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kidnapping stories: 295 news summaries

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 Cops Searched Kidnapper's 
 House, Found Nothing 

Garrido kept his dark secret despite multiple brushes with the law

Aug 28, 09 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido had several brushes with the law during the 18 years that police say he held Jaycee Lee Dugard and their two children captive in his backyard, but managed to keep his ugly secret, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Last July, a multi-agency police task force searched Garrido's home... More »

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California • backyards • police • kidnapping • search warrant • warrant • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

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  Kidnapped Girl Had First Child 
  at 14; Kept in Backyard Shed 

Jaycee Lee Dugard, two daughters with Phillip Garrido 'kept in complete isolation'

Aug 27, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jaycee Lee Dugard, the California girl abducted in 1991 at age 11 and found alive yesterday, gave birth to her first child at age 14, BNO News reports. Abductor Phillip Garrido, 58, admitted to fathering two girls, now 15 and 11, with Dugard; she and the children were kept hidden... More »

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kidnapping • sex offenders • compound • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 and reappeared in northern California last night, has two children fathered by one of her alleged kidnappers, sources tell the San Francisco Chronicle. Phillip Garrido, now 58, is a registered sex offender who was arrested last night with his... More »

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kidnapping • rape • abduction • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

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Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears

Cops arrest alleged kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29

Aug 27, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman missing since she was abducted in 1991 at age 11 stunned authorities and her family yesterday when she walked into a northern California police station, the Contra Costa Times reports. Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnappers, a married couple, have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • missing child • missing person • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Concord, Calif.

(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels have evolved into mafia empires, charging protection fees to businesses and providing social services and jobs where government cannot, the AP reports. Behind it lurks the threat of violence or kidnapping, which drug lords carry out with near impunity. "Today, the traffickers have big companies, education,... More »

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Mexico • organized crime • kidnapping • drug trafficking • extortion • Mafia • drug cartels

(Newser) - The kidnapping of five British men in Baghdad two years ago appears to have been masterminded by Iraqi officials instead of insurgents, a Guardian investigation finds. Technology specialist Peter Moore and his bodyguards were seized from Iraq's Finance Ministry by 40 men in police uniforms. Interviews with Iraqi and British... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • corruption • Iraqi government • Peter Moore

GI's Capture Fuels Desertion Controversy

Lawmakers rip Fox analyst; blogger says Bergdahl left unarmed

Jul 24, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - With some speculating that the US soldier kidnapped by the Taliban deserted his Afghanistan post, conservative media are hot on the trail. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl “walked off (his base) with a water bottle and (a military ration pack) on some kind of he-man expedition,” a military blogger tells... More »

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Congress • Taliban • propaganda • kidnapping • Fox News • soldier • desertion • conservative media • capture • Bowe Bergdahl

Youths Charged With Sexual Assault of 8-Year-Old Girl

Ariz. victim disowned by her Liberian family

Jul 23, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns”... More »

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Arizona • kidnapping • Phoenix • Liberia • youth • refugee • sexual assault

Captured US Soldier May Be in Pakistan

Fox News 'expert' suggests that Taliban execute Bergdahl

Jul 20, 09 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan may be in Pakistan, a potentially huge stumbling block in the quest to free the 23-year-old, ABC News reports. If the insurgent group that apparently kidnapped him has indeed moved Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl over the border to South Waziristan, the American... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • kidnapping • US military • Fox News • US Army • South Waziristan • Afghanistan war • capture • Bowe Bergdahl • Ralph Peters

(Newser) - The Taliban's capture of an American soldier in Afghanistan is old news for some residents of his hometown, but they kept quiet out of concern for his safety, the AP reports. The family of Bowe R. Bergdahl asked neighbors and other community members in Hailey, Idaho, not to discuss his... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • US military • Idaho • US Army • Hailey, Idaho • Afghanistan war • hostage • Bowe Bergdahl

(Newser) - French police rescued a vacationing Scottish girl who was snatched by an Internet stalker, reports the Daily Mail. The girl, 12, was whisked to the Marseille airport from a villa where she was vacationing with her parents by a 41-year-old Belgian man she had encountered earlier on the Internet. She... More »

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Internet • police • France • kidnapping • stalker • abduction • Marseille • child abduction • Cops

(Newser) - Lawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • Massachusetts • conviction • custody battle • expert testimony • criminal trial • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • insanity defense • prejudice • defense attorney

 'Craigslist Killer' 
 Pleads Not Guilty 

Arraigned on 7 counts including first-degree murder

Jun 22, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philip Markoff spoke a resounding “not guilty” at his arraignment today for the murder of a masseuse, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors described “brutal” attacks against three women as the so-called “Craigslist killer” was arraigned on seven charges, including first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed kidnapping, armed assault,... More »

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kidnapping • murder • plea • assault • arraignment • armed robbery • masseuse • driver's license • criminal charges • gun possession • Julissa Brisman • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

Media Kept
Quiet on
Journalist's Kidnapping

Times convinced all to put reporter's safety first

Jun 21, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media outlets ranging from major newspapers to blogs agreed to stay quiet on the kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde, who escaped Taliban captors Friday after seven months, out of fear for his safety, reports the Washington Post. Times executive editor Bill Keller decided sit on the story... More »

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Taliban • New York Times • kidnapping • journalism • Bill Keller • David Rohde

Mich. Man Says He's NY Toddler Snatched in 1955

Michigan man has same birthmark as boy kidnapped from outside bakery in 1955

Jun 18, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Michigan man believes he has solved the mystery of his own 1955 kidnapping, the New York Daily News reports. A decade ago, John Barnes' mother hinted on her deathbed that he was not her biological son. After extensive research, Barnes uncovered the unsolved case of a toddler—who had... More »

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kidnapping • toddler • Long Island • child abduction • John Barnes

Ore. Woman Dodges Charge for Fetus Cut From Womb

Faces death penalty for aggravated killing

Jun 16, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Oregon woman accused of cutting the fetus out of another woman has been indicted on aggravated murder charges, but she won’t be charged for the fetus’ death, the AP reports. Under Oregon law, it must be shown that a baby drew at least one breath outside the womb... More »

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crime • robbery • kidnapping • murder • fetus • Heather Snively • Korena Elaine Roberts

Mexico Kidnappers Snatched 10K US-Bound Migrants

Human rights commission estimates 10K migrants seized over 6 months

Jun 16, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs preying on Central American migrants headed for the US kidnapped almost 10,000 people between September 2008 and February 2009, according to a new report from Mexico's national human rights commission. The average ransom paid was $2,500, according to the report, which said Mexican authorities participated in... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • kidnapping • Central America • kidnapper • migrants

 9 Missing 
 Foreigners 
 Found Dead 
 in Yemen 

Hospital workers had been picnicking; al-Qaeda blamed

Jun 15, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(AP) - Nine missing foreigners, including three children, have been found dead in Yemen today, their bodies mutilated, a security official said. The foreigners, including seven Germans, a Briton, and a South Korean, disappeared Friday while on a picnic in the turbulent northern Saada region. Shepherds roaming the area found some remains... More »

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South Korea • kidnapping • murder • British • Yemen • German • militant • al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Melissa Huckaby, the Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping, and murdering an 8-year-old girl in California, pleaded not guilty today, KPIX-TV reports. Sandra Cantu, a playmate of 28-year-old Huckaby’s daughter, was found in a suitcase in a nearby pond in April. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September.... More »

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California • kidnapping • plea • murder trial • child rape • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby • child murder

(AP) - A German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and spun fantastic stories about himself during 3 decades in the US was sentenced today to 4 to 5 years for kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter was convicted of parental kidnapping today for taking the girl during a supervised visit... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • assault • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter

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