Before July 25
Day 1 - Monday, July 25
Day 2 - Tuesday, July 26
Day 3 - Wednesday, July 27
Day 4 - Thursday, July 28
Day 5 - Friday, July 29
Day 6 - Saturday, July 30

 Day 7 - Sunday, July 31
Day 8 - Monday, August 1
Day 9 - Tuesday, August 2
Day 10 - Wednesday, August 3
Day 11 - Thursday, August 4


 
Day 10 - Wednesday, August 3
The kidnapper's YouTube added some new security camera footage - of Christina in the shower. That explains (in a meta sense at least) why she didn't get completely undressed in the shower. You'll also notice yet another URL to go check out: www.nicetofollowyou.com I swear at this point the FBI should be able to track down the kidnapper just from all of the domain registration payments he has had to make.

NiceToFollowYou.com redirects immediately back to Christina's twitter account. Well, that was really helpful. Glad you took the time out of your day to register that website then write it on top of the security video, Mr. Kidnapper. Fucking hell. Does any of this have a point? It does, but we'll get to that in a second. First let's rejoice in everyone's outrage over "Oh noes! Christina had video taken of her in the shower while she was fully clothed!"

Zach Miller
Awww yeah! That's what I'm talking about.

Dave Hartnett
Oh yea lets see some more!

Sara Jeffers
OMG!!! What is this?!?!?

Kirk Francis
Hang in there baby we are going to get this taken down.

Christina: You wanna watch? Watch this!
I can't even being to express my thoughts on just how absolutely dumb that move was by Christina. Sure, if she's very, very lucky and the security cameras are on that same power supply, he won't be able to see her. But considering that he has shown that he can control the power to the room, there's a decent chance that the cameras are wired up to that power source. But no, she goes and destroys the power that is keeping her laptop charged so she can talk to the outside world. And how funny would it have been if the router had been using that power and she ended up completely severing her link to everyone? She would have been much better served if she had just smashed the cameras to bits instead of the power supply. Sad she didn't get electrocuted for her stupidity.
Honey just hang on!!!
August 3 at 11:15am
Be strong baby please, I can't lose you
August 3 at 11:15am

Now that Christina has updated on her incredibly long battery life (how does Toshiba do it?!) we can take the time and go back to what the shower video was trying to tell us (in a completely roundabout way because that's the way these types of criminals do things).

Apparently, instead of just going to nicetofollowyou.com and seeing Christina's Twitter page, we were supposed to to go to http://yourfriendsaremyfriends.com/shower and view the source code there.

the modern world haS ripped us apart. tecHnology has tricked us. thE human condition cannot be rendered in zeros and ones. it has made us think that each oF us cAn stand alone. It has made us beLievE that what kept us alive for millennia is no longer neeDed. iT has sHattered families, brokEn communities, made friends LittlE more than ShadowS. it has made us think that each Of us are kings and queeNs, masters of our own Tiny worlds – wHen in fact wE are locKEd in our tinY castles, more exposed to the perIlS of Existence than we have ever been. we have forgotten what we need Most. that only together are we strong. that sharing emPowers us. thAT to Help another is to help ourselves. i will show the world the error of its waYs. CApture NaTure's essence, its MasteRy oveR life and realitY, I will show them the truth. the lessoN will be hard. They will fear me, lOath me. they will call me Insane. but they will learn. Truth is the way. PS: JmxrPlyxttrYhgpqsFkpcrp Ulbjivqs Ona SHE FAILED THE LESSON THE KEY IS EMPATHY CAN'T MRRY INTO IT FairWeatherFailedFriend Flickred Out

So two little puzzles here to solve. The first is taking all of the capital letters out of the manifesto: SHE FAILED THE LESSON THE KEY IS EMPATHY CAN'T M[a]RRY INTO IT. That sounds more like it's talking about Jennifer than about Christina. Maybe the kidnapper is pissed off at Christina because she is such good friends with Jennifer rather than her/him. By the way - don't you just love the fact that there is yet another typo in a puzzle solve? When this is over, I think I'm going to send the kidnapper a dictionary. Or a list of decent beta testers.

The PS is a Vigenère with the keyword of EMPATHY which points us to another Flickr account: FairWeatherFailedFriend. This time there are 187 images to download and put together. I suppose it could be worse. The numbers just be random so that you couldn't use them as a guide to put the image together. The finished product is a rather disturbing picture of Jennifer and Jake on their wedding day with the words "The Failed Smile Only For Herself / Give Nothing, Get Nothing". At the bottom of the picture, there is a long faint string of letters: /wvctucyhhjeblrrnywyvzukpwxemktzwfcgpaakgvelcolz. This is another Vigenère using the keyword of TheFailedSmileOnlyForHerselfGiveNothingGetNothing which gives you: /doyouunderstandanythingyetthelessonisnearlyover. You would think that it would be a directory on YourFriendsAreMyFriends.com but you would be wrong. Nope, you have to go over to http://332811.com/doyouunderstandanythingyetthelessonisnearlyover where you are presented with a picture of hell.

Holy. Fucking. Shit. Could a smaller font have been used to create that image? Obviously in order to decode whatever messages are in there we need to transcribe it - and the font size does not make that easy. It's like whatever genius came up with this puzzle thought "Okay, I have a 37x37 grid image filled with basically random letters. How can I possibly make this any more annoying to solve? I know! Tiny ass fonts!" I swear if I ever meet this puzzle designer I will beat them with a dead ferret. 

d5r3rvhjkfd677dsfcxsswfhkioplmhtfdd4t
4mDefSfCxB2ndsx3W3fgAqdlopngfce496bnm
hxf2tyg6yScZ4ghjloescvbnpg3sa2dfgnmxA
usXwAcccvfrtygD3cvsdgthyuaqxxzbd21cjk
psdwfqE4dfmS32fdsDDfserxfgfsaa2arsfbn
y2cvzscvbssaqwvnyuQ1dfcvaxq1fgbnkyucc
pzxsdc1aswevfzawtuopbnmkjuiolkliklpds
laswerStcadfgbesfdgtdhdjdeddgdhk7jfhj
ysdewdffzdfgsvjrgjghdaqwenbdrtgvdswaf
adjklopWdfsdfg5gSCE4fgytdhgbghjkfsesv
gdfgDbds2dtdfgetuirezccdsgtyu5dewqfre
zdsfrtdawdvi5rtfAfevde2dFdewftyopngss
sxcvbvcvbnnmfWsfgjkioprtytytredvghjkl
iWefgbfshevmlsqsaervVvrv34gdebhjkides
dxcvdploncsgjufrtyhgfbjiQbhrdjklpofdz
tcvbgfredsS3vdscvbnhgderfvbgdewd3nju7
mcvfxrtyuiopl2cvvdeTcxdergtrftgtrfgfg
cdfgQfvghnf3fgtghuvbgtrfderthjiopljug
cxswertyuiopljhZdex9ffghdewertqrtpumf
zcvbgtre4tgedsfghbvisdrtpoikljPg25hfd
z3dfghjkitcxsvtvgtrwfcfrtg4ghujkilopl
uxcd3fghtreoiklpuyth1ocdrtgfdeswyhuml
kwedfgt6derfbyedryuipxixswewsxcxszswr
jdfrtgyMBs4cgrcg45rvhfdueopiklu7ikljh
r4tbnmkjui6yhgtyedtgdwQcurtyuhgeWfd4g
td4rf5gghtyertedrgtyhyut6qfghrgtDrfff
mfretyipvcedxhAdf3fgrfghScc4567gtyuim
jxzswafLsdfgXd4rfghytrghsqnjhujkynbss
kqcgte8descfgtyhSfgkunmkiopbunmjwyjkl
vxcdeklogcctyqpolqsxcvgrtjiswmhyuiols
kcd3vrpoihnjkrfdetyujnfswhklorz4tyuim
hcdewszaqyhnmJvfr5plm9iuedsbnrdntyuop
k2weyhnjurfghmbefgqpiWjkiopngdruUopqd
fdfxswertfbyuiopbghtqtghuiopgrwqcfhui
mfrtyuipDert5yuiophdezaaqwdfcvbgrdSy6
llpe3ewrtyuioplkitrefeferferftgwsed1r
eltxbhlrgbclxnhdn1sjyfvktea41llvharfp
So that's the block of text as near as I can figure it. I'm sure there are a few typos here and there but such is life. So how to decode it? Well, if you look back at the image of Jennifer and Jake, you'll notice some arrows that make up a triangle. Those arrows give you the directions on what letters to take from the block.

The first string to look at is dmfwfs1tzftifsfcvuxifoiuuqcjumznUfS1p which is the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right. This is a ROT-25 that decodes to clever 1s yes here but when http:bit.ly/mTeR1o The bit.ly links takes you to a Google map of Union Station in Los Angeles. I guess that is where Christina is beind held.

The next string is the last line reading right to left: pfrahvll14aetkvfyjs1ndhnxlcbgrlhbxtle. Using UNIONSTATION as the Vigenère keyword you get nothing but garbage. That's because you need to lead off that leading 'p' (I guess because it was a part of the other string?) So with the new string of frahvll14aetkvfyjs1ndhnxlcbgrlhbxtle using UNIONSTATION as a keyword you get lest its 1 4 all will be 1 alone doomed to fall

The final string is first column, bottom to top (but leaving off the first letter again). lmfkhkvkjmtrjkuzzccmtdiszgaylpypuh4. This ends up being a keyed Vigenère that requires you to go check the source code of http://yourfriendsaremyfriends.com to get a clue to it.

children still need help... passkey: the childhood keepsake that was always her escape

The childhood keepsake is the music box, at least according to her father. This ends up being the Alphabet key (not the passphrase or passkey as they call it). To get the passphrase/keyword, you need to go back through all the writings by the kidnapper until you come up with the phrase precious christina and then you can finally decode the string to you fed the hungry angel now u watch like b4.

So now it's time to go off to YouTube and search for youfedthehungryangel and you get a video of Christina telling us the reason why she has been kidnapped (at least according to the kidnapper).

I don't understand what this guy wants but I do know that I'm here because of all of you.
I don't understand what this guy wants but I do know that I'm here because of all of you.
I don't understand what this guy wants but I do know that I'm here because of all of you.
I'm here because of all of you.
I'm here because of all of you.
I'm here because of all of you.

So thank you. Goodnight.
All of this takes a few hours to solve (mostly because of having to type out that annoying block of text and the stupid keyed Vigenère. The final bit of the solution is down the page a little ways to fit in with the timeline of these updates better.
Plug in or find another power source. Your battery power is low (7%). If you don't plug in your computer soon, it will hibernate automatically.

Hi Mom. Can you remember the last time that you hugged me and I really let you? I must have been little, I think. We took that trip. Just the two of us. It was always just the two of us. We took that trip up north and I really didn't want to go. But we went. Up to Birch Bay. Watched all the leaves change. And, you took photographs and I did my little water colors. Before everything started to speed up and I didn't have time to call you back. I wish I could hug you and tell you "Thank you" for doing so good. For being brave and always reminding me that it's what's inside that matters. If I had a chance for us to be together...together...

To my dad: I wish we could've gotten to know each other better. I would've liked to spend more time with you.

To Kirk: Where to start? I'm sorry that we fought so much the last couple of months. It all feels really pointless now, because... because it is. You were right. We had it good. No... we have it good. I never told you this, but the very first time that I ever saw you, on campus, I knew.

To my friends - Jen, Emma, Lisa: I wasn't there enough. And when I was there, I wasn't really there. I think when we got out of school, everything went so fast. We were like rushing everywhere, weren't we? Like if we rushed hard enough now, we would have time for all the other stuff later. But I know now it doesn't work that way. And I love you guys. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

And to all my new friends, including Lucca: It feels like you know everything about me. I wish I had time to get to know all of you better. Thank you for listening.

All right, my battery's almost dead. Okay. I'm not going to say goodbye. Until we meet again.

All right. Everything's gotta end sometime, right?

h1ghway_man
@ChristinaP887 I will find this person. I watch you everyday online to make sure you're okay. The greatest pleasure of my life was and

h1ghway_man
@ChristinaP887 always has been you. Because no matter what you might think, I never stopped thinking about you.

Wow! That pill worked amazingly fast! It was almost like she chewed it up, snorted it, and shot it directly into her veins at the same time! I bet the kidnapper could totally market that pill to the CIA for working that quickly.
Hi Mom. Can you remember the last time that you hugged me and I really let you? I was still little I think. We took that roadtrip. Just the two of us. Well, it was always just the two of us. We took that trip and I really didn't want to go. But we went. Up to Birch Bay to see all the leaves change. And, you took photographs and I did my little water colors. Before everything started to speed up. Then I got too busy to call you back. Or maybe I... was never too busy. I just... didn't as much. I wish I could hug you and tell you "Thank you" for doing so good. For being brave and always reminding me it's what's inside that matters. You're so strong. I don't know if I could've ever been that strong. If I had a chance for us to be together again...together...

To my dad: I wish we could've gotten to know each other better. I would've liked to spend more time with you. But I ended up okay. And I think you might be proud of who I turned into.

To Kirk: Where to start? I'm sorry that we fought so much over the last couple of months. It all feels really pointless now, because... because it is. You were right. We had it good. No we... we have it good. I never told you this, but the first time that I ever saw you, on campus, I knew. You're the man I want to be with for the rest of my life. And I love you.

To my friends - Emma, Lisa, Jen: I wasn't there enough. And when I was there, I wasn't really there. When we got out of school. Everything started going so fast. We were like rushing everywhere, weren't we? Like if we rushed hard enough now, we would have time for the other stuff later. But I know now it doesn't work that way. And I love you guys. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

And to all my new friends, including Lucca: It feels like you know everything about me. I wish I had time to get to know all of you better. Thank you for caring. Thank you for listening.

Battery's almost dead. Okay. I'm not going to say goodbye. Until we meet again.

Don't you apologize to me. Don't you dare apologize to me. Don't give up. You know who has courage in this family? You have courage in this family. And you just have to keep it up, alright? Look how strong you've been already. I just want you to keep it up, okay honey? Okay.
I've waited so long to hear you say those words. Cause I knew I felt it. I knew I did. I miss you. I can't wait to have you back. You are coming back. Because I can't live without you, Chris. You're my girl. You're always going to be my girl. You're stuck with me. I'm sorry cause I ain't leaving you.
Hey, it's me. I just got your last message and what is going on? You're saying goodbye to everybody, you're telling me how you could have been a better friend. You are a great friend. We're best friends. Christina, what is going on? I'm going to hear from you again, right? Because I need to know that you're going to be okay, because I just need to know. So just tell me that, okay? Leave me another message and let me know that you're fine.
So the final bit of work we needed to do on the kidnapper's puzzle is email youfedthehungryangel@yahoo.com. No idea why it switched to yahoo.com instead of gmail.com other than someone thought it would be fun to change things midstream. Could be part of the reason why it took until after 7pm to get this bit. 
From: youfedthehungryangel@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 7:01 PM
Subject: Yahoo! Auto Response

Suffering so you could learn
She's shown you the last little piece of the puzzle 
Now pierce the darkness and let dawn finally shine
Through enigmas arcane and lessons wise
yourfriendsaremyfriends.com/118233619_34322_080411_0815
So it's off to yourfriendsaremyfriends.com/118233619_34322_080411_0815 where we are presented with an input box. You have to input 619 into the box to get the final video to play. I guess we're really lucky then that Christina got so upset that she ripped the shower pipe out of the wall, breaking off the tiles in the exact spot where the numbers were written. If she had happened to show restraint there, we may never have found her.
Childish things to new understanding. You have found your place in the world. You have shown that the when and the where are less important than the who. That one withers alone but together we grow and become more than we were. That shame is meaningless among those who care and freedom and happiness are the of fruits of community. The game is nearly done.
The video has a whole bunch of images pointing to where Christina is going to be. Someone on Facebook slowed the video down so that it's easier to see all the images that are flashed up.

-118.233.619 [The longitude coordinates. Even though you don't write longitude with two different decimals points. And while -118.233619 is more precise than -118.233, the latter is perfectly fine to point you to a location such as Union Station.]

34 degrees 3 hours 22 minutes [The latitude coordinates. Except that you would express it as Degrees, Minutes, Seconds - not Degrees, Hours, Minutes. Taking it as 34 degrees, 3 minutes, 22 seconds (or 34.056111 in decimal degrees), it lines up with the latitude for Union Station.]

Southwest Chief [From the postcard found in Albuquerque. It tells us we should be looking for the Southwest Chief train line that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles]

8:15 AM Arrive Los Angeles, CA [Time of arrival of the Southwest Chief.]

08.04.11 [Date on ketchup bottle.]

Go then
At the appointed time
Leave screens and walls behind
Reveal what last secrets
You may find...

So it's off to Union Station (34.056111, -118.233619) at 8:15am on Thursday, August 4, 2011 to see if Christina is on the Southwest Chief. It would be funny if he stuffed her body in a duffel bag and left it on the platform for people to find.
I'll be there!
August 3 at 8:42pm
WHAT??!! Tomorrow? Southwest Chief - 8:15am, got it
August 3 at 8:15pm
And what is with all the ovary talk? Ewww
August 4 at 12:44am
 
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