A woman believed to have been abducted in New York state is dead after a chase and shootout between state troopers and her suspected kidnapper on an interstate highway in Virginia Wednesday night. New York State Police said earlier on Wednesday that Michael C. Davis, 34, forced Tatiana David, 34, into an SUV in Ithaca …
Police in North Carolina are looking for 8- and 11-year-old brothers who may have been abducted by their father. The Concord Police Department said the two boys had been living with their grandmother and were taken from a neighbor’s yard, where they were playing, and put into a white vehicle. The boys are identified as …
On Friday, authorities released a sketch of a suspect in an attempted kidnapping and assault which occurred in February at Michigan State University. Michigan State Police said in a tweet that the suspect tried to abduct the female victim as she walked to her dorm. According to WLNS, the incident occurred on February 11 but …
A 34-hour standoff ended early Thursday morning when Fairfax County, Virginia, police took into custody an armed kidnapping suspect who had been barricaded inside her vehicle since Tuesday morning. Police told WTTG they were asked to conduct a wellness check on 29-year-old Brittany Copelin by the Charles County, Maryland, Sheriff’s Office. When they arrived at …
Pennslyvania police reportedly used a missing 11-year-old girl’s iPad to locate her and arrest her abductor on Monday. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Keith Lilliock, 43, abducted the girl on Sunday in Youngwood as she rode her bicycle. The bike was reportedly discovered near a gas station and canine …
A 30-year-old Maryland man was arrested after he allegedly tried to kidnap a middle school student at a bus stop Monday morning — and was thwarted by other students waiting at the bus stop. Jamaal Germany “grabbed the child and pulled them toward an apartment building,” Montgomery County police said in a statement. But several …
An Ohio woman has been arrested after she allegedly posed as a social worker to kidnap a 3-week-old infant from the child’s mother. Sapphire McDoughleh, 31, has been charged with felony kidnapping, Canton police said. They also arrested Brandon Savage, 21, and charged him with felony complicity to commit kidnapping, the Canton Repository reported. The …
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $20,000 to find a woman with dual US-Mexican citizenship who is believed to have been kidnapped from her home in Mexico last month. Maria del Carmen Lopez, 63, is described as 5 feet 2 inches and about 160 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes, the …
A 13-year-old Texas girl was rescued Friday from a locked shed in North Carolina, and an adult male is now facing numerous felony charges. According to Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons, police received a tip from the Texas FBI Violent Crimes Task Force concerning a girl who had been reportedly abducted from Dallas. The tip …
Firefighters used power tools to cut through bars on a mobile home Wednesday night to rescue a woman who said she’d been held prisoner there for nearly four years. Harris County officials said Abraham Bravo Segura, 42, was arrested and charged with kidnapping, KTRK reported. At a court hearing on Thursday, a prosecutor said that …
Oklahoma authorities are searching for an “armed and violent” suspect who allegedly kidnapped two young children this week. The two children, an 11-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy, were found safe shortly after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for them and 39-year-old Gary Underwood, KXII reported. Underwood is the children’s biological, non-custodial …
A letter purportedly from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for kidnapping four Americans last week, killing two of them, apologizes for the deadly incident and says the group has turned over its members who were involved. “We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all …
