November 7, 1998 One of the most difficult elements that has existed in my case is "proof". The FBI wanted "proof" Nadia was taken out of the country before they would issue an international kidnapping warrant. It was not enough he had abandoned his apartment, or that he just stopped showing up to work one day. It was not enough that his car was found abandoned at the Palm Beach airport and later sold at auction (Police said they could not enter the car to obtain the parking slip to determine what day he had left the country. They did, however, open the truck to determine whether or not a dead body may be inside.) The car was sold at auction with the parking slip still inside. The FBI issued a warrant more than 2 years after Nadia's abduction. Interpol determined through immigration records that Nadia had been taken to Saudi Arabia. Still, the need for "proof" continues to pressure me into investigating Nadia's case at my own expense. Law enforcement DO NOT like to expend money, time or effort on such matters. This is why so many parents end up with tens of thousands of dollars in private detective fees. Since "Proof" was needed to determine Nadia's whereabouts after she was brought into Syria from Saudi Arabia, I had to go to Syria myself several times. Once it was verified she was there, then "proof" was needed as to where she was, and with whom. She was not with her father, at any rate, I had custody n that country, and Syria had issued a warrant for his arrest and had even thrown him into prison at one time. Still, it seems that authorities were not concerned so much with the fact that Nadia had been illegally kidnapped and then abandoned, but that further "proof" be provided to entice them to continue to move forward in efforts to recovery her. That proof came with the knowledge that a terrorist group had my precious little girl.