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Country Music Star's Cousin Abducted in Apparent Home Invasion

Authorities in west Tennessee are searching for the 20-year-old cousin of country star Whitney Duncan. The young nursing student was abducted from her home during an apparent home invasion, police said. Holly Bobo was last seen Wednesday morning outside her one-story, ranch-style house in Darden, a small community about...

Man Pleads Not Guilty in Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping Case

PLACERVILLE, Calif. - An expected guilty plea by a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and raping a girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for 18 years was derailed Thursday when his lawyer alleged a grand jury was improperly selected and acted inappropriately. Public defender Susan Gellman, who represents...

FBI Joins Hunt for Teen Mom Kidnapped During Home Invasion

The FBI has joined the search for a missing New Jersey teen mom who police say was kidnapped during an armed home invasion and robbery in Atlantic City. Atlantic City Police Deputy Chief Ernest Jubilee said at a press conference that the bureau is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to the...

Police: Missing Mother's Body Found in Church Septic Tank

The body of a missing mother of three has been recovered from an underground septic system behind a rural Ohio church after the woman's mother-in-law told authorities where to find the corpse, according to police. Authorities had been searching for 25-year-old Summer Inman since March 22. She was in an alleyway behind a...

13-Year-Old Tells How She Survived Ohio Kidnapping-Murder

The only survivor of a brutal home invastion, triple murder and kidnapping that left her mother and brother dead is speaking out today about how she survived her ordeal. Sarah Maynard, 13, said she came forward "to let people know how I could survive what he did to me." In November, the Ohio teenager was held captive and...

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American Kidnapped In Benin Is Freed

A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior confirmed an American citizen who was kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin earlier this month has been freed and two of his abductors are in custody.

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Reporter Back Home After Captivity In Colombia

The French reporter held hostage by Colombia's FARC rebels said he could not complain of his treatment during the month-long jungle captivity, as he returned to France on Friday where he was to be welcomed by President Francois Hollande.

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Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, Honduras Police Chief, Investigated In Killings

The new chief chosen to clean up a Honduran national police force tarred with allegations of corruption and involvement in murders was accused by the department's internal affairs investigators of running a death squad when he was a top regional police official.

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American Tourists Kidnapped In Egypt By Sinai Bedouins

Armed Bedouins kidnapped two American tourists in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula early on Thursday, security officials said.

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Lebanese Hostages In Syria Could Spark Tensions

The mysterious case of 11 Lebanese Shiites who were taken hostage in Syria last week is raising fears of renewed street battles in Beirut as Lebanon increasingly gets drawn into the swirling chaos next door.

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06/03/12 Hodgenville man accused of child abduction, sexual... Source: CBS - 32 WLKY - Louisville KY Police in Larue County have accused a man of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl and trying to rape and kill her in the woods.
06/03/12 Kidnappers were ready to execute a hostage, telephone... Source: The Independent - London - UK As Helen Johnston continued to recover from her ordeal in the country's capital, Kabul, Western and Afghan security sources said that the operation was brought forward due to reports about her captors' intentions.
06/03/12 Courage of SAS team who saved captives in cave Source: Express.co.uk killed by US Navy Seals during a raid to free her from Taliban kidnappers.
06/03/12 Three more found dead as no letup seen in city... Source: Daily Times - Pakistan Police found three men shot dead from different parts of the metropolis on Sunday, while a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist was shot and injured and another went missing.
06/03/12 Top-ranked bank official kidnapped Source: Daily Times - Pakistan A top-ranked official of a private bank was kidnapped from Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Aziz Bhatti police precincts here on Sunday.

Background on kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.

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