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- case #11 - the rothstadt kidnapping
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- it was 4:15 p.m. on friday, september
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- 13th. sgt. haskill and officer mcaleavy
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- were discussing the accord that had just
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- been signed between israel, egypt and
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- jordan. both agreed that the president
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- had pulled off a real political coup,
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- but mcaleavy was convinced that the
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- whole scheme was bound to fall apart.
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- syria and the p.l.o. both swore to
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- retaliate. the people of the u.s. and
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- egypt would pay in blood! sgt. haskill
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- was about to explain why he disagreed,
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- when the phone rang. it was nathan
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- rothstadt calling to speak to the chief.
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- *
- five minutes later, the chief came
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- out of his office. "if you two have
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- finished solving the world's problems,
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- maybe you'd like to do some work." the
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- chief turned to sgt. haskill. "deek,
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- get everyone on duty into the squad
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- room in 15 minutes. daniel rothstadt,
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- nathan's 14-year-old son, has been
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- kidnapped."
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- *
- at 4:35 sharp, the chief began his
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- briefing. "all right, everyone, listen
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- up! at 3:30 this afternoon, rachel
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- rothstadt got a call from a man claiming
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- he had snatched her son. he demanded
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- $500,000 in small, unmarked bills. he
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- told her he'd call back at 9:00 p.m.
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- tonight with the details on how to
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- deliver the money. she told the caller
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- that she and her husband would only pay
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- the ransom if they could speak directly
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- to daniel at 9:00 to make sure he was
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- alive."
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- *
- "as soon as the s.o.b. hung up, mrs.
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- rothstadt called the video arcade in the
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- mall (l). daniel was supposed to have
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- met a friend there around 3:15. she
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- spoke to the owner, salo rimsky, who
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- knows daniel. rimsky said daniel wasn't
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- there. next, she called her husband at
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- the union savings and loan (m). on
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- fridays it normally stays open until
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- 6:00 p.m., but now he's not sure when
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- he'll get out."
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- *
- the chief stopped pacing and turned
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- to the assembled officers. "up until
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- 9:00 tonight, it's worth $500,000 to the
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- kidnapper to keep daniel alive and
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- healthy. after 9:00, he has nothing to
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- lose and everything to gain by killing
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- the only person who can identify him.
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- therefore, we have until 9:00 tonight
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- to find the kid alive. now, get the hell
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- out of here and find that kid."
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- *
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- to win, you must:
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- 1. locate daniel rothstadt.
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- all players start at 1 lakeview drive
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- (q), the rothstadt home, at 5:00 p.m.
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- note: the game continues until one
- player locates daniel, alive
- or dead.
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