1 00:00:06,299 --> 00:00:08,426 [child giggling] No! 2 00:00:10,261 --> 00:00:12,305 - [woman] Oh, no! - [child laughing] 3 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:16,517 [Abdul Khan] My son was my whole world, 4 00:00:17,268 --> 00:00:20,813 and one day I'm gonna find him. 5 00:00:21,773 --> 00:00:23,775 [dark music playing] 6 00:00:25,485 --> 00:00:28,696 Everything had been thrown out, and the entire place was cleaned. 7 00:00:29,447 --> 00:00:31,616 They were just gone. There was nothing left. 8 00:00:32,617 --> 00:00:35,244 [Daphney Frederique] Oh, my God. 9 00:00:36,037 --> 00:00:37,413 He took the kids. 10 00:00:38,748 --> 00:00:43,377 [Abdul] Every day our hope was that he's coming back, but there was nothing. 11 00:00:43,961 --> 00:00:45,797 He disappeared without a trace. 12 00:00:47,423 --> 00:00:49,509 [Rebecca Downey] Everything was turned upside down, 13 00:00:49,509 --> 00:00:52,720 and everything that I believed to be true is not true. 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,514 There is no playbook for kidnapping. 15 00:00:56,307 --> 00:00:58,309 [mysterious music playing] 16 00:01:36,556 --> 00:01:38,015 [boy] Marty, you're up! 17 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,727 You can't go down. 18 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,190 You can do whatever you want! 19 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:53,156 [Rebecca] When I dream about my kids, 20 00:01:54,532 --> 00:01:57,618 sometimes they're in trouble, and I have to get to them. 21 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:03,833 And sometimes we're just spending time doing the things 22 00:02:03,833 --> 00:02:06,669 that we like to do together. 23 00:02:08,212 --> 00:02:09,589 For that moment... 24 00:02:12,008 --> 00:02:13,259 they're alive, 25 00:02:14,385 --> 00:02:16,429 and they're with me. 26 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:23,227 [voice breaking] So I love dreaming about my kids because they're actually there. 27 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,189 [bittersweet music playing] 28 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,745 I met Ahmed Kandil when I was 28 and he was 30. 29 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:45,166 I was planning to go to medical school, 30 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:49,670 and he was pursuing an MBA in order to spend more time in finance. 31 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:52,340 When we initially started dating, all of our dates were sports, 32 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:56,928 whether it was playing soccer, going to volleyball group, racquetball. 33 00:02:56,928 --> 00:02:58,638 {\an8}Gosh, we used to go dancing a lot. 34 00:02:58,638 --> 00:03:01,807 {\an8}Every Friday, it was either East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing. 35 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:05,937 {\an8}We did all sorts of great dance routines, and it was really fun. 36 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:11,025 Ahmed grew up in Cairo. He's Muslim. 37 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:12,360 I grew up in Berlin. 38 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,489 And my background was Christian, 39 00:03:16,489 --> 00:03:18,658 but what I felt really brought us together 40 00:03:18,658 --> 00:03:21,285 is that we both came from a very middle-class upbringing, 41 00:03:21,285 --> 00:03:24,747 and so we had some of the same values 42 00:03:24,747 --> 00:03:27,917 even if we came from different religious backgrounds. 43 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,381 Ahmed and I knew each other a couple of years before we got married. 44 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:35,591 And then, nine months later, 45 00:03:35,591 --> 00:03:39,512 {\an8}my daughter Amina was born September 1st, 2003. 46 00:03:40,388 --> 00:03:42,723 It was just about three weeks after I started medical school. 47 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:46,602 Then right between second and third year, 48 00:03:46,602 --> 00:03:50,564 {\an8}my son Belel was born on January 4th, 2006. 49 00:03:52,066 --> 00:03:55,027 Amina is such a warm person. 50 00:03:55,027 --> 00:03:57,822 She's a little bit more shy than her brother, 51 00:03:57,822 --> 00:04:01,659 but she has this core of inner strength that comes through every once in a while. 52 00:04:03,119 --> 00:04:07,331 Belel is more outward and fun-oriented in a lot of ways. 53 00:04:08,124 --> 00:04:10,293 And he engaged everyone. 54 00:04:11,711 --> 00:04:15,339 [Daphney] Rebecca and I met first day of residency in Boston 55 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:20,011 {\an8}and subsequently followed each other to Virginia for a job. 56 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:24,557 And when Rebecca and Ahmed first moved to Virginia... 57 00:04:24,557 --> 00:04:26,642 [child vocalizing and laughing on video] 58 00:04:27,393 --> 00:04:29,145 [Daphney] Every Wednesday was dinner night. 59 00:04:29,145 --> 00:04:30,104 [child on video] Hey! 60 00:04:30,688 --> 00:04:33,858 [Daphney] We had sleepover nights for the kids, 61 00:04:35,234 --> 00:04:36,694 game nights, 62 00:04:38,446 --> 00:04:42,241 and Ahmed was always very welcoming. 63 00:04:42,241 --> 00:04:44,910 He took good care of the kids. 64 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:46,412 He was a good dad. 65 00:04:47,872 --> 00:04:51,500 [Rebecca] But he, at that point, was actually not working. 66 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:55,337 He had a job in Boston. 67 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:58,299 And then, in the financial crisis, had lost his employment there. 68 00:04:58,299 --> 00:05:02,053 {\an8}After 2008, finance was just not a very good area to be working in. 69 00:05:03,095 --> 00:05:04,305 From that point, 70 00:05:05,097 --> 00:05:10,770 Ahmed did not ever show interest in getting a job. 71 00:05:11,354 --> 00:05:15,107 He smiled less, and he was less positive 72 00:05:15,608 --> 00:05:20,363 and not open at all to any dialogue or discussion. 73 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:23,991 He regarded me solely focused towards the children, 74 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:26,160 and within my function as a mother, 75 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,747 more so than as a woman or a professional. 76 00:05:29,747 --> 00:05:34,001 So he really was not the same person that he was when I met him. 77 00:05:36,587 --> 00:05:40,925 Ahmed would have just stayed together the way that we were, 78 00:05:40,925 --> 00:05:43,594 but I was the one who was not happy. 79 00:05:43,594 --> 00:05:46,889 So Ahmed and I separated in June 2013. 80 00:05:50,226 --> 00:05:51,852 After we separated, 81 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:54,397 I would get the kids for two weekdays 82 00:05:54,397 --> 00:05:56,315 and Ahmed would have them the other weekdays. 83 00:05:56,315 --> 00:05:58,692 And then we would basically split the weekends. 84 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:06,117 But Ahmed tried to make it very difficult for Rebecca to see Amina and Belel 85 00:06:06,117 --> 00:06:08,536 because Rebecca was the working parent. 86 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:14,250 [Rebecca] He was also moving in a much more conservative religious direction, 87 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:20,464 and Amina and Belel were attending the school at the mosque on Saturdays. 88 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:22,716 So it became abundantly clear 89 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:27,012 that Ahmed was on one trajectory in how he wanted the kids to be raised, 90 00:06:27,012 --> 00:06:31,058 and I felt I was pretty squarely on a very different trajectory. 91 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,153 {\an8}It was the Thursday before Labor Day. 92 00:06:44,488 --> 00:06:49,952 The children were gonna go with Ahmed to Toronto to look at a college 93 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,495 for their cousin. 94 00:06:52,204 --> 00:06:57,084 He said that he was gonna be returning on September 1st, that Monday, 95 00:06:57,084 --> 00:06:58,544 which is Amina's birthday. 96 00:06:59,170 --> 00:07:01,255 She was turning 11 years old. 97 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:04,383 So he expected to be back in the country at that point. 98 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:07,928 When Ahmed came to pick up the children, 99 00:07:08,971 --> 00:07:11,974 we were sitting on the couch, watching something on the iPad. 100 00:07:11,974 --> 00:07:13,058 [knock on door] 101 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:15,978 Belel immediately ran over to the front door 102 00:07:16,729 --> 00:07:22,026 and had to show it to his father, then immediately ran out to the car. 103 00:07:23,319 --> 00:07:26,530 And I told Amina that it was time to go. 104 00:07:27,865 --> 00:07:31,660 And right at the door, she gave me a hug, gave me two kisses. 105 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:35,623 I told her that she should have a good weekend in Toronto with her cousins 106 00:07:35,623 --> 00:07:38,792 and that I was looking forward to wishing her a happy birthday 107 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,794 not too much longer after that. 108 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,380 - [ominous music playing] - [car starting] 109 00:07:46,884 --> 00:07:48,677 I watched them driving off. 110 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:58,520 That was the last time I saw my kids. 111 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:02,441 {\an8}[suspenseful music playing softly] 112 00:08:05,903 --> 00:08:09,323 {\an8}On Friday, the day after the kids got picked up in the evening, 113 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:14,245 I texted Ahmed and told him that I want to call Amina on her birthday. 114 00:08:15,454 --> 00:08:18,040 He confirmed that he was gonna be back on the first. 115 00:08:18,958 --> 00:08:22,836 I didn't have any contact with them on Saturday and Sunday, 116 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:28,259 {\an8}but on Monday, I tried to call him multiple times on his cell phone, 117 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:30,719 {\an8}and he wouldn't pick up. 118 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,389 And at that point, September 1st, he really should have been back. 119 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:38,435 It was infuriating not to be able to reach my children. 120 00:08:38,435 --> 00:08:43,190 I called multiple times from the hospital and couldn't get a response. 121 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:48,696 It was a little disconcerting, although it wasn't unusual for him. 122 00:08:48,696 --> 00:08:50,197 Just a passive-aggressive move 123 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:53,534 not to let me talk to my daughter on her birthday. 124 00:08:54,326 --> 00:09:00,916 So that night, I texted Ahmed to please tell Amina happy birthday. 125 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:08,799 {\an8}That Tuesday, September 2nd, 126 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:12,177 {\an8}Amina was gonna go to middle school for the first time, 127 00:09:12,177 --> 00:09:15,514 {\an8}and Belel was going back to elementary school. 128 00:09:17,141 --> 00:09:19,977 So my sense was that if the kids were in school, 129 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:23,022 then everything was fine. 130 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,568 But I called both schools in the morning. 131 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:31,864 They told me that they weren't there and that they hadn't shown up that day. 132 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:36,827 At that point, I got really concerned, 133 00:09:36,827 --> 00:09:39,455 and panicked, and angry, and... 134 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:44,084 ugh, just hurt, and really concerned about the kids. 135 00:09:46,712 --> 00:09:50,341 The problem was that I was at my remote clinic, 136 00:09:50,341 --> 00:09:54,678 where I'm the only anesthesiologist around and there was still patients to be seen. 137 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:57,056 And I can't leave. 138 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:03,479 I contacted the police that day, and I called every hospital in Toronto 139 00:10:03,479 --> 00:10:06,315 just to see if maybe they had possibly gotten into an accident. 140 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:11,612 {\an8}And then I called Ahmed's father in Egypt, 141 00:10:11,612 --> 00:10:15,866 {\an8}and I asked him where Ahmed was and what had happened. 142 00:10:15,866 --> 00:10:17,993 He didn't know what I was talking about. 143 00:10:17,993 --> 00:10:20,746 And he wasn't concerned, which concerned me. 144 00:10:20,746 --> 00:10:26,460 And that, to me, was a real warning sign that he must have known something. 145 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:29,421 So I called Daphney 146 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:32,966 and I asked if she could please check Ahmed's house for me. 147 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,011 [ominous music continues] 148 00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:42,643 [Daphney] When I went to the house, there were no cars. 149 00:10:45,521 --> 00:10:47,773 And nobody was home. 150 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:51,860 And the windows were blocked. 151 00:10:51,860 --> 00:10:54,071 So I went to the back of the house. 152 00:10:55,239 --> 00:10:58,701 There was a curtain that was pulled aside, 153 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:01,829 and I looked through a glass door, 154 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:06,708 and I knew that something bad had happened. 155 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:10,796 I called Rebecca and I told her, 156 00:11:11,755 --> 00:11:15,759 "The house is empty, completely empty." 157 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:21,640 She told me that everything was gone. There's nothing left. 158 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,476 [dramatic music playing] 159 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:31,191 The bottom just fell out... 160 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:35,446 and I was in a free fall. 161 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:37,740 There's just no other way to describe it. 162 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:41,660 I mean, everything is torn away from you, and everything was turned upside down. 163 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:42,995 I don't know what's going on. 164 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:49,543 But moments later, they'd said that we needed to intubate a patient. 165 00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:51,962 So I remember going right back to work. 166 00:11:54,548 --> 00:11:56,800 I was in tears. I couldn't stop crying. 167 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,470 The surgeon and entire team looked up and said, "Are you okay?" 168 00:11:59,470 --> 00:12:00,762 And I said, "I'm really not." 169 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:03,599 "I don't know where my kids are." 170 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:08,729 [sighs] It's just like simultaneously being crushed, and panicked, 171 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:11,732 and just sliced open. 172 00:12:23,118 --> 00:12:25,120 {\an8}[tense music playing] 173 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:27,873 {\an8}On that Friday, 174 00:12:28,707 --> 00:12:31,084 the James City County Police Department 175 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:34,379 explained that the flight records had been found, 176 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:39,635 and it was clear that Ahmed and the kids did not in fact travel to Canada. 177 00:12:40,636 --> 00:12:45,474 They actually flew from JFK through Kyiv, 178 00:12:46,350 --> 00:12:50,395 and from Kyiv then to Istanbul, then in Turkey. 179 00:12:51,522 --> 00:12:55,025 That was really shocking, 180 00:12:55,025 --> 00:12:58,695 and that frightened me in ways I can't even describe to you. 181 00:13:02,741 --> 00:13:07,496 [Stacey Sullivan] The FBI became involved with the case in September 2014, 182 00:13:07,496 --> 00:13:10,541 {\an8}and immediately after the FBI was tipped off 183 00:13:10,541 --> 00:13:13,669 {\an8}that Amina and Belel had been taken by their father, 184 00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:17,673 {\an8}a federal arrest warrant was issued for Ahmed 185 00:13:17,673 --> 00:13:19,508 {\an8}by the Eastern District of Virginia 186 00:13:19,508 --> 00:13:22,344 {\an8}for two counts of international parental kidnapping, 187 00:13:22,344 --> 00:13:25,347 one for Belel and one for Amina. 188 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:31,228 And one of the first steps to the initial part of the investigation was 189 00:13:31,228 --> 00:13:34,273 to do a thorough review of his financials, 190 00:13:34,273 --> 00:13:38,652 looking for anything that would lead to Ahmed and the children. 191 00:13:39,903 --> 00:13:42,114 [Rebecca] When I looked through bank records 192 00:13:42,114 --> 00:13:44,950 and credit card records from the FBI, 193 00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:46,243 it was shocking to me. 194 00:13:47,286 --> 00:13:52,958 Ahmed had gone to a survivalist camp that was up in the mountains. 195 00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:58,630 He went to a shooting club to learn how to shoot guns multiple times. 196 00:13:59,423 --> 00:14:01,383 He was never a gun fanatic. 197 00:14:01,383 --> 00:14:04,052 Survival training would be helpful to anyone 198 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:07,639 if they were crossing through borders, doing some things on foot, 199 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:09,349 spending a couple days outside. 200 00:14:10,434 --> 00:14:13,020 He also bought different types of camping equipment, 201 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:15,647 such as sleeping bags, boots for the children, 202 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:18,233 and he sent them overseas. 203 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:21,194 So those are little things that showed that Ahmed 204 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,864 didn't just take his children on a whim. 205 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:26,617 He had a well-oiled plan before he left the country. 206 00:14:28,035 --> 00:14:30,704 [Rebecca] But now I needed to find my children. 207 00:14:36,418 --> 00:14:40,297 {\an8}I checked Amina's email account multiple times, 208 00:14:40,297 --> 00:14:43,550 and the tablet that the children had 209 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:48,180 was used to check Amina's email address in December 2014. 210 00:14:48,972 --> 00:14:53,393 When I looked at the IP address of where that tablet was, 211 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:57,939 it was in the Hatay province close to the city of Reyhanli, 212 00:14:57,939 --> 00:15:00,442 which is in that little southern tip of Turkey 213 00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:02,361 that's right on the border to Syria. 214 00:15:02,861 --> 00:15:04,321 That was close to a war zone. 215 00:15:04,321 --> 00:15:06,698 [artillery shells firing] 216 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:12,496 That frightened me. That really, really frightened me. 217 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:15,332 Because I thought, "What does that mean?" 218 00:15:15,332 --> 00:15:17,668 Has Ahmed joined something that he was not supposed to... 219 00:15:17,668 --> 00:15:20,253 that he was not supposed to join and pulled my children into? 220 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:23,715 That maybe he was in a really unsafe place with my kids right now, 221 00:15:23,715 --> 00:15:25,509 and I don't know where they are. 222 00:15:25,509 --> 00:15:27,427 I can't keep them safe anymore. 223 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:30,430 [Stacey] We don't know where he was going. 224 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:33,934 And whether Ahmed has changed his name, his children's name, 225 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:35,394 created new identities. 226 00:15:35,394 --> 00:15:37,187 These are all possibilities. 227 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:40,232 And potentially that's a reason they can't be tracked. 228 00:15:41,316 --> 00:15:43,068 [Rebecca] I was actively involved 229 00:15:43,068 --> 00:15:45,737 in just trying to find any way to reach my children. 230 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:49,449 I've hired three different private investigators, 231 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:54,371 and I've contacted congressmen and senators. 232 00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:57,207 I set up a web page that allowed me to say, 233 00:15:57,207 --> 00:15:58,917 "I am looking for my children." 234 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,378 "If you know anything, please get in touch." 235 00:16:01,378 --> 00:16:05,007 But nothing seemed to be substantive... 236 00:16:06,842 --> 00:16:09,678 {\an8}until September 2015, 237 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:13,640 {\an8}about a year since Ahmed had abducted the kids, 238 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,270 {\an8}I received an email that was simply called "Kids are okay." 239 00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:20,856 And it was from Ahmed. 240 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:25,444 "Just wanted to let you know that they are well and doing great." 241 00:16:25,444 --> 00:16:28,905 "We live on a small farm, and they are loving it." 242 00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:32,701 "They got all kinds of animals, and it's keeping them busy." 243 00:16:32,701 --> 00:16:37,205 "I understand you must be angry at me, but you left me no other choice." 244 00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:41,877 "I knew long before you asked for a divorce that it is coming, 245 00:16:41,877 --> 00:16:44,713 and I wasn't going to wait till you find a job somewhere 246 00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:46,548 and take full custody of them." 247 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:50,385 "So once they're old enough and can distinguish right from wrong, 248 00:16:50,385 --> 00:16:51,845 they will contact you." 249 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:56,141 "And at the right age, they can decide where they want to live." 250 00:17:00,437 --> 00:17:02,189 It was an infuriating email. 251 00:17:02,814 --> 00:17:08,403 On the one hand, it was a relief to hear that my kids were alive. 252 00:17:09,821 --> 00:17:13,200 It was also clear to me that the kids were being heavily influenced 253 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:18,789 to adopt whatever approach to life Ahmed felt was appropriate, 254 00:17:19,456 --> 00:17:21,666 and he was gonna influence them 255 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:24,878 to the point that they probably would never want to contact me. 256 00:17:26,004 --> 00:17:30,342 What was found out about the email was that the recovery email address 257 00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:33,095 was one of Ahmed's known email addresses. 258 00:17:33,095 --> 00:17:34,888 It was clearly from him, 259 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:38,850 and it originated in that same area in Turkey 260 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:42,312 where Amina's email address had previously been checked. 261 00:17:42,312 --> 00:17:45,065 That same small part that's close to Syria. 262 00:17:47,651 --> 00:17:50,403 I got the contact of a Turkish detective 263 00:17:51,154 --> 00:17:55,075 who went down to Southern Turkey that's close to the Syrian border, 264 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:56,409 {\an8}looking for the kids there, 265 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,621 {\an8}looking for the IP address of this particular email. 266 00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:02,916 He found an Internet café that this might have been attributable to, 267 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:07,170 but he really did not find out any information over and above 268 00:18:07,170 --> 00:18:11,007 what the state department, the police, and the FBI were able to recover. 269 00:18:13,176 --> 00:18:16,388 So there had been absolutely nothing for quite a while. 270 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,391 That was a really hard period of time. 271 00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:27,649 And then I found out that Ahmed applied for an Egyptian ID card in 2016. 272 00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:33,238 And he registered his ID at his parents' address in Giza. 273 00:18:33,864 --> 00:18:37,701 If that is true, and along with Ahmed's email in 2015 274 00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:40,287 saying they're on a farm surrounded by animals, 275 00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:43,957 tied with Rebecca's understanding that Ahmed's father also owned a farm 276 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:46,751 located midway between Cairo and Alexandria. 277 00:18:47,377 --> 00:18:51,131 It's probably the best clue that we have that they are possibly in Egypt. 278 00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:54,134 [Rebecca] So I hired an investigator 279 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:56,386 trying to work together with people in Egypt 280 00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:59,097 to see if there was any trace of the kids 281 00:18:59,097 --> 00:19:02,142 or if they were seen anywhere around Ahmed's parents, 282 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,977 but they didn't come up with anything. 283 00:19:04,769 --> 00:19:06,646 I really wanted to go to Egypt, 284 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:09,191 but I've been intently warned against going there. 285 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,903 I am not protected overseas. 286 00:19:13,612 --> 00:19:16,448 Anyone can come up with any kind of charges. 287 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:19,826 So it's, from what I hear, a very unwise idea. 288 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,956 [Stacey] The fact that we believe Ahmed is overseas 289 00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:28,960 makes things a lot more challenging because, specifically in Egypt, 290 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,212 parental kidnapping is not considered a crime. 291 00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:33,048 He's a biological parent of these children. 292 00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:35,550 They're his children, just like they're Rebecca's children. 293 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:42,140 [Rebecca] The father can decide what he wants to do with those children. 294 00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:49,105 I, as a mother, don't have any possibility of getting those children back 295 00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:51,399 or even forcing communication with them. 296 00:19:53,151 --> 00:19:54,861 There's really no recourse... 297 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:58,323 and that's so unfair. 298 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:03,203 [Daphney] I don't know why they haven't contacted Rebecca, 299 00:20:03,203 --> 00:20:06,581 but I'm wondering if he didn't stage some accident 300 00:20:06,581 --> 00:20:09,668 and told the kids she's dead 301 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:13,213 or just banned them from the Internet 302 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:16,633 because there's absolutely no way in the world 303 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,054 Amina and Belel would not have contacted Mom. 304 00:20:21,763 --> 00:20:25,183 They adored their mom, and their mom adored them. 305 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:30,021 [somber music playing] 306 00:20:34,818 --> 00:20:37,237 [Rebecca] "January 4th, 2017." 307 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:39,864 "Belel, today's your birthday, 308 00:20:40,824 --> 00:20:43,076 and though I'm sad that I'm not with you, 309 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:47,580 I hope you're surrounded by happiness, hope, fun, and kindness." 310 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:54,337 The loss of not having my kids is so great. 311 00:20:55,213 --> 00:20:58,049 It would be crippling to feel that emotional impact 312 00:20:58,049 --> 00:20:59,843 every time I enter the house. 313 00:21:01,219 --> 00:21:05,307 So, I write in a journal to them every day, 314 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:09,436 and that's when I really allow myself to feel. 315 00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:11,813 And to feel close to them again. 316 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:16,735 [somber music continues] 317 00:21:20,155 --> 00:21:22,365 [Stacey] She writes to them every single day. 318 00:21:23,658 --> 00:21:25,952 She made it very personal. These are her children. 319 00:21:26,536 --> 00:21:29,247 She didn't deserve to have them taken from her. 320 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,709 So my heart breaks for Rebecca, and the fact that she has gone so long, 321 00:21:32,709 --> 00:21:35,253 and that we haven't been able to provide the answers for her 322 00:21:35,253 --> 00:21:37,297 that she and her children deserve. 323 00:21:38,048 --> 00:21:39,382 It's not their fault, 324 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:42,844 and they deserve to know that their mother cares about them. 325 00:21:44,596 --> 00:21:46,598 [kids chatting indistinctly] 326 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:50,769 [kid] Mom! Mom! 327 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,480 [indistinct chatter continues] 328 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:59,402 [Rebecca] I miss both of you, Amina and Belel, so much. 329 00:22:00,195 --> 00:22:01,029 And... 330 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:07,744 I hope that I have an opportunity to see the people that you've grown into, 331 00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:12,415 {\an8}the people that you are now, 332 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,920 {\an8}and how lovely you must be, and how curious about the world. 333 00:22:17,504 --> 00:22:18,880 [thunder breaking] 334 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:26,679 {\an8}[sinister music playing] 335 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:44,489 [Abdul] Aziz was born on November 13, 2010. 336 00:22:47,617 --> 00:22:49,953 And that day changed my life. 337 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:53,873 [Rubina Khan] We were all there the day that he was born, 338 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:58,420 and Aziz was the greatest blessing to our family. 339 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,507 {\an8}He brought such joy to our house... 340 00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:04,592 - [Rubina on video] Yay! - [Abdul laughing] 341 00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:06,052 [Rubina] Yay! 342 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:09,597 [Rubina] ...and Abdul really loved spending time with him. 343 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,934 - [Abdul] Go! Catch him! - [Rubina] Oh, my God! Catch him! 344 00:23:12,934 --> 00:23:14,561 - Catch him! - [Abdul] Go left! Go left! 345 00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:19,899 [Abdul] Aziz's mother, Rabia, was born in Columbus, Georgia. 346 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:22,777 Her family's originally from India and Pakistan. 347 00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,905 We met in Alabama when we were in school, 348 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:29,200 {\an8}and, uh, it was actually my mom introduced us. 349 00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:31,703 Rabia was in undergrad. 350 00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:34,831 She's a very strong personality. 351 00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:38,668 She's somebody that makes it a point to know what she wants 352 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:40,587 and demand what she wants. 353 00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:43,006 And for someone who also has a strong personality, 354 00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:44,716 we were attracted to each other. 355 00:23:46,342 --> 00:23:50,388 Over the course of a few years, we realized that we wanted to get married. 356 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:55,894 And when Aziz was first born, we actually lived with my parents in New Orleans. 357 00:23:55,894 --> 00:23:57,145 [Rabia on mic] Oh, wow! 358 00:23:57,145 --> 00:23:58,480 [all laughing] 359 00:23:59,314 --> 00:24:00,565 [Abdul on video] Oh, wow! 360 00:24:02,817 --> 00:24:05,695 [Abdul] But Rabia had a hard time getting along with them. 361 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:08,656 And it was very clear that we couldn't live in the house. 362 00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:10,742 And so we moved out. 363 00:24:15,205 --> 00:24:18,541 {\an8}I'm a pulmonologist that works in an intensive care unit, 364 00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:22,045 and Rabia initially worked at the same hospital I did 365 00:24:22,045 --> 00:24:25,089 for a very short period of time, and then she quit that job. 366 00:24:25,089 --> 00:24:29,302 And then she worked at a local cancer agency. 367 00:24:29,302 --> 00:24:31,054 And then she left that job. 368 00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:35,141 She would always find a reason to change her jobs. 369 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:38,186 She didn't like somebody. She didn't like her boss. 370 00:24:38,686 --> 00:24:43,358 Her personality was, um, very guarded. 371 00:24:44,025 --> 00:24:49,072 And you never got the feeling that you really knew who she was. 372 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:54,577 [Abdul] As Aziz grew older, we started having lots of problems. 373 00:24:55,078 --> 00:24:57,497 You know, fighting was almost daily. 374 00:24:57,497 --> 00:24:59,832 There were arguments in front of Aziz. 375 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,294 So in April 2014, we decided to separate. 376 00:25:05,255 --> 00:25:07,966 {\an8}She requested that she go back to Atlanta 377 00:25:07,966 --> 00:25:10,218 {\an8}because that's where her family support was. 378 00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:12,428 {\an8}I really agreed with her initially 379 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:15,098 because I thought if she needs help with Aziz, 380 00:25:15,098 --> 00:25:16,641 that it might be a good idea. 381 00:25:16,641 --> 00:25:18,268 And she made it seem like, 382 00:25:18,268 --> 00:25:21,271 "We're still working on this marriage. Let's try to make this work." 383 00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:24,274 It was hard for me, 384 00:25:24,274 --> 00:25:28,403 but we basically had an agreement where we did every other weekend. 385 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:30,947 So I just thought, "This is temporary." 386 00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:36,411 [Rubina] And after several months, out of left field, 387 00:25:36,411 --> 00:25:39,872 - Abdul was served with divorce papers. - [menacing music playing] 388 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:41,916 And it was a shock. 389 00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:45,295 [Abdul] It all changed. 390 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,548 Rabia would put up hindrances and roadblocks, 391 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:51,342 trying to stop me from seeing Aziz. 392 00:25:51,342 --> 00:25:53,845 She would schedule soccer games during my weekends 393 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:57,890 and would make up excuses about him being sick. 394 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,602 She would try to prevent him from seeing me. 395 00:26:02,478 --> 00:26:04,981 [Rubina] It seems that during that whole period, 396 00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:06,607 she was meeting with lawyers. 397 00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:08,484 She was finding out about custody. 398 00:26:08,484 --> 00:26:11,696 She was figuring out what she needed to do 399 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:15,074 in order to keep Aziz in Atlanta. 400 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,077 [Abdul] Ultimately, Rabia wanted Aziz 401 00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:21,914 to have nothing to do with his life in New Orleans. 402 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:25,376 [Rubina] And then once she filed divorce papers, 403 00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:29,005 Rabia blocked Abdul from seeing Aziz, 404 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:31,966 and he had to go to court, 405 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:34,093 and have her served with papers... 406 00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,386 [man] Rabia. 407 00:26:35,386 --> 00:26:39,515 [Rubina] ...to have them inform her that he had a right to see his child. 408 00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:48,608 The divorce was finalized in 2015. 409 00:26:50,902 --> 00:26:53,696 But Rabia still kept Aziz from his dad. 410 00:26:54,781 --> 00:26:58,451 [Abdul] And that's what led me to push hard for a custody evaluation. 411 00:26:58,451 --> 00:27:03,122 I wanted to have the right to spend as much time with my son 412 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:04,374 that was allowed. 413 00:27:05,083 --> 00:27:08,795 And it was right about a year later when the custody evaluators recommended 414 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:13,299 that I get primary custody of Aziz because they felt like Rabia 415 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:17,804 was not allowing me to spend my due time and be a good dad for Aziz. 416 00:27:19,347 --> 00:27:20,807 [Rubina] When Rabia found out 417 00:27:20,807 --> 00:27:25,019 that Abdul was going to be awarded full primary custody of Aziz, 418 00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:26,562 she went to the courts 419 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:31,651 and made these horrific, baseless abuse allegations against Abdul. 420 00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:36,906 [Abdul] She went into the criminal court system 421 00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:40,368 making accusations that me and my family were abusive 422 00:27:40,368 --> 00:27:44,205 in order to delay the court evaluation from happening, 423 00:27:44,789 --> 00:27:48,751 and it turned into this whirlwind where a lot of lawyers got involved, 424 00:27:48,751 --> 00:27:52,672 and it became about a year and a half of investigation. 425 00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:57,552 But what made it so hard was that I wasn't allowed to see Aziz. 426 00:27:58,094 --> 00:27:59,429 That was really tough. 427 00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:03,683 And then as all of the court stuff progressed, 428 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:08,187 we became aware that Rabia had been in a relationship with someone else. 429 00:28:10,148 --> 00:28:13,985 [Abdul] Elliot Bourgeois was a friend of hers that she knew in college. 430 00:28:13,985 --> 00:28:16,863 Towards the end of our marriage, when we were having problems, 431 00:28:16,863 --> 00:28:19,657 there were some phone calls between them. 432 00:28:19,657 --> 00:28:22,452 So at some point, when our marriage was ending, 433 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:23,995 was when they were reconnecting. 434 00:28:23,995 --> 00:28:26,956 Elliott started coming to court with Rabia. 435 00:28:27,999 --> 00:28:32,545 And that's how we found out that Elliott and Rabia were actually married. 436 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:37,759 [Abdul] He wasn't a lawyer, but she fired three or four lawyers. 437 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:40,052 Her and Elliot became their own lawyers, 438 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:43,055 and they represented themselves when they came to court. 439 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:46,559 And with time, every judge that they went in front of 440 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,228 started seeing their lies and manipulation. 441 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:54,442 And then finally, after 18 months of thorough investigation, 442 00:28:54,442 --> 00:28:58,988 the DA in Atlanta realized that all the accusations were all false, 443 00:28:58,988 --> 00:29:01,699 and I was going to get full custody for Aziz. 444 00:29:03,534 --> 00:29:07,705 We were to meet on November 28, 2017 in an Atlanta courtroom, 445 00:29:07,705 --> 00:29:10,875 and that's when all the restrictions were gonna be lifted. 446 00:29:10,875 --> 00:29:13,252 It was really gonna happen. So there was this joy. 447 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,338 [sinister music playing] 448 00:29:17,548 --> 00:29:20,968 {\an8}We get to the Atlanta courtroom. We're waiting for our case. 449 00:29:21,552 --> 00:29:26,766 {\an8}The judge shows up, and Rabia is not there. 450 00:29:29,143 --> 00:29:32,939 [Rubina] There was a momentary panic amongst our family, 451 00:29:33,523 --> 00:29:36,817 but we just thought, "Okay, this is Rabia being Rabia." 452 00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:40,905 "She's gonna try to throw something else at us to try to prolong this." 453 00:29:43,074 --> 00:29:47,370 [Abdul] We waited several hours thinking or hoping that there was a delay. 454 00:29:49,247 --> 00:29:50,748 But Rabia didn't show up. 455 00:29:50,748 --> 00:29:53,417 [tense music playing] 456 00:30:00,508 --> 00:30:02,134 I left the courthouse, 457 00:30:03,052 --> 00:30:06,180 and I didn't have my son. 458 00:30:14,814 --> 00:30:17,567 At this point, I'm very worried. I'm calling his school. 459 00:30:17,567 --> 00:30:20,695 His school says that they haven't seen him for a week. 460 00:30:20,695 --> 00:30:23,489 He didn't come to school the week before Thanksgiving. 461 00:30:23,489 --> 00:30:26,576 The last time they saw him was the Friday before. 462 00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,955 I make phone calls to her family and we don't get any response. 463 00:30:31,998 --> 00:30:34,792 And then finally, we realized that she kidnapped him. 464 00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:36,627 That's what was happening. 465 00:30:37,712 --> 00:30:39,255 She kidnapped him and ran. 466 00:30:44,302 --> 00:30:45,469 Devastating. 467 00:30:46,929 --> 00:30:48,097 Horrific. 468 00:30:48,097 --> 00:30:49,932 It was confusing. 469 00:30:49,932 --> 00:30:52,101 You know? It didn't seem real. 470 00:30:54,395 --> 00:30:56,439 And Abdul was terrified. 471 00:30:57,857 --> 00:31:01,986 [voice breaking] It was as if... removing his heart. 472 00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:05,698 He always said the nights were the toughest for him, 473 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:08,159 like in the quiet. 474 00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:09,327 That's when he 475 00:31:10,578 --> 00:31:13,664 has time with his thoughts, you know... 476 00:31:15,291 --> 00:31:17,418 to think about his life with Aziz. 477 00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:19,503 [somber music playing] 478 00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:24,467 [Abdul] I remember the last time I saw Aziz. 479 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,386 It was March 2016. 480 00:31:29,305 --> 00:31:31,015 It was just a normal weekend. 481 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,270 He had a lot of fun. We took a lot of pictures. 482 00:31:37,772 --> 00:31:40,775 But I said, "Hey, Aziz, it's time for you to leave." 483 00:31:44,195 --> 00:31:45,863 And I put him in her car. 484 00:31:47,281 --> 00:31:48,908 And he used to always, uh... 485 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:50,785 [voice breaking] 486 00:31:50,785 --> 00:31:53,079 ...he'd put up his hands, and he'd say, 487 00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:56,207 "Baba, how many days before I see you again?" 488 00:32:00,503 --> 00:32:02,588 [stifling tears] I was like, "Five more days." 489 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:09,971 They drove off, and my thought was, 490 00:32:09,971 --> 00:32:13,140 "Hey, I'm gonna see you in five days, 'cause it's my weekend." 491 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:14,684 "I'm on spring break." 492 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:17,895 That was, you know, four... four-plus years ago. 493 00:32:18,813 --> 00:32:20,815 [dark music playing] 494 00:32:22,817 --> 00:32:25,778 [Rubina] We thought Rabia was crazy. 495 00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:30,074 We thought that she was vindictive, 496 00:32:30,074 --> 00:32:34,662 but we never thought that Rabia was capable of this. 497 00:32:36,747 --> 00:32:39,083 [Abdul] We hired private eye after private eye 498 00:32:39,083 --> 00:32:41,377 in Atlanta, in New Orleans, 499 00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:46,132 in other places around the country to find any information about Aziz. 500 00:32:47,091 --> 00:32:49,927 The first thing that everyone said was 501 00:32:49,927 --> 00:32:52,930 that I need to get national law enforcement involved 502 00:32:52,930 --> 00:32:55,433 to investigate Aziz's abduction, 503 00:32:55,433 --> 00:32:59,603 but there has to be a felony warrant out for Rabia. 504 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:03,357 And, initially, there was some disagreement between police departments 505 00:33:03,357 --> 00:33:06,152 that the jurisdiction is in Atlanta or New Orleans. 506 00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:10,156 Finally, after two years, 507 00:33:10,156 --> 00:33:13,617 the court gave a felony kidnapping warrant 508 00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:16,662 against Rabia for the abduction of Aziz. 509 00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:21,417 Once there was a felony kidnapping warrant against Rabia, 510 00:33:21,417 --> 00:33:24,045 {\an8}the US Marshals got involved in the case. 511 00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:29,300 [Brian Fair] The US Marshals got involved in early 2020, 512 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,677 and the US Marshals involvement 513 00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:35,681 {\an8}was about three years or so behind the actual disappearance. 514 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:39,810 So we're basically starting off way behind already. 515 00:33:40,478 --> 00:33:44,231 We conducted multiple interviews in several states. 516 00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:46,901 Deputy US Marshals from the Northern District of Georgia 517 00:33:46,901 --> 00:33:48,068 went out to Duluth 518 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:51,072 and attempted to interview Rabia's mother and father. 519 00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:54,408 They were being evasive during questioning, 520 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:59,205 and they appeared to not be concerned about where their daughter was, 521 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:02,166 where their grandchild was, or where Elliot was located. 522 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:04,960 They just referred everything to their attorney. 523 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,463 [suspenseful music playing] 524 00:34:07,463 --> 00:34:10,257 [Abdul] After talking to the US Marshals, 525 00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:15,596 I found out that this was something that Rabia and Elliott planned out. 526 00:34:15,596 --> 00:34:17,681 I mean, it was cold and calculated. 527 00:34:18,641 --> 00:34:21,143 Rabia and Elliot had taken Aziz out of school 528 00:34:21,143 --> 00:34:23,938 ten days prior to November 28. 529 00:34:25,856 --> 00:34:29,151 They sold their cars to CarMax in Atlanta. 530 00:34:29,151 --> 00:34:31,487 Elliot had quit his job. 531 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:35,324 They both shut down their cell phones, closed their bank accounts, 532 00:34:35,324 --> 00:34:38,786 closed all their social media, and they disappeared. 533 00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:47,795 [Brian] If they assume new identities, they could get new employment. 534 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:51,715 Maybe establish lines of credit, create a whole new lifestyle. 535 00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:53,717 It's obviously been done before. 536 00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:58,139 Or, if somebody were to finance them, they could also be living off cash. 537 00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:02,643 Could be friends. Could be family. I don't know. 538 00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:09,608 [Abdul] This is the day he was born. 539 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:10,568 [Rubina] God. 540 00:35:10,568 --> 00:35:13,237 [Abdul] We've done everything that we can think of 541 00:35:14,238 --> 00:35:17,867 to find some trace of Aziz, Rabia, Elliot. 542 00:35:17,867 --> 00:35:20,202 His laugh... 543 00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:21,328 Was contagious. 544 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:23,372 - Was everything. Contagious. - Yeah. 545 00:35:24,123 --> 00:35:29,336 [Abdul] And outside of when they sold their cars in 2017, 546 00:35:30,546 --> 00:35:36,468 we have yet to find any credible link to them in any way. 547 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:40,264 That's what makes this so hard. 548 00:35:40,264 --> 00:35:44,476 Four years later, we still don't have any sign of them. 549 00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:48,355 But if you think that we're going away... 550 00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:53,152 If you think that Abdul, or me, 551 00:35:53,152 --> 00:35:57,281 or my family is ever gonna stop looking for Aziz, 552 00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:00,534 you are sorely mistaken 553 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,497 'cause we will never, never rest 554 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,626 until he's returned. 555 00:36:10,127 --> 00:36:12,129 [somber music playing] 556 00:36:13,964 --> 00:36:15,925 [Abdul] When Aziz disappeared, 557 00:36:16,759 --> 00:36:18,802 time literally stopped. 558 00:36:21,096 --> 00:36:22,514 So to me... 559 00:36:23,724 --> 00:36:25,017 he left yesterday. 560 00:36:26,393 --> 00:36:28,646 And so I think about him every day, 561 00:36:28,646 --> 00:36:31,440 and I do things every day to try to find him. 562 00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:34,151 I'm gonna keep fighting till I see him. 563 00:36:35,986 --> 00:36:39,073 And one day he's gonna walk through a door, 564 00:36:39,073 --> 00:36:41,325 and I'm gonna be standing on the other side. 565 00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:45,955 It's time for him to come home. 566 00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:51,627 [somber music continues] 567 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,520 {\an8}WANTED CHARLES VOSSELER - WARRANT: 4/3/1987 568 00:37:43,512 --> 00:37:45,514 [mysterious music playing]