It may happen when you are least able to prevent it – when your executive or his family are alone and most vulnerable. Learning what to expect in the hours and days after an abduction will help you avoid becoming a bystander at a time when your leadership is most needed. The first article of this series focused on the early hours, activating your plan, confirming a kidnapping, engaging an expert consultant, establishing a negotiation operations center and selecting a communicator to receive ransom calls. The second article dove deeper into negotiation techniques and financial criteria. In this last article of the series we address engagement with law enforcement, victim families and the media.