Under federal and state law, kidnapping is commonly defined as taking or confining a person against their will by force, violence or fraud.
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
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
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors in May dismissed a defendant's testimony that he was framed by two masked... 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 (AP) — A Texas man now faces a capital murder charge in the death of a 4-year-old boy who was found dead in a Dallas street... More
June 10, 2021
The girl escaped with minor scratches and some mental trauma. More
May 20, 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
By Ivy Brown, Court TV TULSA — An Oklahoma man is behind bars after he tried to violently kidnap his former female co-worker and shot... More
April 6, 2021
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Michigan judge on Monday ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen 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
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man suspected of killing three adults and a child and abducting his baby daughter had pulled... More
March 15, 2021
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year... More
March 4, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A trial for five men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been postponed for seven months... More
February 11, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee police officer was charged with kidnapping a man in a squad car while on duty and fatally shooting him,... More
January 11, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A man charged previously with having kidnapped a young Amish woman who disappeared in Pennsylvania last summer has now been charged More
December 23, 2020
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Stockholm are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up — reportedly for 28... More
December 2, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man stole a car that had been left running with a baby inside it, picked up a friend and... More
November 6, 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican authorities have found the body of a Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in August and was shot during a botched... More
November 5, 2020
By DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors provided enough evidence to move toward trial for five Michigan More
October 19, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her More
October 19, 2020
By DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping More
October 13, 2020
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday More
October 8, 2020
