Memphis police are looking for two men who allegedly kidnapped a woman and her 1-year-old son from a Target parking lot and forced her take cash out of an ATM. Police said the incident took place at about noon on Thursday as the victim was loading groceries into her vehicle. An armed man got out …
A Utah girl who was reported missing on March 8 was found safe a few days later at a truck stop in Wyoming. TC Palm reports that police found the missing teen, 13, inside the cab of a truck in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 10. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Chris Evans, was with the …
Police in Las Vegas are investigating the death of a young child and the possible kidnapping of his mother, who alerted authorities to the horrific situation by sending a note to school with another child. As Fox News reports, an unidentified woman, the mother of the deceased child, sent a note with one of her …
The popular word puzzle game Wordle helped alert the family of an 80-year-old woman who was taken hostage that something was wrong. According to CBS Chicago, 32-year-old James H. Davis III allegedly broke into the Lincolnwood, Illinois, home of Denyse Holt through a window. Davis was naked at the time of the alleged kidnapping and …
A Utah woman is lucky to be alive after she was allegedly kidnapped and held hostage by a man who may have shot at her as she was fleeing, KSL-TV reports.The 24-year-old victim told police that she had arranged to meet the man at a Salt Lake City hotel to consider buying shoes from him.At the …
Georgia police are search for a man who abducted a woman at gunpoint early Thursday morning and forced her to make several withdrawals from ATMs before shooting her and fleeing. The woman, who has not been named, was shot in the leg and was able to driver herself to a nearby hospital for treatment, according …
Chicago police are looking for three masked men who kidnapped a girl Saturday night. The girl, whose age was unknown, was walking near Austin High School while being followed by a four-door black sedan with tinted windows. When the girl walked under a viaduct, police said, three men in ski masks jumped out and forced …
A man accused of kidnapping his young son and niece is facing not only kidnapping and interference with custody charges, but also sexual assault. As CrimeOnline previously reported, TBI issued an endangered child alert for a 3-year-old boy earlier this month, who had been missing since November 6. TBI said the boy may be in the …
Bodycam footage captured the dramatic moment 4-year-old Cleo Smith was rescued from a stranger’s home in Australia, around an hour from where she was last seen camping with her family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, family members reported Cleo missing on the morning of October 16 from Blowholes Campground in Macleod, where she was staying in …
A woman is accused of kidnapping a young child while his family was eating at a park and then dragging him before throwing him in a river in a bizarre incident this week in West Virginia, the Herald-Dispatch reports. Kimberly Dawn Maxwell, 41, is now facing charges of kidnapping, malicious assault, and child neglect creating the …
Oklahoma police announced Tuesday that remains found in Oklahoma City in mid-August have been positively identified. Earlier this month, police began investigating a body found at an Oklahoma City apartment complex off of Northwest 13th Street. According to a police department alert, authorities confirmed Tuesday that the body was identified as 17-year-old Haylie Gonzalez, Oklahoma’s …
Authorities in the United Kingdom are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing 2-year-old boy, the Reading Chronicle reports. The toddler, Andrew Junior Leighton, was reportedly taken from his home around 1:25 a.m. local time on Sunday by this father, according to the newspaper. The boy lives in Chalgrove, a village …
