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Man Allegedly Held Captive for Years: 'I Wanted My Freedom'

Stepmom Kimberly Sullivan has been charged in horrific case out of Connecticut

(Newser) - Video has emerged showing the moments when a Connecticut woman accused of holding her stepson captive for decades alerts first responders to his presence. "My stepson is in here!" Kimberly Sullivan says in Feb. 17 bodycam footage shown by CNN and released by local police after they'd...

US Toddler Kidnapped 25 Years Ago Found Living in Mexico

Andrea Michelle Reyes was 2 years old when she was illegally taken by her mother

(Newser) - A quarter of a century after a 2-year-old vanished from Connecticut, authorities there have finally tracked her down: She's now 27 and alive and well in Mexico. The Guardian reports Andrea Michelle Reyes was abducted by her mother, Rosa Tenorio, in 1999. Police long suspected Tenorio, who didn't...

Kidnapped Boy Featured on Unsolved Mysteries Found Safe

Abdul Aziz Khan was allegedly taken by his non-custodial mother

(Newser) - A boy allegedly kidnapped in 2017 in Atlanta has been found safe in Colorado. As a young child, Abdul Aziz Khan moved from Louisiana, where his family is from, to Atlanta because of his mother's job, but authorities say Rabia Khalid, now 40, began making it increasingly difficult for...

Venezuelan Opposition Chief 'Violently Intercepted': Allies

But Maria Corina Machado says she's now safe after alleged abduction at Caracas protest

(Newser) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attended a protest Thursday in Caracas, a day ahead of the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, but it didn't go seamlessly: Machado's team says the 57-year-old was kidnapped during that demonstration, though she's apparently safe now. The...

Woman IDs Kidnapper as Disguised Ex-Housekeeper

Police in California say victim fought off her assailant in her vehicle

(Newser) - A woman in California fought off a would-be kidnapper hiding in her car—and identified the assailant as her former housekeeper in a wig, say police in Riverside County. The strange sequence of events:
  • Erin Quinn of Temecula received a text on Dec. 18 asking her to pick up toys
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Texas' $100K Billboard Campaign Warns Migrants of Rape

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered 40 signs in 4 languages to go up in Mexico, Central America

(Newser) - Gov. Greg Abbott, who once pledged to "eliminate all rapists" from his state of Texas, is now warning migrants that traffickers could rape and abuse them if they try to make their way to the United States. Per the Washington Post , Abbott is doing so via 40 or so...

Man Who Kidnapped Mogul's Housekeeper Gets 22 Years

Prosecutors say Colorado man planned to kill Michael Bloomberg at his ranch

(Newser) - A man found guilty of kidnapping a woman from Michael Bloomberg's Colorado ranch has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison. Joseph Lee Beecher, 51, had faced up to life in prison after his August conviction by a jury on kidnapping, carjacking, and firearm charges, the AP reports....

Cops: Man in Clown Mask Tried to Kidnap Girl From Bedroom

Suspect helped Colorado family install washer and dryer days earlier

(Newser) - Earlier this month, Thomas Gallegos helped a family in Sterling, Colorado install a washer and dryer, authorities say. Days later, he returned in the middle of the night wearing a clown mask and tried to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from her bedroom, according to court documents. Authorities say the 56-year-old...

A Year After Vanishing, Body of French Teen Found

Suspect in Lina Delsarte killing died by suicide in July, investigators say

(Newser) - A vehicle flagged months into the search for a French teenager who disappeared last September had been stolen by her kidnapper, police said Wednesday, announcing both the teen and her attacker are dead. The body of the girl, IDed by Elle as Lina Delsarte, 15, was found Wednesday in a...

He Vanished From Park in 1951 at Age 6. He Just Turned Up

Luis Armando Albino is tracked down by family members from Oakland

(Newser) - An online DNA test and an especially persistent family member have helped solve a missing-persons cold case that's lasted decades. Luis Armando Albino is a grandfather, Marine Corps veteran, and retired firefighter living on the East Coast—and now he can add "found" to that list, after it...

House-Hunting Couple Kidnapped in Connecticut

Suspects stole Connecticut couple's Lamborghini, police say

(Newser) - House-hunting in Danbury, Connecticut, turned into a terrifying ordeal for a couple in their 50s on Sunday, police say. WABC reports that when the husband and wife arrived at a home in a gated community to meet a real estate agent, their Lamborghini was rear-ended by a van and surrounded...

Cops: Texas Lyft Driver Was Forced to Drive to Florida

Kidnapping suspect is arrested, and driver was unharmed

(Newser) - A Lyft driver in Texas is safe after police say a customer forced him at gunpoint to drive more than 1,300 miles to Florida, reports WFAA . The ordeal took place Friday night when a suspect identified as 23-year-old Miguel Hernandez pulled out a gun instead of exiting the vehicle...

Toddler Killed in Crash After Dad Abducts Her, Siblings: Cops

Dana Plummer is facing multiple charges in Virginia, Maryland

(Newser) - A father allegedly abducted his three children Wednesday night in Virginia, and the incident ended horrifically when he allegedly crashed the vehicle he was driving, killing one of the children and injuring the other two. Police were called to Virginia Beach over a report that Dana Plummer, 36, stabbed his...

Cops: Kidnapped Man Was Forced to Jump Off Bridge

Badly injured Oklahoma man was bound with duct tape, sheriff's office says

(Newser) - Police in Oklahoma say that when they responded to a call about somebody "jumping into traffic," they found a badly injured man—and determined that it had not been a suicide attempt. "Further investigation revealed the victim in this case had been abducted and forced off the...

Captured Drug Lord 'Kidnapped,' Forced on Plane, Lawyer Says

Account suggests Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was betrayed by El Chapo's son

(Newser) - A lawyer for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel now in US custody , says his client was kidnapped and flown to the US against his will. Zambada "neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government," but was instead kidnapped by...

Man Gets Life in Prison for 'Sadistic' Plot to Kill TV Host

Gavin Plumb had 'unhealthy sexual obsession' with Holly Willoughby, UK judge said

(Newser) - Holly Willoughby has a cop in Minnesota to thank for saving her life, from thousands of miles across the pond. The 43-year-old British model and TV personality was the target of a rape and murder plot at the hands of Gavin Plumb, who last week was found guilty of the...

For Paul Pelosi's Attacker, More Bad News

David DePape convicted of aggravated kidnapping in state trial, sentenced to life without parole

(Newser) - A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also guilty of first-degree burglary,...

1 of 2 Kidnapped Girls Found Dead After Mother Killed

'These are unspeakable crimes,' Louisiana sheriff says

(Newser) - A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday, and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi—one dead and the other alive, police said. A Louisiana resident who had dated the woman was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in connection with the deaths and...

Their Final Resting Spot: a Cow Pasture

More details are trickling in on the murders of Kansas women Veronica Butler, Jilian Kelley

(Newser) - Two Kansas women who disappeared after traveling to Oklahoma in March were found dead inside a chest freezer buried in a cow pasture, court documents reveal. The location in Oklahoma's Texas County was just 10 miles from where Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, disappeared March 30 while...

Teen Missing Since 1998 Found at His Neighbor's House

Police in Algeria say his neighbor held him captive all this time

(Newser) - Out of Algeria comes a story hard to fathom: Police say they have freed a man who was held captive by his neighbor for 26 years, reports Morocco World News . The victim is identified as Omar bin Omran, who disappeared as a 19-year-old from his home in Djelfa, Algeria. His...

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