A kidnapping suspect was shot dead by Georgia police Tuesday night after he returned to the scene and rammed three police vehicles and a parked car. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were on scene at about 6 p.m. speaking with Keith Young’s wife, who told them Young had tied her up and fled …
A Nashville Uber driver jumped out of her own vehicle while speeding down a busy north Georgia highway to escape a kidnapper who had commandeered her SUV and ordered her to drive south at knifepoint. Carolina Vargas, 26, suffered life-threatening injuries in the May 8 incident, police said, but is recovering in the hospital, WSMV …
New Jersey girls walking alone were kidnapped, given alcohol and drugs, then sexually assaulted, police say. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, four girls, ages 12 to 14, were walking on April 22 in Millstone when two brothers allegedly stopped in a car and offered them a ride. Nj.com reports that the brothers have …
Four women have been arrested for kidnapping an Arizona woman who was found dead late last month. Citing court documents, KPNX reported that Melissa Valenzuela, 34, was found dead on March 23, six days after she was last seen at her Mesa home with Christina and Mercedez Gomez. In addition to the two suspects, police …
A 30-year-old South Carolina man has been jailed on charges of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct after he allegedly held a woman against her will for nearly week while repeatedly raping her and beating her, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office said. The victim spoke with Charleston County deputies and Mount Pleasant police officers at East …
A Kentucky woman was arrested this month for allegedly trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl as she walked to a friend’s house. According to WAVE, the girl told police that Kimberly Phelps, 50, jumped out of a wooded area, grabbed her from behind, and covered her mouth before trying to drag her away. The girl …
A missing child has been located safely and a woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted list is in custody. The Madisonville Mentor reports that authorities detained Heather Renee Inks in Madisonville, Texas, on April 4, five years after she allegedly vanished with her daughter. Inks is facing charges of interfering with child custody and unlawful …
Police in New York’s Finger Lakes region have arrested two men they say kidnapped a woman from her apartment and forced her to withdraw money for them from am ATM machine, 13WHAM reported. Marc A. Cooper II, 28, and Colby McClure, 30, allegedly forced the unnamed woman from her Canandaigua apartment and into her own …
The son of one of the Oklahoma City bombers was jailed last month on kidnapping and other charges after he and two other people allegedly lured an elderly jewelry into a vacant home and robbed him of several hundred dollars, his jacket, and jewelry, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Joshua Nichols, 37, is the son …
Alaska State Troopers have arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl last week in a tiny fishing village on the Kanektok River in western Alaska. Ida “Girlie” Aguchak was reported missing on late Monday afternoon, March 16, and her body was found two hours later at the Quinhagak …
A Colorado man nicknamed “Monster” has been charged with trapping a woman in an Adams County home for weeks while he assaulted her almost daily and threatened her with various weapons. Christopher Dale Rockey, also known as “Dysfunctional Rockey,” faces single counts of attempted murder, kidnapping, assault, false imprisonment, and menacing — all felonies — …
Update: 8:10 p.m. New Jersey officials cancelled an AMBER Alert Sunday evening after finding three children who were reportedly abducted earlier in the day, NBC Philadelphia reported. Although they did not say where the children were found, police said all three were safe and in good condition. They did not say if Travis Russell, the …
