Under federal and state law, kidnapping is commonly defined as taking or confining a person against their will by force, violence or fraud.
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The brother of a U.S. Air Force airman on trial in the death of a Mennonite... More
September 29, 2021
U.S. Air Force airman on trial for kidnapping Mennonite woman in New Mexico fatally shooting her and dumping body in Arizona tried unsuccessfully to cover... More
September 24, 2021
A former probation officer has been found guilty for her role in the kidnapping and killing of a Minneapolis real estate agent. More
September 21, 2021
A part-time police officer and former firefighter in West Virginia has been indicted on federal civil rights charges involving two victims. More
September 2, 2021
10-year-old Journey Brown victim + attempted abduction in Roy Utah sharing her story hoping it gives courage to fight back against attackers + Richard Rodney... More
September 1, 2021
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada man who pleaded guilty in state and federal courts to crimes stemming from the... More
August 31, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera sentenced to life in prison without parole in abduction and killing of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts three years after she disappeared... More
August 30, 2021
Ty Garbin cooperated within weeks of being arrested, willingly putting a “target on his back to begin his own redemption,” the government said in a... More
August 25, 2021
A person of interest will reportedly be charged for the kidnapping and murder of an Atlanta bartender. More
August 16, 2021
Lawrence Handley allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping of his estranged wife, which later involved the death of two suspected hired kidnappers who drowned while trying to... More
August 4, 2021
Justo Smoker apologized to Linda Stoltzfoos’ family in court, saying he had “robbed the family of time and memories.” More
July 27, 2021
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by More
July 23, 2021
Richard Trask’s wife had lacerations on her head and blood on her chest, arms and hand, Kalamazoo County sheriff's investigators wrote. More
July 22, 2021
Two witnesses came forward after Bahena Rivera's testimony to say they heard another man brag about killing Mollie Tibbetts. More
July 13, 2021
“I want my daddy!” the little girl cries as a Louisville Metro police officer carries her from the car. More
July 12, 2021
Yasemin Uyar's body was found Saturday in a wooded area off an interstate, New Jersey authorities said. More
July 12, 2021
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Falls woman has been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison in connection with a kidnapping and... More
July 9, 2021
Details about what they allegedly did could not be released because of “the nature of the allegations” and because court records are sealed, CBI said. More
July 9, 2021
Dallas police said late Wednesday that Darriynn Brown, 18, will face the new charge for the death of Cash Gernon. More
June 10, 2021
DENVER (Scripps News Denver) – The man Longmont police named as a suspect nearly three years ago in the March 2018 disappearance of Rita Gutierrez-Garcia More
June 7, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of abducting and murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. More
May 28, 2021
The girl escaped with minor scratches and some mental trauma. More
May 20, 2021
Video evidence, DNA and a partial confession will all be presented in the prosecution's case against Cristhian Bahena Rivera. More
May 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two more people have been indicted by a grand jury in Hennepin County in the kidnapping and slaying of a real estate... More
May 14, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities strongly believe that remains found a day earlier in a grave along railroad tracks in southern Pennsylvania are those of More
April 23, 2021
Tammi Smith has been charged with forgery, custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel. More
April 15, 2021
Justin Arthur-Ray Davis allegedly stalked the woman for over a month after quitting their mutual workplace. More
April 6, 2021
A Michigan judge on Monday ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her coronavirus More
March 29, 2021
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (AP) — The latest of many searches in the nearly 25-year mystery of the disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart More
March 17, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man suspected of killing three adults and a child and abducting his baby daughter had pulled out a gun and opened... More
March 15, 2021
