284: Jim Lewis and Renae McDermott – Miami Abduction of Mother and Children

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Retired agents Jim Lewis and Renae McDermott review their 1999 kidnapping case where a mother and her two children were kidnapped for ransom and held for four days before they were located and rescued by the Miami Division SWAT team. In addition to the safe return of the family, the spectacular work of the investigative team and detectives from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, with assistance from FBI polygraphers, SWAT, surveillance, ERT, technically agents and phone tracking, resulted in life sentences for three defendants and lengthy multiple-year sentences for two others. Jim Lewis served in the FBI for 25 years. Renae McDermott served in the FBI for 32 years, 27 as a special agent.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 284 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.5	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:19.3	my books my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:23.9	Today we get to speak to retired agents Jim Lewis and Renee McDermott, who review their
0:31.1	1999 Miami abduction case where a mother and her two children were kidnapped for ransom
0:38.3	and held for four days before Jim and Renee located them and they were rescued by the Miami
0:44.5	Division SWAT team.
0:46.6	In addition to the safe return of the family, the spectacular work of the investigative team
0:52.4	and detectives from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department with assistance from FBI
0:58.2	polygrapers SWAT, surveillance, ERT and technically trained agents and phone tracking resulted
1:06.8	in life sentences for three defendants and two others who received lengthy multiple-year
1:14.1	sentences.
1:15.4	This case has been featured in readers' digest, court TV and investigative discovery.
1:21.7	Jim Lewis served in the FBI for 25 years.
1:25.5	During his career, he was assigned to the Miami Division, primarily working violent crimes
1:31.3	and crimes against children matters.
1:33.6	He was awarded the Federal Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in the state of Florida
1:39.0	for developing and implementing the FBI's first internet safety program for children.
1:45.0	Jim was the recipient of the 2008 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Award
1:51.6	for his work dismantling a child exploitation network and the subsequent rescue of 12 children.
1:59.4	He also received the United States Attorney General Missing Children Award for his investigation
2:05.6	of a multi-state child exploitation ring.
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