re: #240 BeachDem

Either I’m really tired or something, but I’m having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to say:

The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.

OK—that seems clear

Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.

Who is the “he” in this one? Her father or the suspect?

The report states Vernon Sykes had received a call 17 minutes before the suspect called Emilia Sykes, and that call was disconnected.

Who was that call from? Are we to assume it was the suspect? Did the guy actually kidnap her father? How did he get the father’s phone? I am so confused.

None of the other articles (from the Dispatch or the Plain Dealer) have these details—just that she got a threatening call on her phone.

I interpreted it as someone called E. Sykes making it look like it was a call from her father. Once that call ended she called her father’s number and he answered unharmed. No actual kidnapping.