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Mom who faked her own kidnapping and went to Disney World is now facing fraud charges

PHILADELPHIA — A former Bucks County woman who sparked national outrage 13 years ago by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped when she had actually gone to Walt Disney World, is back in trouble with the law.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Man kidnapped mother-in-law believing she was a 'witch' during delusional drug episode, court hears

A man who inherited hundreds of thousands of dollars started abusing drugs to the point he falsely believed his mother-in-law was a "witch" when he kidnapped and stabbed her in August 2020, a court has heard.

ABC News

20 years on, ex-abductees call for rescue of other victims

Yasushi Chimura and Hitomi Soga, who were kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s, called for the return of other such abductees Saturday on the 20th anniversary of five of Pyongyang's victims being repatriated to Japan, including Chimura and Soga.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Woman escapes after harrowing kidnap ordeal that saw her 'held in dog cage for 20 days'

A Chinese woman escaped after allegedly being kidnapped while on a night out in the Philippines and then held in a dog cage for 20 days with her captors demanding $200,000

Daily Mirror

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, the agency that sent them hasn’t made a permanent return to the impoverished Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

A Friend of the Family drama tells grim true story of paedophilia, kidnap and grooming

A Friend of the Family, available to watch now, stars Colin Hanks, Jake Lacy and Anna Paquin, and is about Jan Broberg, now a 60-year-old actress and campaigner

Daily Mirror

Cardinal asked Vatican police to keep woman's embezzlement secret, court told

A cardinal at the centre of a Vatican corruption trial asked the city-state's police in 2020 not to disclose evidence that a woman who was working for him had embezzled money for personal use that was supposed to pay ransom for a kidnapped nun, a police officer told a court…

Reuters

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Russia kidnapped deputy head of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine says

A deputy head of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been kidnapped by Russian forces and is being detained in an unknown location, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company Energoatom said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Jesus Manuel Salgado: What we know about the man charged with kidnap and murder of California family

Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was charged with four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping in connection with the deaths and disappearances of a family in Merced County

The Independent UK

Everything we know about family of four, including eight-month-old baby, kidnapped and killed in California

Authorities have not established whether the suspect, 48-year-old Jesus Salgado, knew the victims

The Independent UK

Jesus Manuel Salgado: What we know about person of interest in kidnap and killing of California family

Jesus Manuel Salgado has been taken into custody,

The Independent UK

Kidnapped twice by the same man years apart – the staggering real-life story of Jan Broberg

A new Peacock drama is based on a mind-boggling 1970s kidnap case in Idaho when a trusted church member and father of five abducted an adolescent family friend twice. Victim Jan Broberg, who told her story to Sheila Flynn, appears onscreen before the first episode to warn viewers that similar…

The Independent UK

‘Whole family wiped out’: Baby girl, parents and uncle found dead in orchard after being kidnapped at gunpoint

‘We have a whole family wiped out and for what? We don’t know yet,’ top police officer says

The Independent UK

Family, including 8-month-old baby, kidnapped at gunpoint found dead in California

Sheriff Vern Warnke of Merced County said "worst fears" had been confirmed after a farmworker found the bodies close together at around 5.30pm on Wednesday

Irish Mirror

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A kidnapped baby, parents and uncle are found dead in California

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

The Independent UK

‘Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

Police say a baby girl, her parents and uncle have been found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business

The Independent UK

New video shows kidnapping of missing family of four as person of interest arrested

‘We are devastated, we are shocked, we are dying every moment,’ a relative of the kidnapped family of four told a press conference

Reuters

Nigerian military says last hostages from March train attack freed

Nigeria's military has secured the release of the remaining 23 hostages from a train attack by gunmen in northern Kaduna state in March, which saw dozens kidnapped and six others killed, a defence official said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

British couple murdered in South Africa before being thrown to crocodiles

The pair had been interviewed as part of a BBC documentary a few days before they were kidnapped

The Independent UK

California police hunt armed man who kidnapped family of four

“We have a low-life out there who kidnapped an eight-month-old baby, her mum, her dad and her uncle,” said Merced County Sheriff Vernon H Warnke

Daily Record

Moors Murders cops promise to carry on hunt for remains of victim Keith Bennett

Keith Bennett, 12, was kidnapped and murdered in June 1964 by evil serial killer couple, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Evening Standard

British botanists murdered and thrown to crocodiles in South Africa, court hears

Couple had been filming with a crew from BBC Gardeners World before they were kidnapped in forest reserve, the court heard

Daily Mirror

Girl, 7, survived Babes in the Woods killer after offering him her £1 pocket money

Rachael Watts was just seven years old when she was kidnapped from her home in Whitehawk, Brighton, and molested by Russell Bishop in 1990 - years after he had committed the Babes in the Wood murders

The Hindu

Railway police rescue kidnapped toddler in three hours

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Autopsy says Tennessee teacher died of gunshot wound to head

An autopsy report shows that a Tennessee kindergarten teacher who police said was kidnapped during a pre-dawn run and then killed earlier this month died from a gunshot wound to the head

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