Japan Journalist Freed From Syrian Captivity Says He’s Safe
A Japanese freelance journalist who was freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighboring Turkey.
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Court: Doctor in Spain Abducted Newborn 49 Years Ago
By ARITZ PARRA MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court ruled Monday that a doctor stole a newborn child nearly five
Read moreFigures in Patty Hearst Case Relive the Past in Panel Discussion
The high-profile trial of Patricia Hearst, the California publishing heiress kidnapped by a leftist military group she later joined for string of armed robberies and car bombings across California, “might have very well” killed its presiding judge, his former law clerk said Wednesday.
Read moreTexas Woman Gets 7 Years for ‘Virtual Kidnapping’
A federal judge sentenced a Texas woman to 88 months in prison Thursday for her role in a scheme to extort money from dozens of people in three states by falsely representing via prepaid phones that their children had been kidnapped.
Read moreWoman Who Helped Kidnap Elizabeth Smart Released From Prison
A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart and stood by as the Utah girl was sexually assaulted was released from prison Wednesday amid concerns that she remains a threat 15 years after the chilling crime.
Read morePreacher in ‘Basement of Horrors’ Case Gets 27 Years
A self-proclaimed Texas street preacher was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Thursday after helping a woman kidnap, torture and enslave mentally disabled adults, all while stealing more than $200,000 of the captives’ government benefits.
Read moreElizabeth Smart Kidnapper Set for Release
The woman who kidnapped Utah teen Elizabeth Smart 16 years ago in a bizarre plot to procure a child bride for her husband will be released from prison Sept. 19, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced Monday.
Read moreSuspected Golden State Killer Slapped With New Charges
District attorneys from six counties around California said Tuesday they will jointly prosecute the accused Golden State Killer on 13 counts of murder in Sacramento County, one count for each of the murders he’s suspected of committing during a statewide spree decades ago.
Read moreFeds Reopen Case That Sparked Civil Rights Push
The U.S. Department of Justice has reopened the 63-year-old case of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 helped trigger the civil rights movement.
Read moreWoman Sentenced to 18 Years for Kidnapping Infant in 1998
A woman who kidnapped a newborn from a Florida hospital two decades ago and raised the child as her own was sentenced Friday to 18 years for kidnapping. She will also serve five years concurrently on a charge of custody interference.
Read moreCourtney Love Sued for Allegedly Ordering Murder of Son-in-Law
After 24 years since Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide, his wife Courtney Love has been accused of ordering the kidnapping and attempted murder of her former son-in-law in an effort to reclaim Cobain’s most famous guitar, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Read moreUK Apologizes ‘Unreservedly’ for Role in Libyans’ Kidnapping
Britain acknowledged Thursday that its intelligence agents played a role in the kidnapping and torture of an opponent of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi — a rare admission of wrongdoing by British spies.
Read moreSuspect in Vietnamese Kidnapping Goes on Trial in Berlin
A Vietnamese man charged with involvement in the kidnapping of a former Vietnamese oil executive in Berlin has gone on trial in the German capital.
Read moreEcuador’s President Confirms Journalists Killed Along Border
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno on Friday confirmed that three press workers kidnapped along the conflictive border with Colombia had been killed, opening the door to a military strike against their captors.
Read moreKidnapped Journalists Appeal to Ecuador’s President in Video
Journalists kidnapped a week ago along Ecuador’s increasingly conflictive border with Colombia have appeared in a video appealing to Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno.
Read moreFlorida Man Asks 11th Circuit to Vacate Sentence in Child Sex Case
A former Lake County teacher convicted of attempting to entice an 11-year-old to engage in sex and asking her father to take part in a kidnap plot, asked the 11th Circuit to vacate his 30-year sentence Thursday arguing that kidnapping is not necessarily a crime of violence.
Read moreCouple to Get $2.5M After Police Called Abduction a Hoax
A couple reached a $2.5 million settlement with a Northern California city and its police department after investigators dismissed the woman’s elaborate and bizarre kidnapping as a hoax.
Read moreImmunity Shields Israeli Officials From Thorny Custody Battle
Israeli rabbinical judges accused by a man of helping his wife abduct their child are entitled to immunity, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreEx-Postal Worker Accused of Kidnapping Could Face Death Penalty
A Houston man prosecutors say admitted to shooting the mother of two of his sons in the head and leaving her body in woods along a Louisiana interstate made his initial appearance Wednesday in a federal courtroom for a kidnapping charge that carries a possible death sentence.
Read moreFamily Blames Real Estate Firm for Kidnapping and Murder
The real estate company that employed a Little Rock realtor who was kidnapped and murdered in 2014 is to blame for not training her to handle life-threatening situations, the woman’s family claims in court.
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