02:07 PM PDT on Thursday, October 13, 2005

KING Staff

LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash. – Police on Thursday located a Lake Forest Park man and several suspects after an overnight search for the man and three people suspected of kidnapping him from his home.

All four were being questioned at the Lake Forest Park police station.

A BOLO - or "be on the lookout" – had gone out on for the apparent victim on Wednesday night. Police said at about 7 p.m., three suspects stormed into Zeljko Misic's home, implying they had a weapon and forced the 30-year old into a car and took off.

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Bonita Money, left, and Zeljko Misic

Misic's family said the man knew the suspects - two men and one woman.

Authorities say the female suspect, identified as Bonita Money, is the victim's estranged wife. One of the other suspects is Money's brother.

On Thursday, Misic's family was adamant that it was indeed a kidnapping, but Misic himself said he wasn't necessarily kidnapped.

He and the three suspects actually spent Wednesday night at a hotel south of Seattle and Misic, along with his wife, spoke with police Thursday morning when they were having breakfast.

Police talked Misic and the others into going to the Lake Forest Park police station.

"We expressed concern for the victim, the alleged victim, and we explained to them that there was a BOLO, an attempt to locate, out for the vehicle and each of those subjects and it was much better for them to drive directly here and be secure at our police department than it was to be contacted by another police department out in the field somewhere," said Det. Tony Matthews of the Lake Forest Park Police.

The investigation continues.