When Philadelphia Police detective Jim Sloan made a promise to Carlesha Freeland-Gaither's mother to bring her daughter home. He said he meant it. Now he is giving more details about the investigation. (Published Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014) 
 
 Detective Who Promised to Bring Home Carlesha Speaks of Meeting Her, Details in Search 
 
 A 22-year-old woman kidnapped along a Philadelphia street and held hostage for three days is recovering in private one day after an emotional reunion with her family. 
 
 Nursing aide Carlesha Freeland-Gaither returned to Philadelphia early Thursday morning, her family and police in tow, after being rescued from the grips of her accused captor, Delvin Barnes, in Maryland. A criminal complaint detailing federal charges against Barnes, a man authorities described as a “vicious predator,” says he has confessed to the crimes. 
 
 Thursday marked Freeland-Gaither's first return to the city after she was abducted in Germantown Sunday night. The entire violent encounter was caught on surveillance video. 
 
 She has since been moved to an undisclosed location where she will be able to begin to process the violent experience and heal, Philadelphia police said. 
 
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 NBC10 Investigator Mitch Blacher looked into what some call a shady car lot tactic that seems to have saved Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. (Published Friday, Nov. 7, 2014) 
 
 Detective Jim Sloan, the lead local investigator on the case, recounted meeting Freeland-Gaither at a Maryland hospital Wednesday night. 
 
 “I entered the room. She was upset. I just told her ‘I’ve been looking for you.’ She started to cry and hugged her mother,” he said, describing the moment as “touching.” 
 
 The police department is providing the Freeland-Gaither and her family with counseling and other victim assistance resources, according to officials. 
 
 Sloan praised the efforts of witness Dwayne Fletcher, who the detective said helped investigators get a jump start on the abduction case. 
 
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 “He witnessed it. He watched. He called the police twice. He waited for me. This man is a hero,” Sloan said. He added that Fletcher should be given the $47,000 reward that was being offered in the case. 
 
 As Freeland-Gaither rested, her alleged abductor was in a Maryland courtroom for an extradition hearing. The judge presiding over the hearing approved Barnes’ extradition to Virginia, where he is wanted on attempted capital murder and rape charges. 
 
 Barnes donned an orange jumpsuit and appeared in court through closed circuit television. He only gave "yes" and "no" answers to the judge. 
 
 Meanwhile, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed federal kidnapping charges against Barnes Thursday evening. 
 
 Barnes admitted he abducted Freeland-Gaither and that he chose her at random, according to the federal criminal complaint. 
 
 He was extradited to Virginia late Thursday so that prosecutors there can move forward with their attempted murder case. Federal officials are expected to proceed later. 
 
 Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter. ||||| Keisha Gaither looks up at Det. James Sloan after locating her daughter alive in Maryland. Wednesday, November 5, 2014. ( Steven M. Falk / Staff Photographer ) 
 
 Detective James Sloan wouldn't make a promise he couldn't keep. That's what he and Northwest Police Division Inspector James Kelly stressed Thursday afternoon when the team of detectives and officers from Northwest Detectives gathered to talk about the recovery of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. "I won't say something if I don't believe it," Sloan, a 22-year veteran, said. He said Carlesha's mother, Keisha Gaither, didn't seem to believe him when he first told her he'd bring her daughter home safe. "When I first said it, no, but when she looked me in the eye" she did, the detective said. 
 
 Sloan and his partner of 17 years, Detective John Geliebter, a 21-year veteran, along with a team of others from the division, had worked tirelessly on the case since Carlesha was violently abducted from Greene and Coulter streets about 9:30 Sunday night, Kelly said. 
 
 All of the veteran law-enforcement officers involved in the case said they hadn't seen anything like the chilling abduction before in their careers. 
 
 Sloan also credited Carlesha, saying that police believe she dropped her cellphone on purpose when her captor attacked her so that police would have a clue. 
 
 "She's an intelligent girl," Sloan said. 
 
 Detectives also credited witness Dwayne Fletcher, who Sloan said called police and waited at the scene for them to arrive, with being instrumental in helping them to save Carlesha. 
 
 "He watched, he called police two times, he waited for me," Sloan said. "He's a hero." 
 
 Police said Carlesha is home recovering with her family. 
 
 Full list of all the detectives and officers who appeared during today’s news conference: 
 
 Detective James Sloan 
 
 Detective John Geliebter 
 
 Detective Tim Hartman 
 
 Detective Brian Boos 
 
 Detective Adam McGuigan 
 
 Sgt. Paul Brown 
 
 Lt. Robert Otto 
 
 Lt. Cliff Lyghts 
 
 Capt. Jack Fleming (14th District commanding officer – district where the kidnapping happened) 
 
 Inspector James Kelly (Northwest Police Division inspector) ||||| The woman who was kidnapped on Sunday off a desolate Philadelphia street -- a harrowing crime that was caught on surveillance camera -- was found alive Wednesday in Maryland, while her abductor was arrested, authorities said. 
 
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 Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was found by Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents inside a parked car in Jessup, Maryland, law enforcement sources said. Her alleged abductor, Delvin Barnes, 37, was arrested at the scene, authorities said. 
 
 Ed Hanko, the special agent in charge of the Philadelphia FBI field office, said that because of tips called in from the public, investigators were "able to identify this individual, identify his car and track it into Maryland." 
 
 Law enforcement officials told ABC News that authorities tracked Barnes' car because he had GPS installed in it. 
 
 Freeland-Gaither was found inside the car and was treated at a local hospital before being released, police said. 
 
 Philadelphia Police Department 
 
 Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, in a Thursday interview with ABC News, said the video of the kidnapping "added a sense of urgency" to the case. He credited Freeland-Gaither's spirit in the face of her circumstances. 
 
 "My understanding is that even after she was in the car and she was bound she continued to fight and struggle with this guy, so she’s got a lot of fight in her, and that probably helped keep her alive," Ramsey said. 
 
 Hanko said that she is "in good shape," but police still have not had a chance to interview her. 
 
 Freeland-Gaither's mother, Keisha Gaither, attended Wednesday's news conference and said that her daughter was emotional in a phone call. 
 
 "She was very upset. She was crying," Gaither said of her daughter. 
 
 "Thank you for keeping me up. Thank you for being there for us. I'm taking my baby home," she added. 
 
 Barnes is being held as a result of an outstanding attempted capital murder warrant that was issued for him in Virginia, though he is expected to face federal charges once the ongoing investigation into Freeland-Gaither's case is complete. 
 
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 Investigators said that they have no reason to believe Barnes knew his victim before the abduction. 
 
 The Charles City County Sheriff's Office told ABC News that a 16-year-old female was abducted off the street on Oct. 1 -- similar to what happened to Freeland-Gaither -- and was also missing for nearly two days. Captain Jason Crawley said the victim in that case also did not know Barnes. 
 
 "He's a thug and this is what he does apparently," Ramsey told reporters. "People like this, there's nothing that makes sense." 
 
 In the surveillance video released Monday, Freeland-Gaither can be seen fighting to get away from her attacker during Sunday's abduction. 
 
 Freeland-Gaither was pulled down the street in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia toward the man’s car, which police believed to be a 2000 or 2002 gray Ford Taurus. At one point, she even fell to the ground to try and get away before she was pushed into the car. 
 
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 Friends and family of Philadelphia abduction victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither are escorted by police into Howard County General Hospital to meet Freeland-Gaither Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 in Columbia, Md.... (Associated Press) 
 
 This photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Delvin Barnes, 37. Barnes was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in reference to the abduction of Carlesha Freeland Gaither. (AP Photo/Philadelphia... (Associated Press) 
 
 Dereck Alston, second from left, grandfather of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, smiles while participating in a news conference, in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Investigators... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police officials surround Keisha Gaither, second from right, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, following a news conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Investigators... (Associated Press) 
 
 Family members surround Keisha Gaither, second from left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, as they celebrate following a news conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Friends and family of Philadelphia abduction victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither are escorted by police into Howard County General Hospital to meet Freeland-Gaither Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 in Columbia, Md.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Capt. Jayson Crawley, of the Charles City County Sheriff's Office, speaks during a news conference in the county courthouse in Charles City, Va., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Crawley is the lead investigator... (Associated Press) 
 
 ATF Special agent Timothy Jones speaks during a news conference about the arrest of the kidnapper of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither at the parking lot of the Jessup shopping center, in Jessup, Md., on Wednesday,... (Associated Press) 
 
 This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. A bank card belonging to Freeland-Gaither, a woman abducted Sunday night from a Philadelphia street,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, second from left, is escorted from Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md. early Thursday morning, Nov. 6, 2014, by Philadelphia Detectives James Sloan, left, and John... (Associated Press) 
 
 It was just the latest arrest made possible by the surveillance technology that is seemingly everywhere nowadays. And it involved not just GPS but surveillance video, traffic-camera imagery and a left-behind cellphone. 
 
 Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was resting at her mother's home in Philadelphia after a three-day ordeal that ended in Jessup, Maryland, on Wednesday when federal agents surrounded the car and seized her alleged kidnapper. 
 
 Delvin Barnes, 37, was jailed on unrelated charges he abducted and attempted to kill a 16-year-old Virginia girl. 
 
 "My understanding is, even after she was in the car and bound, she continued to struggle with this guy," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told ABC. He added: "She's got a lot of fight in her." 
 
 Police did not disclose a motive for the kidnapping. Authorities said there was no indication the two knew each other. 
 
 Police Inspector James Kelly said Freeland-Gaither's family told police she is doing well but "needs some time and space to heal." 
 
 Her rescue came after law enforcement officials spotted the used-car dealer's name on a traffic-camera photo of Barnes' vehicle and asked the dealership to turn on the GPS, said sheriff's Capt. Jayson Crawley of Charles City County, Virginia. 
 
 "We called the dealership, and within five minutes they had the location," he said. 
 
 He said the dealership sells to customers with poor credit and routinely puts GPS devices on its cars so they can be easily located and repossessed if the owners fall behind on the payments. 
 
 GPS devices are commonly used by law enforcement authorities around the U.S. to track suspects and make arrests. But often those cases involve devices secretly planted by police. 
 
 Though aided by technology, the Philadelphia kidnapping investigation began in a decidedly old-fashioned way: with a witness who saw it happen Sunday night and immediately called police. Police quickly discovered the abduction had been caught on video. 
 
 Also, Freeland-Gaither left her cellphone behind, giving authorities a quick ID. "We believe she left it for us to find," said Detective James Sloan. 
 
 The surveillance video showed Freeland-Gaither being grabbed by a man and pulled toward a car as she struggled to get away in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood. 
 
 In the days afterward, police and federal authorities released a stream of images from surveillance cameras of a man using Freeland-Gaither's ATM card and walking through a gas station minimart in Maryland. 
 
 Barnes served eight years in prison for a 2005 assault on his estranged wife and her family in Philadelphia. Barnes beat and choked her, punched her mother in the face and hit her father in the head with a glass bowl, court records show. 
 
 He is also charged with abducting a teenage girl in Richmond, Virginia, last month. The girl told police she was hit in the head with a shovel, put in the trunk of a car and taken to Barnes' home. 
 
 Barnes then doused her with gasoline, asked her how she wanted to die and began digging a hole, according to Crawley. She managed to escape. 
 
 On Thursday, a Maryland judge ordered Barnes sent to Virginia following a hearing in which he answered yes-and-no questions and did not have an attorney with him. 
 
 No immediate charges were filed in the Philadelphia case. 
 
 Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents found his vehicle, its rear window kicked out, on a road in Jessup, with Barnes and Freeland-Gaither inside. A witness to her abduction had said the young woman kicked out some of the car's windows before it sped off. 
 
 After her rescue, she was taken to a hospital but was soon reunited with her family. 
 
 "She was very upset. She was crying. She just was asking for me, to tell me she loved me, she missed me, to come get her," said her mother, Keisha Gaither. 
 
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 O'Dell contributed from Charles City, Virginia. Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak, Natalie Pompilio and Ron Todt in Philadelphia and Kasey Jones and Juliet Linderman in Baltimore contributed to this story.
– The lead detective in the kidnapping of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither in Philadelphia credits two people for last night's rescue: the witness who called police and the 22-year-old victim herself. "She's an intelligent person," Detective Jim Sloan tells the Philadelphia Inquirer. Sloan thinks Freeland-Gaither intentionally dropped her phone during the abduction to give police a clue. He also calls the man who witnessed the attack and phoned police twice a "hero" who deserves the $47,000 reward that was being offered. (No decision on that yet.) Freeland-Gaither isn't available to confirm the detective's hunch about the phone, because she has left her home for an undisclosed location to recover in private, reports NBC Philadelphia. "My understanding is, even after she was in the car and bound, she continued to struggle with this guy," Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey tells ABC News. "She's got a lot of fight in her." The big break in the case? Police spotted the name of a used-car dealer on suspect Delvin Barnes' vehicle from a traffic camera image, reports AP. They called the dealer, and he turned on the car's GPS system—it had been installed because the dealership was leery of Barnes' lousy credit and figured it might have to repossess the car someday. Within minutes, police knew the vehicle's exact location in Maryland.