NEW YORK—Han Guangzi pried open her eyes when her phone lit up unusually early with a beep. The next moment, she was wide awake, trying to take in the news she most dreaded. On her phone was one line from her mother: “Your dad was arrested again.” “It’s the nightmare all over again,” she told […]
TIFFIN, Ohio—A man who abducted a 7-month-old child in Ohio crashed his car into a house while trying to flee from police, killing the infant and critically injuring himself. The crash in Tiffin occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The Wood County Sheriff’s Office had sent out an alert regarding the man—whose name […]
For six years, loved ones—with the public’s help—searched for Kayla Unbehaun after she allegedly was abducted by her non-custodial mother in Illinois. Now 15 years old, she has been found safe—over 600 miles away in North Carolina—and is now reunited with her father in Illinois, the Asheville Police Department’s Samantha Booth told CNN on Tuesday. […]
Forensic investigators identified the body of kindergarten teacher and heiress Eliza Fletcher yesterday. The mother of two was abducted while jogging near the University of Memphis campus last week.
A punishing heatwave continues to bake California, bringing record-high temperatures and threatening black-outs.
Another Trump-endorsed candidate wins their primary. Geoff Diehl beat Chris Doughty in Massachusetts’ Republican gubernatorial primary.
Memphis police are searching for a schoolteacher they say was abducted while she was out on a jog Friday morning. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:30 a.m. when an unidentified person approached her, police said. She was forced into a mid-sized dark SUV and taken from the scene, police said. The “vehicle of […]
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police killed four suspected Chinese kidnappers in a gunbattle and rescued a Chinese man they had allegedly abducted in a central city, officials said Tuesday. Backed by a SWAT team and intelligence agents, police raided a hideout in Lapu Lapu city on Monday night after tracking down the suspects, who had received a […]
SYDNEY—Australian police charged a 36-year-old man on Thursday with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite 18 days before she was found safe in a locked house. The man was twice taken to hospital for self-inflicted injuries before being interviewed and charged with various offences related to the abduction, police in Western Australia state […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Gunmen abducted at least 60 people and killed one person in northwestern Nigeria after riding motorbikes into five villages and firing sporadically into the air, a police official and several residents said on Saturday. Nigeria is battling an increase in armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, mainly in northwestern areas, where thinly stretched security […]
A 2-year-old Texas girl is in “grave or immediate danger” after being kidnapped, officials said in an Amber Alert early May 29. Ariel Smith was taken by Lamarcus Smith, 41, on May 28. They were last heard from at the Henderson Village Apartments at 1480 Highway 258. Smith was driving an unknown vehicle. He was […]
SAN ANTONIO (AP)—San Antonio police say they believe an 8-month-old boy reported as abducted is believed to be dead, and three members of his family have been charged in the case. Police Chief William McManus says the father, grandmother, and cousin of King Jay Davila have been charged in the case of the missing baby. All […]
The wife of a Norwegian multimillionaire missing since Oct. 31 probably has been kidnapped, police said Jan. 9, adding that her suspected abductors have demanded a ransom reported to be over $10 million. Police say they have no suspects in the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, the 68-year-old wife of Tom Hagen — a media-shy […]
