All news on the topic: abduction

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Thug who killed woman in mistaken identity case 'shocked' body still missing
Muriel McKay was 55 when she was kidnapped by brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein in 1969 and died in the incident, but her body has never been found
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Teacher and 6 members of religious congregation kidnapped from outside school
The six worshippers and teacher, members of the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, were kidnapped from outside a school in the Haitian capital of Port Au Prince
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Police confirm key detail in missing girl, 11, case as they beg public for help
Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons has said it is believed that Don Steven McDougal was the last person to have seen missing Audrii Cunningham, 11, in Livingston, Texas
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Missing Audrii Cunningham person of interest Don McDougal seen being arrested after girl, 11, vanished
Footage of person of interest in the disappearance of Audrii Cunningham, Don Steven McDougal, has been published showing the 42-year-old arrested by members of the police
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Chilling new details about how rapper 'kept pregnant woman hostage for years'
A harrowing warrant showed that the abused pregnant woman texted Carter, 'I'm dying' and he responded with 'Quit the dramatics'
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Dad fights off creep who tries to kidnap son, 4, in middle of busy pharmacy
Footage from inside a Miami Beach pharmacy on Thursday allegedly shows Nicolas Sternman, the suspected kidnapper snatching up a 4-year-old boy by the neck
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All the fresh evidence about what happened to Maddie McCann
An expat who lived in Praia De Luz at the time Madeleine McCann went missing has told of a conversation that could shed more light on the case. It is the latest piece of evidence in the hunt for Maddie, who went missing 17 years ago this May
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Family man suddenly abducted before soda cup leads to kidnappers in bizarre case
An unlikely piece of evidence led a winding pathway to find a story of bloody revenge at the heart of a tragic missing persons' case in Sacramento.
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Scary moment man tries to kidnap girl, 11, in clear view as she walked to class
Joseph Ruiz allegedly attempted to kidnap a young, 11-year-old girl in broad daylight just before 8am Friday - cops say he left his vehicle and tried to grab the girl as she was walking to school
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Mystery remains after girl, 6, vanished from baseball game almost 30 years ago
Morgan Nick was just six years old when she disappeared without a trace from a Little League game in Alma, Arkansas, in 1995, and while a person of interest has been named, nobody knows what happened to the young girl
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Man arrested for child abduction as missing Leah Mullins found
Leah Mullins, 14, was last spotted getting into a darkly-coloured estate car close to a pub on Sherston high street in the Cotswolds, before being found in a residence in a different country last night
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British millionaire's lover wore bomb vest as he was freed from kidnap ordeal
Fifteen masked men broke into the ranch complex of former British Honorary Consul Colin Armstrong, 78, on Saturday morning and kidnapped the millionaire and his Colombian girlfriend
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Mystery of the kidnapped Brit millionaire and his glamorous young girlfriend
Colombian-born Katherine Paola Santos is being quizzed by police as it emerged UK intelligence services are assisting in the hunt for the 78-year-old who was abducted by more than 15 armed gangsters
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Cops investigating kidnapped Brit quizzing partner on identity claims
Colin Armstrong, former honorary consul of the United Kingdom in Guayaquil, was abducted in on Saturday from a farm he owned and now police are questioning his partner
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Couple who took in Alex Batty share why he finally tried to go back to Britain
Alex set off for the UK last Sunday in the hopes of getting a set of new identity papers because he was desperate to get back to education and lead a "normal life", according to a French family
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British businessman and wife kidnapped in Ecuador after '15 men storm his home'
Fifteen criminals are said to have stormed Colin Armstrong's home, which is known as the Rodeo Grande ranch, in the Ecuadorian province of Los Rios before kidnapping him and his wife
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Kidnapped comedian posts pics with girlfriends before he's lured to his death
The death of activist and comedian Tou Ger Xiong has left his community in Minnesota reeling. He was warned about the rise of kidnappings in Colombia but didn't think it would happen to him
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Man who raped and killed three-year-old girl dies mysteriously in prison
Scott Eby confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2010 - not before the victim's father had wrongly gone to prison for the same crime. 13 years later, Eby has now died in prison
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Teen kidnapped with no trace until chilling Polaroid photo turns up a year later
WARNING, DISTRESSING DETAILS: Tara Calico disappeared while out on a bike ride, something she did daily, in Belen, New Mexico, with no trace of her until a Polaroid photo many believed showed her was found thousands of miles away in Florida
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Woman's body dumped in car park as man arrested on suspicion of murder
Detectives from the Major Crime Team have not yet confirmed the woman's identity, but confirmed that her body was discovered in a car park in Hertfordshire
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Dad dies after holding his two terrified children hostage in 18 hour standoff
A dad in Venus, Florida died after a mammoth standoff with police earlier this week. Sonny Ray Holland Sr stayed locked inside a property with his young children
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Hero cops rescue scared 5-year-old girl from inside tiny secret closet in home
The moment police in Arkansas rescued a scared girl hidden in a tiny secret closet in a home was captured on bodycam footage. A man was arrested in connection with the incident
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Clever way young children avoided being buried alive by kidnappers
The devious escape plan put to work by a teenage student is unveiled in a CNN documentary about the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping incident, in which 26 children and their bus driver were abducted
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Kidnapping victims share terrifying fight to survive after being buried alive
An upcoming CNN documentary chronicles the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping, where 26 children and their bus driver were abducted, focusing on the survivors' fight to stay alive and escape being buried alive
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Taxi driver saves woman stuffed in suitcase by ex-partner after hearing screams
A cab driver rescued a woman from being kidnapped after he heard her screaming from inside a suitcase - he attempted to catch the supect and chased him down several streets