WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The mother of Victoria Stafford is recounting her mysterious journey in a limousine to a Toronto hotel room where a stranger offered to aid with any ransom demands.
Tara McDonald says she assumed when the limo arrived at her Woodstock, Ont., home, some 140 kilometres west of Toronto, that she would be meeting with a psychic from the Montel Williams daytime talk show.
Instead, McDonald met with someone who warned her to consider offering a ransom for her daughter's return because when they had been in a similar circumstance police advised against paying and their child was killed.
She says the person, who she did not identify, happened to have a stopover in Toronto and saw a story about Victoria's case on TV.
While McDonald acknowledged that the meeting might sound strange she says many weird things have happened since her daughter disappeared.
The girl, known as Tori to family and friends, hasn't been seen since she left her school on April 8.
