American Photographer Accuses Bank of Funding Terrorists Who Kidnapped Him
An American photojournalist kidnapped during Syria’s civil war accused an overseas bank of funding his captors in a federal lawsuit filed Monday evening.
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Reports Indicate Michigan Man May Be Baby Abducted in 1964
Recent media reports say a man living in rural Michigan may be the child of Chester and Dora Fronczak who was abducted on April 26, 1964, from a Chicago hospital.
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Habitual Residence for Babies Puts High Court at Odds
An American woman who took her newborn out of Italy at 8 weeks fought at the Supreme Court on Wednesday to upend the standards of what constitutes habitual residence in custody battles over infants.
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Family of Missing Ex-FBI Agent Testifies in Case Against Iran
The seven children and wife of the longest-held American hostage in Iran closed out a two-day hearing in D.C. federal court Thursday with agonized testimony on the nightmare they fell into back in 2007 when former FBI agent Bob Levinson disappeared.
Read moreBurkina Faso Travel Advisory
Undergoing an Islamist militant revolt since 2015, Burkina Faso is at the highest level of threat to travelers, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday in an updated travel advisory that cites terrorism, crime and kidnapping risks.
Read moreBarr Announces Plan to Address Crisis of Murdered & Missing Native Americans
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced a Department of Justice program Friday that will help investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous people in America.
Read moreAccused Somali Pirates Arraigned on Hostage-Taking
Two accused Somali pirates were arraigned in Brooklyn Wednesday on terrorism charges alleging they kidnapped and held a U.S. citizen hostage between January 2012 and September 2014.
Read moreMurdered Teen’s Family Breaks Ground on Failings of Emergency Calls
The family of a Lithuanian teen who was raped and burned alive in a car trunk cleared a hurdle Thursday in their legal battle over national services that failed to get the girl help when she made 10 emergency calls during her kidnapping.
Read moreMan Killed in India as Mob Attacks Increase
Indian police said Thursday that five people have been arrested for lynching a man after accusing him of kidnapping children, the latest in a renewed string of attacks fueled by malicious rumor-mongering.
Read moreWitnesses Recount Fearful Moments in Trader Joe’s Shooting
Customers and employees at a Los Angeles Trader Joe’s market say they were taken hostage last summer after a man led police on a high-speed pursuit right to their neighborhood market and on Wednesday several of those witnesses recounted that day in a Los Angeles courtroom.
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Remains ID’d as Those of Colorado Girl Missing 34 Years
The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing “Jingle Bells” with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of the White House, and came at a time when the faces of missing children across the nation were being placed on milk cartons.
Read moreDefense in Trial of China Scholar’s Brutal Death: He Did It
As a federal prosecutor on Wednesday shared with jurors grisly details of how authorities claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from China, then beat her to death with a baseball bat, defense attorneys intent on sparing their client a possible death penalty offered an exceptional claim: He did it.
Read moreOpenings Set at Illinois Trial in Slaying of Chinese Scholar
Opening statements are set for Wednesday in the death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois graduate student charged with kidnapping, torturing and killing a visiting Chinese scholar, a case closely watched by Chinese students across the U.S.
Read moreRemains Found in Arkansas ID’d as Missing Texas Girl
The case of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl came to a gruesome end Monday as officials said remains found near an interstate exit ramp nearly six hours from where she disappeared have been identified as hers.
Read moreUncle Charged With Murder in Disappearance of Utah Girl
DNA has provided evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Evidence also indicates the girl, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley, is hurt, authorities said, though they did not elaborate.
Read moreTexas Governor Signs Adult Alert Bill Into Law
Texas adults believed to be kidnapped or missing have not been eligible for emergency broadcasts akin to Amber Alerts, but that soon will change.
Read moreWisconsin Man Gets Life in Prison in Jayme Closs Case
A Wisconsin man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents in a case that mystified authorities for months until the girl made a daring escape from the remote cabin where she was held for 88 days.
Read moreCatnappers
Demanding $250,000 from his landlord, an Oregon man claims in court that Axford Lane LLC unlawfully entered his home and catnapped his feline, Frank, intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
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