Suspects abduct little boy from park, inject with drugs & sexually assault him: Police
Kidnapping
Police believe the suspects planned to sell the 11-year-old victim for drugs
Heroes
July 16, 2018
VIDEO: Quick-thinking cashier saves kidnapped sex assault victim from captors, police say
Surveillance cameras reportedly captured the tense moments when a California gas station clerk helped a woman escape from men who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted her. Per KCRA, Savannah Pritchett was working at Triple R Gas and Mart in Waterford Wednesday afternoon when a distressed woman came in asking for help. The woman said she was kidnapped …
Kidnapping
July 11, 2018
[Video] Cops nab kidnapping suspect after alleged victim slips note to veterinary clinic staff
Authorities in Florida say a kidnapping suspect was taken into custody after the alleged victim made a daring move that was caught on a veterinary clinic’s surveillance camera. According to the U.K. Independent, the unidentified woman passed a message to staff at the DeLand clinic informing them of her situation. “Call the cops,” she wrote. …
Kidnapping
July 10, 2018
Adult ‘friend’ faces felony kidnapping charge after reportedly abducting, having sex with AMBER Alert girl he met online
Prosecutors filed a federal kidnapping charge on Monday against a man who reportedly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl on Independence Day, after meeting her online in February. FOX4 reports that 22-year-old Dechon White is accused of buying a one-way ticket to Minnesota with pre-planned intentions of taking a girl who had just turned 13 with him. The …
Kidnapping
July 9, 2018
‘I wish they never would have found her’: Mother of infant raised by kidnapper for 18 years says daughter made ‘mockery’ of her life
Mother Shanara Mobley reportedly cut ties with daughter Kamiyah, 20, for talking to her jailed abductor mom
Kidnapping
July 5, 2018
Man kidnaps 1-year-old daughter, fatally shoots her and then himself after leading cops on chase: Reports
Authorities in Mississippi say a Madison County man kidnapped his young daughter before killing her and himself a short time later. According to Mississippi News Now, 23-year-old Lavonte Lloyd allegedly traveled from his home to the home of the 1-year-old girl’s mother, Kimberly Outlaw, in Holmes County. Upon arriving, police say he kidnapped Outlaw and …
Kidnapping
July 3, 2018
Elizabeth Smart kidnapper denied early prison release
By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap then-Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 has been denied early parole. The decision announced Monday night by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole was expected after Wanda Barzee, 72, …
Kidnapping
June 15, 2018
Career criminal accused of trying to snatch toddler from stroller: ‘I was just playing with the baby. I’ve done this before’
A Brooklyn man with a lengthy rap sheet was arrested Thursday after allegedly trying to snatch a 2-year-old boy from a stroller as his mother pushed him across an intersection. WPIX reports that Matthew Waly, 27, approached the 32-year-old mother at Prospect Park at around 9 p.m. and grabbed her stroller. The toddler’s father was nearby at the time …
Kidnapping
June 12, 2018
Wanda Barzee: Elizabeth Smart kidnapper is a no-show at her own parole hearing
One of the individuals convicted in connection with the high-profile 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart reportedly skipped her own parole hearing this week. According to KUTV, Wanda Barzee was expected to appear Tuesday morning for the hearing at the Utah State Prison. A board member said the 72-year-old is believed to have “refused to attend …
Kidnapping
June 12, 2018
Kamiyah Mobley: Biological mom says she cut ties with teen for speaking to kidnapper who raised her
The biological mother of a Florida teen who was abducted at birth said she’s cut ties with her daughter for still pursuing a relationship with her kidnapper. Shanara Mobley, 36, told the Daily Mail that daughter Kamiyah, 19, has refused to sever ties with Gloria Williams—the woman who posed as a nurse and abducted her from …
Kidnapping
May 31, 2018
Man rapes 9-year-old girl after kidnapping her from home—then abandons barefoot victim in high school parking lot: Police
A 30-year-old Louisiana man is accused of abducting a 9-year-old girl from her home Sunday and raping her. A warrant alleged that Denera Carter dropped off the victim at Livingston High School in New Orleans, where she was found walking barefoot at around 1:40 p.m. Sunday. NOLA.com reported that Carter left the girl at the …
Kidnapping
May 27, 2018
Pilot instructor and his assistant kidnap student in plot to deport him ‘back to China’: Cops
Two suspects are in custody following an alleged plot to kidnap a student and take him against his will to his native China. According to CBS News, Tianshu Shi was a flight school student in Redding, California, when police say an instructor and his assistant attempted to kidnap him from his home. The pilot, identified …