Everyone,
This story aired tonight on Dateline/NBC 7:00p.m. Eastern time. A middle-aged women living in MA, a Harvard grad and MIT grad married a childhood friend. Both were from influential families, they planned to live in MA. They had two children, a boy and a girl.
A couple of years after the marriage, the husband (Nuri) had an affair, which let to the wife filing for a divorce. Before she could file her motion in the courts, her husband took the children out of the country while on his normal visitation.
The children, approx age 6 and 7 were taken by their father to Egypt. After searching and coming up empty, the wife hired a private investigator, which located the husband and the two children in Egypt. The husband had demanded a TOP ransom amount for the return of the children.
Within several months, the father took the children again, to another country "Cuba". The private investigator was successful in getting pictures of the children for the mother who had not seen her children in almost 2 years.
It was stated in the story, that the investigator knew a friend of Fidel Castro, and was able to get a message to him. Fidel Castro agreed to assist the mother, apparently he was upset because this man used his country to hide his children. Later, the authorities located the boat where Nuri was living with the 2 children and entered on board. They simply questioned his Visa and took him with the authorities. The children did not witness the event, however the mother moved in and was immediately reacquainted with her children.
The investigator was the crucial connection point in this horrific story. He was instrumental in conducting key surveillance of the intricate movements of this international kidnapping.
Kudos!! goes out to this investigator. This job was well done, as he is "well connected."
Chanelle Stevenson
Computer Forensics Private Investigator Trainee