Kidnapping

Middle East 11/21/21, 02:59

Family members of a well-known Afghan psychiatrist revealed on Saturday, Nov. 20, that the doctor had been kidnapped and killed in Northern Afghanistan despite a hefty ransom being paid to secure his release.According to The Associated Press, Mohamed Nader Alemi was kidnapped two months ago near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. ...

Central America 10/18/21, 15:51

A Haitian criminal gang suspected of kidnapping 16 American missionaries and 1 Canadian allegedly did the same to many more earlier in the year. Authorities confirmed seven women, six men and five children are the latest Mawozo 400 abductees so far in 2021. They were abducted after visiting an orphanage they ...

U.S. 05/21/21, 03:46

A Florida elementary school student successfully used a crime-fighting technique she learned from television to stop being abducted in real life. Alyssa Bonal helped law enforcement authorities track down and detain a suspected kidnapper by smearing some blue slime onto her alleged attacker. The 11-year-old came up with the idea after playing ...

U.S. 05/18/21, 18:04

On Monday, May 17, authorities announced that a teen suspect had been apprehended for reportedly entering into a Dallas home and kidnapping a sleeping 4-year-old boy, who was later discovered dead on the street in the middle of the 7500 block of Saddleridge Drive before 7 a.m. Saturday.  Cash Gernon, the ...

U.S. 10/09/20, 01:56

A Democrat, who federal law enforcement agents protected from abduction, decided to thank the president by calling him a racist. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently stopped six individuals from kidnapping Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. However, instead of expressing gratitude, the governor declared the Oval Office considers white people superior ...

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 said that she suddenly began feeling numbness, drowsiness and was ...

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 had been issued for them, according to TMZ. A woman told ...

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 said that she wanted to get away from her family. Around ...

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 Nicole Poche-Lawton, 22, dumped the woman off a highway near ...

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 on Friday, Nov. 8, and fled the state. The last known ...

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 media. On Thursday,  Nov. 7, in Jackson's Virden Addition neighborhood, ...

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 faces a charge of kidnapping in the first-degree. Auburn police announced ...

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 recovered the little girl's body in a dumpster, not far ...

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 southwest Houston. Authorities said Urbina-Centeno told the child’s mother, “I’m going ...

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 from a mobile home park near Loop 1604 near Shaenfield ...

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 Williams had dated the child's mother and that he took ...

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 647-FPB, WDRB reported. Thirty-seven-year-old Terry Whitehouse, who was released from the ...

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, who works as a contractor, was enticed into going to ...

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 Michael Mendez, 27, according to Arcadia detectives. The suspect grabbed the ...

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 girl if she wanted a ride home from school. Another ...