And when the ransom demand came, they might have to pay up.

If the parents got a note, or a ransom demand.

Was this going to be a ransom demand of some kind?

I do not like having to give in to ransom demands.

I was beginning to think that a ransom demand would be good news at this point.

Had there been a ransom demand or a phone call that we didn't know about?

We've tried very hard to keep the 'pay what she's worth' ransom demand out of the media.

Ransom demands, security officials say, range from a few hundred to half a million dollars.

"I called him to ask if he could loan us the other half of the ransom demand."

The ransom demand was reduced on Tuesday to $8 million.

We need to be back here before the next ransom demand."

If he had been kidnapped, there would be a ransom demand.

They are to make and receive a huge ransom demand, which would keep the money safe from his wife.

They'll claim they're leaving them there in case a ransom demand is eventually made.

Ed and I saw the ransom demand just as we were leaving to get some sleep.

To someone, their return was obviously worth paying the ransom demands.

I could see him weighing his options, a ransom demand, perhaps.

But no ransom demand came by messenger bird across the river.

His wife spent all their savings on paying ransom demands.

"They said to just go out and pay the original ransom demand wouldn't work.

She was returned promptly and there were no ransom demands.

Joaquín is sure to make a ransom demand on my company.

However, at the time of the newscast, no ransom demand had yet been received.

"We had the sense that maybe the threats could be even worse than the ransom demands of the past," he said.

A spokesman for the aid organization said it had not received any ransom demands.