All news on the topic: abduction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Detectives fear Charlene, 14, was murdered but her body has never been found - and despite several arrests and two trials, no-one has been convicted of her killing

Four family members have been found guilty in a plot involving terrorism, exorcisms and kidnapping that resulted in a three-year-old boy being found dead in the underground tunnels at a compound they built

Trista Fullerton, 36, allegedly kidnapped her eight children from their foster homes in Arkansas last weekend and drove through multiple state lines before being reported by a concerned bystander

Two people of interest were identified after two young girls went missing for over a day, one was their own mother. Both children have now been found after a county-wide police search

In August 2013, Hannah Anderson was kidnapped following cheerleading practice. She was taken by a family acquaintance who was 40 years old at the time. Before lighting his house on fire, he had murdered her mother and brother

Holly Willoughby had to be pulled off air at the last minute on Thursday when a plot to kidnap the This Morning host was allegedly uncovered

Officers assigned to protect the Sena's house spotted a car pull up and leave something in the mailbox at 4.20am in the morning. Suspicious police checked and foudn the ransom note

Craig N Ross made an error 24 years ago, which ultimately led to him being tied to the kidnapping of Charlotte Sena last weekend. Fingerprints ended up linking him to her disappearance

Charlotte Sena's disappearance in New York shocked people across the US - several questions remain unanswered after she was thankfully recovered safely by law enforcement and suspect Craig Ross Jr arrested

Craig Nelson Ross Jr's son, Joshua, let rip at his dad after he was charged with first-degree kidnapping following the abduction of nine-year-old Charlotte Sena at Moreau Lake State Park

Craig Nelson Ross Jr is charged with kidnapping in the first degree after he was accused of abducting Charlotte Sena while she was on a camping trip with her family at New York’s Moreau Lake State Park

The family of a girl kidnapped in New York State have spoken of their relief after their daughter was found. A suspect was arraigned after leaving fingerprints on a ransom note left for the girl’s parents

Police have shared the extraordinary way they snared the kidnapper of Charlotte Sena, who went missing in New York state on Saturday. She was found alive and well in a camper van

The suspect arrested for the abduction of Charlotte Sena allegedly wrote a terrifying ransom note to her parents demanding money for their daughter's safe return

Heartwrenching videos from Charlotte Sena's family show the 9-year-old laughing and having fun just hours before she disappeared, sparking a days-long search that has yet to yield results

Police believe Charlotte Sena was snatched from Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, New York. A massive search was launched involving more than 100 people as police fear she is 'in imminent danger of serious harm and/or death'