Police, search crews and the FBI are searching for a 30-year-old physical therapist who was reportedly abducted Monday morning from a Vallejo home and is being held for ransom. 
A man who knows Denise Huskins told police she was “forcibly taken against her will,” said Vallejo Police Lt. Kenny Park at a news conference on Tuesday. “We’re treating it as a kidnap for ransom.”
However, he did not elaborate on what the ransom demand might be. “All I can tell you is that there was a ransom demand,” Park said.
Huskins who is a physical therapist at Kaiser Vallejo Hospital, was reported missing on Monday about 2 p.m. by a man who knows her and who apparently witnessed the abduction from the 500 block of Kirkland Avenue on Mare Island, police said.
The event, however, took place earlier in the morning and it’s unclear why the man waited to alert authorities. His exact relationship to Huskins has not been made public. Park simply called him “the man who reported the crime.” However, he did not dispute reporters’ assertions that the man is her boyfriend.
Park said police are interviewing the man but don’t consider him a “person of interest.”
Huskins' car was also reportedly taken from the residence, however the 2000 Toyota Camry was later found at an unnamed location in Vallejo, officers said.
Huskins also lists on her Facebook page indicates that she's a physical therapist at Southern California Orthopedic Institute. Her Facebook page states she is from Huntington Beach and that she moved to Vallejo in June 2014.
KNBC reporters went to Huskins' Huntington Beach family home and spoke with her brother Devin Huskins, who said the family is waiting to get more details about what's going on before saying anything to the media. Huskins' dad flew up to Vallejo to talk with investigators, despite their suggestion not to, her brother said. Her father told NBC Bay Area he is praying for his daughter's safe return.
Devin Huskins said his siter has lived in Vallejo for a few years now. She lives right across the street from the Kaiser Permanante Hospital where she is finishing up a Physical Therapy Clinical course. He said the alleged abduction took place at her boyfriend's house — they don't live together, she was just there hanging out with him. He believes Huskins' boyfriend is the man who reportedly called police about the abduction.
In this photograph, Denise Huskins is shown with her mother. Photo courtesy of the Huskins family.
Neighbors in Vallejo were surprised.
“We’ve seen her,” Matea Rolovic said, adding that Huskins lives with two male roommates. “She’s beautiful.”
“It’s bizarre, yeah,” added Patrick Van Deweg. “It’s a really bizarre story.”
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Vallejo Police Department at 707-648-4524.
NBC Bay Area's Gonzo Rojas contributed to this report.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Huskins family