The FBI and Knox County, Tenn., authorities are seeking three suspects who kidnapped Mark Ziegler, president/CEO for the $696 million Y-12 Federal Credit Union, and his family Tuesday in a failed attempt to extort cash from the credit union's Oak Ridge branch.
According to the Knoxville FBI office, two men and a woman entered Ziegler's home in West Knoxville's Whittington Creek subdivision at about 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.
They demanded that Ziegler go to the credit union and get an undetermined amount of money to secure the release of his wife and son.
When Ziegler took longer than the trio anticipated, the kidnappers abandoned the plan, and at 9:25 a.m. released their hostages unharmed in Knoxville's Gettysvue Country Club parking lot and fled the scene without the money.
Members of the FBI, the Oak Ridge Police Department and Knox County Sheriff's Office converged on both the credit union and Ziegler's home Tuesday morning.
The credit union closed at 10 a.m. and remained closed for most of the day.
Authorities continue to investigate the case. Anyone with information about the kidnappers is being asked to contact the FBI or local authorities.
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