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Alabama woman Carlee Russell confesses to fabricating kidnapping

Carlee Russell called 911 on July 13 to report seeing a toddler in a diaper walking along a highway. She said she stopped to help when she was abducted. Russell says she made the entire story up and says she acted alone.

Chicago Sun-Times

Carlee Russell admits she was never kidnapped, Alabama police say

‘There was no kidnapping on Thursday, July 13. My client did not see a baby on the side of the road,’ a statement by an attorney representing Ms Russell read

The Independent UK

Three unanswered questions in the mysterious case of Carlee Russell

Carlee Russell’s attorney admitted she lied about her kidnapping after police cast doubt over her story

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Michigan man charged with murder and other crimes in case involving ex-girlfriend and her toddler

A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder by Michigan’s attorney general

The Independent UK

Girl rescued from kidnapping while waving ‘help me’ sign inside car

Steven Robert Sablan, 61, is accused of abducting a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio, Texas, who he then allegedly sexually assaulted and drove to Long Beach, California

The Independent UK

Four unanswered questions in the mysterious case of Carlee Russell

Police in Alabama cast doubt over Carlee Russell’s kidnapping allegations in a press conference on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Carlee Russell – latest: Boyfriend deletes social media post after controversial internet searches revealed

Alabama police say much of Carlee Russell’s statement could not be corroborated

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Michigan Supreme Court orders new trial for man convicted of kidnapping, assault

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Detroit man convicted of kidnap and sexual assault after judges ruled that the trial court judge abused his discretion by not allowing lawyers before the start of the trial to question and exclude certain jurors.

Tribune News Service

Kinshasa residents terrified by rising number of public transportation kidnappings

Twenty-seven people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping passengers who had the misfortune of getting into their fake taxis. But despite this mass sentencing, which took place between July 5 and 7, people in Kinshasa are still terrified by the rising number…

France 24

Telangana youth, minor girl among four arrested on charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor

Four arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting 15-yr-old girl. Accused minor girl befriended victim, promised marriage. Victim taken to Mudigonda village of Khammam district. Police rescued victim, arrested accused and booked them on kidnap and rape charges. Victim sent to hospital, accused minor girl sent to Observation Home.

The Hindu

Carlee Russell claimed she was kidnapped by a man with orange hair. Police say they can’t verify any of it

Carlee Russell vanished after calling 911 to report seeing a young boy in diapers on the side of a busy interstate. Police say they have serious doubts about her story, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Man freed on bond for kidnapping ex-girlfriend is accused of killing her in second abduction a year later

Suspect was charged with kidnapping ex-girlfriend on 17 June, 2022

The Independent UK

Loving Steven Soderbergh's Full Circle? Here are 5 more mystery drama series on Max

Full Circle's tale of a botched NYC kidnapping is going to grip you – and these shows will fill the gap when it ends.

TechRadar

A Kind of Kidnapping review – a crime against comedy

The inept criminal trope is taken to a new low in this dire caper, in which a desperate couple abduct a politician

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Ministry issues warning after oilfield closures in Libya

The fields were shut in protest over the kidnapping of former finance minister Faraj Bumatari.

Evening Standard

A Kind of Kidnapping movie review: a half-wonderful satire that doesn’t quite ring true

Patrick Baladi plays a hilariously ghastly git, who is also recognisably human

The Independent UK

Suspect in Vegas Strip resort standoff to remain jailed as fugitive in Colorado kidnapping case

A judge set bail at $750,000 for a man jailed on kidnapping and other charges after a Las Vegas Strip standoff that saw furniture flying from a 21st-floor window at Caesars Palace

The Independent UK

Bodycam video reveals stunning statement from man accused of murdering child

If convicted, Rasheed Maleek Trice could face the death penalty

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Police give standing ovation for six-year-old girl who fought off kidnapper by biting him

Leonardo Venegas, 32, has been charged with kidnapping and child abuse over an alleged attack at a Miami apartment complex

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Full Circle’: Kidnapping at the center of Steven Soderbergh’s richly layered N.Y. drama

Claire Danes, Dennis Quaid star in ensemble series that follows three complex stories but ties them together beautifully.

The Guardian - UK

A Kind of Kidnapping review – sleazy MP no one wants is taken in pitch-black comedy

Bungling amateurs kidnap a morally bankrupt politico in this British film – but his wife won’t spring for him, and he’s enjoying the publicity

Chicago Sun-Times

Blue Island man charged in killing of 10-year-old girl in Rockford

The girl was reported missing about noon Saturday. Officers found her about 30 minutes later. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Daily Mirror

Horror as paedophile drags suitcase through streets containing girl, 12, after kidnapping

Pictures, captured in Luziania, Brazil, show the man struggling to pull a heavy suitcase up two flights of stairs after he kidnapped the girl from outside her school

Tribune News Service

Former MO boarding school medical coordinator facing sex crime, kidnapping allegations

The long-time medical coordinator of the now-closed Agape Boarding School was behind bars Friday after his arrest on allegations of kidnapping and four sex crimes.

Al Jazeera

Iraq investigates militia kidnapping of Israeli-Russian academic

The Israeli government has said Tsurkov is being held by the Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah.

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