malbon: they talked to a lot of witnesses. of a camaro, and it turned out it was not that car. hemsworth: and the police, having so little to go on, could only place their faith in what witnesses had seen. kenzora: when kristen was kidnapped, it was easter weekend, and almost right away, there were massive searches arranged for kristen french that started on the friday and lasted through the entire weekend. reporter: as many as 2,000 people gathered to help search the north end of st. catharines for clues to kristen's whereabouts. i joined the search for kristen french. i remember we did sort of a systematic line search, and we all walked sort of a line and spread out to make sure that we covered all the areas. there was always that glimmer of hope that you would find something. there was this tremendous feeling in the community of wishing to do something helpful, because it was so unlikely. kenzora: for someone to be grabbed off the street in the middle of the day, a young person walking home from school, it just doesn't happ