A missing San Francisco Bay Area woman reported kidnapped earlier
this week turned up safe on Wednesday in Southern California, and
authorities were still investigating the circumstances of her
disappearance, the FBI said.Denise Huskins, 30, was reported to
have been forcibly taken from her boyfriend's home in the East Bay city
of Vallejo on Monday, and her boyfriend told authorities there had been a
demand for ransom, police said on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Huskins turned up in the Orange County coastal town of Huntington Beach, about 35 miles south of Los Angeles, but the circumstances of her reappearance remained murky, said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles.
"She was found and appears to be safe, and the FBI and other departments in Orange County are assisting police in Vallejo with their continuing investigation," Eimiller told Reuters.
Broadcaster KTVU reported that Huskins' uncle said the woman had called her father earlier on Wednesday and said she was OK and had been dropped off in Huntington Beach, her hometown.
Huskins' family could not immediately be reached for comment, nor could Vallejo or Huntington Beach police.
Police said in a statement that divers were sent to Mare Island along the Vallejo coastline on Tuesday after search teams had "some indication that a mass consistent in size to an adult human might have been submerged," but they found nothing of significance.
Searchers also checked a wooded area near the boyfriend's home for clues, which police said on Tuesday was standard protocol in such a case.
According to Vallejo police on Tuesday, the boyfriend told investigators that Huskins was abducted early on Monday morning, but he waited until Monday afternoon, hours later, to report her missing. Police said then that he was not being treated as a suspect.
Huskins had recently moved to Vallejo from Southern California and was working as a physical therapist at a hospital, according to her Facebook account.
Neighbors told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that she had been living at the home with her boyfriend, who was not publicly identified by authorities.
On Wednesday, Huskins turned up in the Orange County coastal town of Huntington Beach, about 35 miles south of Los Angeles, but the circumstances of her reappearance remained murky, said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles.
"She was found and appears to be safe, and the FBI and other departments in Orange County are assisting police in Vallejo with their continuing investigation," Eimiller told Reuters.
Broadcaster KTVU reported that Huskins' uncle said the woman had called her father earlier on Wednesday and said she was OK and had been dropped off in Huntington Beach, her hometown.
Huskins' family could not immediately be reached for comment, nor could Vallejo or Huntington Beach police.
Police said in a statement that divers were sent to Mare Island along the Vallejo coastline on Tuesday after search teams had "some indication that a mass consistent in size to an adult human might have been submerged," but they found nothing of significance.
Searchers also checked a wooded area near the boyfriend's home for clues, which police said on Tuesday was standard protocol in such a case.
According to Vallejo police on Tuesday, the boyfriend told investigators that Huskins was abducted early on Monday morning, but he waited until Monday afternoon, hours later, to report her missing. Police said then that he was not being treated as a suspect.
Huskins had recently moved to Vallejo from Southern California and was working as a physical therapist at a hospital, according to her Facebook account.
Neighbors told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that she had been living at the home with her boyfriend, who was not publicly identified by authorities.
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