kidnapper

They had not heard the all-points bulletin with a rough description of the kidnapper — dispatchers had not broadcast it for fear of alerting reporters who might be listening to scanners.

The next day, one of the kidnappers called the victim’s relatives who live in Los Angeles County, demanding $70,000 for his release.

In short, he looked like a man trussed up and carried before the camera to tell his family that his kidnappers were treating him well.

Responding officers gathered video of the suspected kidnapper, a woman in her 30s, and relayed those images to other units, according to police.

When Roberts woke up after the drugging, she claimed, her kidnappers allowed her to leave but kept her pickup truck.