Why now? Why 25 years later?

It's been 25 long years, and the T.V. show Deadline approached Cynthia with the idea make an episode on their show about her missing family. Deadline was a show that revisited bizarre unsolved crimes from years past, but also was chasing after the latest drinking-and-driving celebrity, or hunting down a pop star who'd failed to buckle her toddler into a seat belt. Terry, Cynthia's husband, was not into the show very much because he felt that the show was just getting his wife's hopes up. After shooting the show, any little thing that happened to Cynthia made her think that it was related to the disappearance of her family. The brown van at the corner of their house was the same person that had kidnapped her family, and he had come back to get her husband and daughter Grace too; according to Cynthia. The show made her very paranoid, but it did seem a bit strange that after the show many clues had begun to unveil.

Tess, whom was Cynthia's mom's sister, was the one person that took custody of Cynthia and cared for her until she went off to college. After the show, Terry spoke to Tess and told her how about the brown van, and a mysterious phone call. The person that called only said a few words to Cynthia; "I forgive you." After hearing these stories from Terry, Tess told him a secret that she had kept to herself since Cynthia began college. Some anonymous person had been leaving loads of money for Tess to pay for Cynthia’s education. They would leave the money inside the car and many other places where Tess would obviously see it. This anonymous person left her around forty-two thousand dollars all together. Along with the first $500 came a typed letter that said "This is to help you with Cynthia. For her Education, for whatever else you need. There will be more, but you must follow these rules. Never tell Cynthia about this money. Never tell anyone about it. Never try to find out where it's coming from. Never." But the big question was who was the mysterious person leaving Tess money for Cynthia? Was it her missing family?