Vallejo Kidnapping For Ransom Baffles Missing Woman’s Son

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) – The son of a Northern California woman still missing after the arrests of four people suspected of kidnapping her said Tuesday he is baffled why anyone would abduct his financially struggling mother for ransom.
John Babb said his mother, 57-year-old Elvira Babb, was bankrupt and neither he nor anyone in their family has the $60,000 that was demanded.
“It just doesn’t make sense,” the son said at a news conference in Vallejo. “I can’t fat