A California man abducted last month remains missing, as the FBI searches for clues and three suspects who demanded a $2 million in ransom, reports said.
Ruochen "Tony" Liao, 28, was kidnapped July 16 in a San Gabriel shopping plaza, about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, FBI officials said.
Liao, who owns a Southern California luxury car dealership, had finished an evening meeting with business associates when three men abducted him. The men reportedly pulled up in two vehicles, a Toyota minivan and a Range Rover, officials said.
This is a photograph of Tony Liao in 2017. The kidnappers contacted Liao's family in China and demanded a $2 million ransom, but did not provide instructions on how to deliver it, officials said.
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Although a motive has not been determined, the abduction followed a possible robbery or business deal gone bad, FBI officials said.
Witnesses said Liao got into a black minivan, likely a Toyota Sienna, with one of the men at around 7:30 p.m. PT, Southern California's Orange
