Deadly Demands

Single mother Lois Platt writes to Larry Hill in prison, then he escapes, shows up at her house and takes her and her children hostage.

Richard Farley is fired from ESL Incorporated for stalking coworker Laura Black, then he returns to his former workplace one afternoon armed with guns and other weapons.

As Nancy is heading to court for a divorce-related hearing, her ex-husband, Richard Shenkman, abducts her at gunpoint and forces her to drive to the home they once shared.

While robbing a bank at gunpoint, Paula Gutierrez and Chino DeJesus kill a police officer, then they storm an apartment and take a student hostage, leading to a four-hour standoff that comes to a tragic end.

College student Mehrdad Dashti opens fire in a Berkeley, Calif., bar, then holds the patrons hostage for eight hours.

Teenager Anne Sluti is abducted by 200-pound fugitive Tony Zappa at a shopping mall, causing detectives to despair until an unexpected call comes in -- from Anne.