A tip from a group of horseback riders led to the rescue of Anderson at a remote camp spot near Morehead Lake, Idaho, about 75 miles north of Boise, Idaho. Didn't want to engage in any kind of conversation, kind of had a bad look on their face," Mark John, one of the horseback riders and a former sheriff's deputy from Gem County, Idaho, told "Good Morning America" earlier this week.
Anderson wrote that she remained calm when she saw the horseback riders because she was afraid DiMaggio would kill them. When the group returned home the next day and saw the report of the amber alert for Anderson, they notified authorities. Aside from answering questions about her ordeal, Anderson responded to well-wishers from around the world and thanked them for their support. She also posted a photo of herself in bright yellow shorts and said she got her nails done on Monday -- pink for her mother and blue for her brother.
The woman said he had handcuffs with him and threatened to kill her, her sister and her boyfriend. She was able to escape unharmed after talking herself out of the situation.
Six years later, on August 10, , James Sr. The woman, who asked not to be identified, said the incident terrified her so much she had to change schools and her name. Hannah's father was said to be elated at hearing his daughter was safe. He is due to be reunited with Hannah, who has been taken to a hospital, this morning. She appears well, was rescued and will be transported to a hospital in Idaho.
Crisis counselors were due to meet the teenager at the hospital to help her after her week-long ordeal. The full details of how DiMaggio came to be shot by FBI tactical agents have not yet been released, but he was found after their campsite was spotted from the air.
The rescue of Hannah and shooting of her abductor was a dramatic end to a week long hunt that included a five-state Amber Alert and ended at the northern edge of a lake. About FBI agents had joined the sheriff's department by Saturday, as they combed the rugged area in search of Hannah and her year-old abductor, according to the Los Angeles Times. The search in the Idaho wilderness - 1, miles from where Hannah's mother and brother were killed - began Friday morning, about 40 miles from Cascade, when DiMaggio's car was found at the start of a trail.
The isolated area, which has only a few cabins and limited cell phone service, was searched via helicopter and officers on horseback, according to NBC News. Police revealed they were found not far from where two riders on horseback believed they saw DiMaggio and Anderson on Wednesday. Hunt: Officers have been combing the wilderness after finding the suspect's car at a trail head. Evidence: DiMaggio's car is towed away from the start of the trail where it was found on Friday.
It is not yet known if DiMaggio fired at the FBI as they approached, but there were no reports of injuries among the officers involved. The FBI will began an investigation into the events leading up to the shooting of DiMaggio at the campsite. The riders who spotted Hannah with DiMaggio earlier in the week said she appeared healthy and safe at the time, leading Sheriff Gore to conclude: 'As far as we know, it didn't appear she was being held against her will.
As news of her rescue was released, the teenager's family spoke of their joy at knowing she was safe, and grief at the loss of Mrs Anderson and Ethan.
She added that the family had mixed feelings after hearing that DiMaggio had been shot, adding: 'I wanted to know the "whys" [but] I did not want to put Hannah through any more of this traumatic episode. Ms Willis said that pink ribbons of support tied on to trees and houses around the family's home town were likely to stay, as the community grieves for Hannah's mother and brother. DiMaggio's Nissa Versa car was found in a remote, hard-to-reach area.
It was covered in brush in an attempt to conceal it and its license plates were removed. Authorities have not said whether they think Hannah knows her mother and little brother were murdered at DiMaggio's house. Police say DiMaggio, a longtime family friend, is suspected of tying up Hannah's year-old mother, Christina Anderson, and brother, Ethan, at his home near San Diego then setting fire to it with a delayed incendiary device. Their bodies were found in the burning house, setting off the search along the West Coast for DiMaggio and his kidnap victim.
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