Ransom Note

Then, a ransom note was sent to the police. The kidnappers demanded a whopping $18.5 million to be given in used $100 bills. The bag that contained the money had to be dropped off at River Road. While cops waited, nobody ever came. And for the next few weeks, the same pattern followed. They communicated with the people behind the disappearance but they never pushed through with any of the plans.

Playing Them For Fools

Of course, the FBI did an investigation behind the scenes. To the media, they appeared quite blasé, but this was done resolutely to fool the kidnappers into believing that there wasn’t much of a development. In reality, the false sense of security had been a rouse as there had been witnesses. They know that a blond woman jogged regularly past Reso’s home and that a white van had been parked on the day of his disappearance.