Kidnapping

Washington 02/15/20, 10:05

A woman in Spanaway, Washington, allegedly posed as a newborn photographer along with her 16-year-old daughter and drugged a mother in an attempt to steal her infant, police said. Authorities began investigating after a woman called 911 on Feb. 5, and ...

U.S. 02/13/20, 07:53

Two Ohio State football players, Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint, have been charged with rape and kidnapping, stemming from an alleged incident last week. Senior cornerback Riep and senior safety Wint were booked into jail on Wednesday, Feb. 12, after warrants ...

U.S. 12/19/19, 14:12

Police say the 16-year-old girl who was apparently kidnapped right in front of her mother staged the whole thing. The kidnapping in the Bronx was staged by Karol Sanchez, who allegedly confessed to it after being reunited with her family Tuesday. The teen ...

U.S. 11/09/19, 00:25

A suburban Las Vegas woman dragged to California by father-and-daughter kidnappers was found cold but alive after a harrowing, weeklong kidnapping where she was raped, robbed and left for dead in the desert, authorities said. Stanley Alfred Lawton, 54, and Shaniya ...

U.S. 11/08/19, 20:53

Authorities are looking for four kidnapped children out of Louisiana. The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office said Joshua Abelseth and Jennifer Abelseth, who lost custody of their children through a court order, took the children from their grandparents’ home in Washington Parish ...

U.S. 11/08/19, 15:17

In a Facebook post that has since been taken down, the Hinds County Sheriff's office warned people on the lookout for three men in a black van with tinted windows. Sheriff Victor Mason posted a message at 10:30 p.m. on social ...

U.S. 11/07/19, 20:40

Auburn police have identified a suspect in the case of missing 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard, who was last seen Oct. 23. An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday, Nov. 7, for Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, from Montgomery, Alabama, according to ABC 33/40. He ...

U.S. 10/23/19, 04:29

Police said on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, that the remains of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney who had been missing for 10 days were found inside of a dumpster at a landfill in Birmingham, Alabama. According to the Birmingham Police Department, police ...

U.S. 10/22/19, 17:57

An Amber Alert that was issued Monday for 3-year-old boy kidnapped by the ex-girlfriend of the child’s mother was canceled after the child was found safe. Police said 3-year-old Clayber Laros-Reyes was taken by 26-year-old Ingrid Urbina-Centeno about 12:15 p.m. in ...

U.S. 10/21/19, 18:36

A man and a woman who allegedly attempted to kidnap a 3-year-old child in a neighborhood were arrested Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said. Christopher Schapira, 47, and Patricia Benitez, 58, tried to take a 3-year-old girl ...

U.S. 10/15/19, 16:27

Police in central California said the 4-month-old baby who was allegedly kidnapped by a homeless man was found safe. According to officers, the child was located in Lemoore and the suspect, 42-year-old Westley Williams, was taken into custody for questioning. Investigators said ...

U.S. 10/10/19, 17:23

Eminence Police in Henry County, Kentucky, are looking for a man they believe is "armed and dangerous" after a suspected murder and kidnapping. He is driving a white 2001 Chrysler Town and Country van with a Kentucky license plate of ...

U.S. 10/02/19, 19:31

A Texas man who was ambushed and thrown into the trunk of a car trunk managed to escape almost certain death. Police said had he not gotten away, they probably would have been dealing with a homicide. On Saturday, the victim, ...

U.S. 10/01/19, 06:20

A video captured by a doorbell camera in Arcadia, on Sunday night, Sept. 29, shows a woman trying to get help at someone's front door as a man is chasing her. The woman was trying to escape her estranged boyfriend, Robert ...

U.S. 09/07/19, 15:23

West Covina, California, police said the three reports of attempted kidnappings near several schools between Sept. 5 did not happen. On Wednesday, officers responded to a report at 1:20 p.m. near Workman and Ellen avenues of a man asking a 10-year-old ...

U.S. 09/05/19, 18:37

Southern California man jailed on suspicion of battering his girlfriend has been charged with killing the woman, who had been missing since July, prosecutors said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Sept. 4, that Robert Anthony Camou, 27, ...

U.S. 09/02/19, 15:34

A 15-year-old girl was found safe on Monday Sept. 2, after an Amber Alert from Pearland was issued. Irene Alejandra Nunez was thought to be missing on Sunday but was located in Beaumont. Kevin Mauricio Caceres, whom police said was last seen ...

U.S. 09/02/19, 12:23

A woman brought in for questioning in connection with a Penn Hills toddler who disappeared over the weekend has been charged, but police are still searching for the missing toddler. Two-year-old Nalani Johnson was reported missing just after 5 p.m. Saturday, ...

U.S. 08/22/19, 14:58

A 12-year-old Florida boy jumped out of his kidnapper’s moving vehicle after being lured into the man’s truck walking home from a school bus stop. The Boynton Beach Police Department in Florida responded to 500 W. Gateway Blvd. Wednesday afternoon, Aug. ...

U.S. 08/22/19, 14:53

A 16-year-old Conner High School student is being hailed a hero after he stopped what the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said was an attempted kidnapping Monday, Aug. 19. Cody Hardin stopped Benjamin Margitza, 18, from potentially kidnapping a classmate in the ...