 A gang of kidnappers preys on middle-class families. Based in Reno, they identify men who have won money gambling, then kidnap their children. Junior, one of the kidnappers, convinces his brother Casey to spare the life of one kidnap victim. Casey reluctantly does so but tells the boy other members of his family will die if they alert authorities. The FBI receives an anonymous phone call after the boy is returned but the boy s father refuses to cooperate. After Erskine and Rhodes start work on the case, another man s son is kidnapped after the man has won $7,500 playing roulette in Reno. This time, the kidnap victim is a diabetic -- who will soon die if he can t get insulin shots.