A Florida man is facing criminal charges after surveillance footage reportedly caught him attempting to sneak out of a home with an 11-year-old girl on Christmas Eve before the girl’s father stopped him. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies located and arrested Steven Hasugulgum, 21, following a 90-minute search. …
Earlier this month, a 25-year-old man reportedly told Michigan police that he may be the 4-year-old boy who was reported missing from a mall in the 90s. According to the Detroit Free Press, the man has submitted his DNA as authorities work to confirm whether he is D’Wan Sims. In 1994, Sims was reported missing …
A California woman was recently arrested for allegedly masquerading as a social worker in an attempt to kidnap a 1-week-old baby from their mother on Friday. Though police haven’t publicly identified the 38-year-old suspect in custody, they alleged she approached the mother at her Santa Ana home and claimed she was a social worker named …
Authorities in Texas have issued an AMBER Alert for a 2-year-old girl who they said could be in grave and immediate danger after being abducted from her mother’s apartment. Ariel Smith reportedly vanished from Henderson on Tuesday. Local police have identified her father, LaMarcus Smith, 41, as a suspect in the apparent abduction. According to …
Authorities in Arizona are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who reportedly attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old girl last week but was stopped by a Good Samaritan with a gun. KSAZ reported that the incident occurred near 19th Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix. Police said girl was walking to Village Meadows …
A would-be alleged kidnapper was jailed in West Virginia this week for reportedly attempting to snatch a 5-year-old girl from her mother at a mall. According to MetroNews, the incident involving Mohamed Fathy Hussein Zayan, 54, and the mother and daughter occurred Monday evening at Huntington Mall in Barboursville. The mother called police and claimed she and her child were in an Old Navy …
Authorities in Virginia are asking for the public’s help in locating a 6-year-old Chesterfield girl who was last seen on Monday and is believed to be traveling with her mother. According to WTVR, Child Protective Services reported Karsen Miller missing on Wednesday. Since then, officials said they believe the 6-year-old is with her mother, Kelli Renee Miller, 36, …
Genealogy and DNA technology has once again solved a decades-long cold case, this time in Indiana. John D. Miller pleaded guilty Friday to the 1988 abduction, molestation and murder of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley in Fort Wayne, WISH-TV reports. Tinsley, who was in first grade at the time, disappeared after walking to a friend’s house …
Police believe Joanna Boyd attempted to take the baby as she lost custody of her own children
A New Hampshire teen kidnapped and held captive for 9 months tells her story for the first time. Abby Hernandez, now 19, was getting ready to celebrate her 15th birthday when Nathaniel Kibby abducted her as she left school. Nancy Grace explores the case with Southern California prosecutor Wendy Patrick, Cold Case Research Institute director …
Two suspects have been arrested in the alleged murder of 13-year-old Mariah Lopez, of Huntsville, Alabama. Yoni Martinez Aguilar, 26, and Israel Gonzalez Palomino, 34, are being held without bond at the Madison County Jail on charges of capital murder, AL.com reports. According to a Madison County Sheriff’s Office press release, Lopez’s body was discovered …
Police announced that fishermen have found the body of Naomi Jones, a 12-year-old who disappeared from her Pensacola, Florida, home Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said the grisly discovery was made just after 4 p.m. on Monday. According to WLTV, Jones’s body was found in Eight Mile Creek, approximately four miles from where she was reported missing days earlier. …
