More horrifying details have surfaced about the kidnapping of 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and the murders of her mother and brother.
A nationwide Amber Alert was sent out Aug. 4 after the California teen was kidnapped by DiMaggio, 40, a close family friend, who is also suspected of murdering the girl's mother and 8-year-old brother. DiMaggio was the best friend of Anderson's father and was like an uncle to her and her younger brother Ethan.
According to court documents released Wednesday, DiMaggio tortured Hannah's mom, Christina Anderson, and Ethan before killing them in his home. He then abducted Hannah. It was also revealed that he exchanged more than a dozen phone calls with the teenager earlier that day before the slayings, reports the HuffPo.
"DiMaggio tortured and killed his best friend's wife and ... son. DiMaggio also shot and killed the family dog," an application for a search warrant read, reports NBC News. "After the double homicide, DiMaggio set the house on fire."
"A third family member, sixteen-year-old Hannah Anderson, is also missing and believed to still be with DiMaggio. Hannah Anderson is believed to be in grave danger and being held against her will by DiMaggio."
Hannah was eventually rescued from the Idaho wilderness and DiMaggio was shot by authorities on Saturday, August 9. Two days later, on Monday night she it was reported that she went on ask.fm, a social-networking website, where she answered a number of questions about her tragic ordeal, reports CBS News.
The postings appear on the account of "Hannahbanana722" of Lakeside, the San Diego County community where she lived with her mother and brother, reports the Huffington Post. At one point during the lengthy series of posts, a questioner asked Hannah to post a photo. She complied, uploading an image showing off her wide smile.
When asked why she and her family went to visit DiMaggio at his home on the day she was kidnapped she said: "He told us he was losing his house because of money issues so we went up there one last time to support him, and to have fun riding go karts up there but he tricked us."
Anderson said DiMaggio tied up his mother and brother in his garage. Their bodies were later found after a fire destroyed the home. She said she didn't know they had died until an FBI agent told her at the hospital after she was rescued.
"I wish I could go back in time and risk my life to try and save theirs. I will never forgive myself for not trying harder to save them," she wrote.
Anderson said she "basically" stayed awake for six straight days without eating. She couldn't try to escape because DiMaggio had a gun and "threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help."
Anderson said she was too frightened to ask for help when four horseback riders encountered the pair in the remote wilderness on Wednesday.
"I had to act calm I didn't want them to get hurt. I was scared that he would kill them," she wrote.
When asked if she would have preferred DiMaggio got a lifetime prison sentence instead of being killed by FBI agents, she said, "He deserved what he got."
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