Feds 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.
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Woman 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.
Read moreLawyer for Man Accused of Kidnapping UK Model Says Case a ‘Sham’
A lawyer representing a suspect accused of kidnapping a British model says the entire case may have been fabricated as a publicity stunt.
Read moreWoman Arrested in 3-State ‘Virtual Kidnapping’ Scheme
A federal grand jury charged a Houston woman with 10 felony counts over a 2015 virtual kidnapping scam in three states.
Read moreThird Circuit Upholds Rabbis’ Convictions in Divorce-Kidnap Case
Religious liberty did not grant three rabbis leeway to abduct Jewish husbands to force divorces from their wives, the Third Circuit ruled, upholding their kidnapping convictions.
Read moreDefamation Case Against Vallejo Cops Headed to Trial
A federal judge Wednesday denied the City of Vallejo’s attempt to halt a defamation lawsuit stemming from its handling of a peculiar 2015 kidnapping case that garnered national attention.
Read moreImmunity Defense in Belarusian Abduction Case Restored
Though it refused to disturb monetary sanctions against a Belarusian oil company accused of helping kidnap two U.S. citizens, the Second Circuit found it unjustified Thursday to strike the company’s foreign sovereign immunity.
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Dad Blames Lufthansa After Ex Swept Kids Abroad
Demanding punitive damages from Lufthansa German Airlines, a Pennsylvania man says it has been two years since he last saw the children his ex-wife spirited off to Austria.
Read more10th Circuit OKs 70-Day Sentence for Kidnapping
In a 2-1 ruling, a 10th Circuit Court panel affirmed a sentence of 70 days in prison and five years supervised release for a man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and drove her across state lines to try to persuade her to marry him.
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Minnesota Judge Blocks Release of Abduction Case File
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CN) – The criminal investigation file relating to the 1989 abduction of Minnesota boy Jacob Wetterling will
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