ABDUCTION

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LA police ID suspect in girl's abduction case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators are seeking a transient who has a long criminal record in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home before dawn last week and abandoned hours later in front of a hospital, police said.

By By Greg Risling, Associated Pres , March 31, 2013

Searchers scour Tucson for missing 6-year-old girl

TUCSON, Ariz. — Law officers searched Sunday for a 6-year-old Arizona girl who vanished from her home during the night in a case police said was suspicious and possibly a kidnapping.

By By Terry Tang, Associated Press , April 22, 2012

Missing girl reunited with father

A 10-year-old Utah girl who had been missing since February had an emotional reunion with her father Thursday, according to the Killdeer Police Department.

By By Ashley Martin, Forum Communications Co. , October 08, 2011

Police search for Tenn. woman dragged from home

PARSONS, Tenn. (AP) — Police searched thick brush and rugged terrain in western Tennessee on Thursday for a blonde-haired 20-year-old nursing student, a day after her older brother told authorities he saw a man in camouflage dragging her body toward the woods.

April 14, 2011

Apparent abduction sparks big search

FARGO (AP) — Authorities in North Dakota are questioning a Las Vegas woman who allegedly took a 4-year-old son for whom she did not have legal custody from a school bus.

October 08, 2010

Grand jury indicts accused California kidnappers

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard and her two young daughters will be spared from having to testify in open court any time soon following a grand jury indictment of the couple charged with kidnapping and holding her captive for 18 years, a prosecutor said Friday.

October 01, 2010

Abductions shattered sense of security

FARGO — When 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped at gunpoint in front of witnesses not far from his St. Joseph, Minn., home in October 1989, the crime prompted a collective public gasp. That kind of thing just didn’t happen. Or, if it did, it didn’t happen in Minnesota — or North Dakota.

By By Dave Olson, Forum Communications Co. , July 02, 2010

Girl abducted in Fairfax, Minn., while on paper route but manages to escape

FAIRFAX, Minn. — A 14-year-old girl was abducted early this morning here but was able to escape her captor, whom law enforcement officials are looking for.

By Forum News Service , May 04, 2010

Teen: Family's love helped him survive captivity

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri teenager says he survived being held against his will for 4 1/2 years because he knew his family would keep looking for him.

January 13, 2010

Woman and son abducted from Woodbury, Minn., are found in Iowa

WOODBURY, Minn. – Authorities have located a woman who abducted her son from his home here Tuesday.

January 06, 2010

Public concert marks Wetterling abduction

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (AP) — Children and adults filled an auditorium in St. Joseph on Saturday night for a public event and concert to mark the kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling.

October 18, 2009

Sources: Family tried to sell snatched Tenn. baby

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee newborn kidnapped in a knife attack on his mother was placed in foster care with his three siblings after allegations arose that a family member tried to sell the infant, sources familiar with the case said Monday.

October 05, 2009

Tenn. baby abduction worries immigrant advocates

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tips and evidence were being analyzed that police hope lead to a newborn whose wounded mother said was snatched from their home in a crime that had some worried Thursday about the vulnerability of Nashville's immigrant communities.

October 01, 2009

Boyfriend heard struggle before woman's abduction

ATLANTA (AP) — The boyfriend of a Georgia woman who vanished near her parents' home said he overheard a struggle as the two talked by cell phone, and police are investigating whether her former job as a probation officer played a role in the disappearance.

August 17, 2009

Authorities search for man linked to abduction

Authorities are looking for a 23-year-old man accused of abducting a woman in North Dakota and holding her against her will for two days. Anoka County Sheriff’s Lt. Paul Sommer said the 25-year-old woman, who was abducted in Fargo, was sexually assaulted and tortured during the two days and has injuries consistent with her report.

May 19, 2009

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