kidnapping

National

A boy snatched from a California park in 1951 is found living on the East Coast

10:16am September 24, 2024

Luis Armando Albino was lured away from a California park at the age of 6. He reunited with his biological family this summer after his niece found him through DNA testing and newspaper clippings.

A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children.

World News

For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror

5:00am April 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Ten years after the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapping in Nigeria continues to rise. Nearly 1,000 people were kidnapped in the first three months of 2024. Here is one family's story.

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In this undated photo provided by El Roi Haiti, Alix Dorsainvil, right, poses with her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped July 27, the organization said.

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An American nurse and her young daughter are freed in Haiti after being held 2 weeks

11:12am August 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Armed men had seized Alix Dorsainvil and her child from the El Roi Haiti clinic she worked at in a gang-controled part of Port-au-Prince.

Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who falsely said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, police announced Friday.

National

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax

5:35pm July 28, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.

Authorities applauded the actions of a 13-year-old Michigan boy, who shot a would-be kidnapper with a slingshot.

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A Michigan boy fended off a would-be kidnapper by wounding him with a slingshot

1:05pm May 15, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The 13-year-old boy sprung into action after another boy attacked his sister. He used his slingshot to shoot the suspect in the head and chest.

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Politics & Government

Davidson County sheriff seeks additional positions following high-profile cases involving children

4:10pm April 18, 2023

by Lauren Carpenter

Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons says he’s seeking additional officers to investigate crimes against children.

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Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday.

The U.S. and Mexico are working together to find 4 Americans who were kidnapped

7:03pm March 06, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

The abduction took place on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the Americans and the arrests of those involved.

Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016.

National

She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison

1:48pm September 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016, triggering a three-week multi-state search. When she resurfaced, she told authorities an elaborate lie about being abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women.

Armed forces secure the area where Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a memorial to independence hero Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Haitian police are working with U.S. officials and

What we know about the 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti by a notorious gang

2:53pm October 19, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Sixteen members of Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries are U.S. citizens, including 5 children. The 400 Mawazo gang that took the group specializes in mass kidnappings and seeks a $17 million ransom.

World News

30 Students Missing In Northwest Nigeria In Country's Latest School Kidnapping

6:05am March 12, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

More than two dozen students were taken from Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, marking the fourth kidnapping of students in the country since December.