which he says explains why they committed the crime. >> these people are really -- they're really motivated. >> when i pressed him, he wouldn't go into the specifics, but he did say it proves that the couple isn't lying. we asked police to comment and they declined to do so. the mystery continues. paula. >> the mystery deepens. aditi roy, thank you. some of the police authorities say some of those claims that she substantiated -- they actually could not substantiate. they didn't add up. very baffling. >>> speaking of baffling, our next story, something that you don't see every day. a piano on a mountain. it turned into a musical my