Tag: Kidnapping
Sex offender charged with murder in death of Iowa girl, 10
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A registered sex offender has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Iowa girl...
Family challenging immunity ruling in kidnapped man’s death
HOUSTON — A recent appeals court ruling that provided immunity for an FBI agent who fatally shot a kidnapped Houston area man during a...
Indiana woman pleads guilty to charge in staged kidnapping
PRINCETON, Ind. — An Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to staging her own kidnapping.
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Kidnappers in Haiti release 9 people including priests, nuns
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappers in Haiti have released five priests, two nuns and two other people who had been held for nearly three weeks,...
Italy: Hearing delayed in slaying case against Egyptians
ROME — A judge in Rome on Thursday postponed a hearing to decide if four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces should go on...
Charges added in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Prosecutors added charges Wednesday against three of six people accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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3 foreigners kidnapped after ambush in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Three foreigners and one soldier are missing in Burkina Faso after being attacked by gunmen during an anti-poaching patrol, the...
Detectives: DNA solves 1985 slaying, rape of dementia victim
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A DNA test has led to the arrest of a suspect in the April 1985 slaying, rape and kidnapping of...
Coroner says buried Amish teen had been strangled, stabbed
LANCASTER, Pa. — A young Amish woman whose remains were found this week, 10 months after her disappearance, was strangled and stabbed in the...
Catholic officials halt activity in Haiti for 9 kidnapped
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Catholic institutions including schools and universities closed Wednesday across Haiti in a three-day protest to demand the release of five priests,...