Missing California Physical Therapist Denise Huskins Found Alive, Police Say
Denise Huskins had been reported abducted from a home on Monday.
— -- The physical therapist who was reportedly abducted from a California home early Monday morning was found alive today.
Denise Huskins was found in Huntington Beach, California, this morning, police said. Her father, Mike Huskins, told ABC News that his daughter called him from Huntington Beach to say she was safe.
Police in Vallejo, California, said the investigation into Huskins' alleged kidnapping is "still active." Investigators had not yet spoken with her but hoped to do so today.
Huskins, 29, was reported missing at 1:55 p.m. Monday by what police describe as a 30-year-old man 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 about 3:30 a.m.
The home from where Huskins was reportedly taken belongs to 30-year-old Aaron Quinn, ABC News has learned. Huskins' family describes him as her boyfriend and co-worker and says he is the man who called 911 hours after her abduction.
Police have said that Quinn is not a suspect in the case. Huntington Beach, where Huskins was found, is about 419 miles from Vallejo.
Authorities in Vallejo held a news conference earlier today in which they said there was a “ransom demand” 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.
Police in Vallejo said they received the same email and audio file but did not confirm its contents.
“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."
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