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Kidnapping & Abduction
Abductions, hostage situations, and AMBER Alert responses.
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Brutal Ordeal Of A Missionary Hostage
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Mississippi inmate serving life sentence dies; autopsy pending
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (99+ words) Twin States News Weldon Leagea, a 61-year-old Mississippi inmate serving a life sentence for capital murder, died on September 10 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Identified by the Mississippi Department of Corrections as MDOC No. 168971, Leagea had been incarcerated…...
Somers Man Accused Of Terrorizing Ex-Girlfriend, Monitoring Her Movements During Alleged Drug Relapse; Woman Feared He Might Kill Her; Gets Only $150 Cash Bail
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Pair accused of kidnapping minor from Spartanburg County charged with rape, accomplice to rape
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (255+ words) An Arkansas pair are incarcerated on a $1 million bond, charged with rape, accomplice to rape, stalking and accomplice to stalking. An Arkansas pair accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from the Woodruff area of Spartanburg have been charged with stalking,…...
Fall Creek crasher who fled with 14-year-old faces sexual abuse charges
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (523+ words) INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — A man suspected of fleeing from police with a 14-year-old girl inside his vehicle and crashing into Fall Creek on Sunday morning is out of the hospital. 20-year-old Alexis Pinto is in the Marion County jail on preliminary…...
Police arrest kidnap suspects while collecting N1.5m ransom in Ondo, rescue victims
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (523+ words) The Ondo State Police Command says it has arrested three persons suspected to be kidnappers after they emerged from the forest to collect ransom for their victims. Besides the arrest of the suspects, the two kidnapped victims were rescued during…...
Troops rescue 10 kidnapped victims in Katsina
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (165+ words) Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued 10 kidnapped civilians during a swift operation against armed terrorists in Katsina State. The operation followed reports that terrorists had abducted residents of Unguwan Daudu and Unguwan Chibauna communities in Funtua Local Government…...
Brit mum-of-two kidnapped by four men in Africa during daylight abduction horror
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (95+ words) A BRITISH woman has been kidnapped in broad daylight in Malawi, police say. Nusrat Osman, 47, was reportedly snatched by four men before being bundled into a grey Nissan Dualis. The horror abduction unfolded at around 12:30pm on Friday, sparking a major…...
DNA match links Florida convict to 2016 DeKalb kidnapping, assault
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (441+ words) DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A 42-year-old man was extradited to DeKalb County after a grand jury indicted him on charges of rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping in connection with a 2016 cold case. Julius Hunter was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on…...