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Man sentenced to further 21 months in prison after kidnapping, stealing from woman in Gippsland

A man who has spent most of his adult life in prison has been sentenced to another 21 months behind bars after he kidnapped a woman in Moe in Victoria's east in 2021.

ABC News

Trio accused of murdering Cassius Turvey face court over alleged kidnapping of another teen

Three people accused of murdering Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey face court for the first time on a new charge of kidnapping another Perth teenager in the days before the alleged fatal assault.

ABC News

Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching

Researchers last year found an unserved search warrant on an accuser connected to the Chicago teen’s torture and death. Till’s cousin wants the warrant served on Carolyn Bryant.

Chicago Sun-Times

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US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not its only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

Miami Herald

Missing teenage girl found pregnant in a wardrobe 18 months after her disappearance

Police in the US are pursuing kidnapping charges by the girl's mother after she went missing in 2021.

Daily Record

US State Department warns to avoid parts of Mexico over ongoing violence, kidnappings

The State Department is urging U.S. citizens to avoid travel to parts of Mexico over fears of kidnappings and other crime across multiple states, renewing warnings as tourists make travel plans for spring break season.

Los Angeles Times

Lawsuit seeks white woman's arrest in Emmett Till kidnapping

A relative of Emmett Till is suing to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to Till's lynching

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'Vigilante' gang jailed after abducting and murdering innocent dad

Christopher Hughes was brutally murdered by a group of eight men on February 18 last year after the vigilante gang abducted him and tortured him to death

Daily Record

Faces of eight men jailed for life after hunting down and murdering former boxer

Vigilantes bundled dad into the boot of an Audi before dumping his body on a country road

Liverpool Echo

BREAKING: Sadistic gang who kidnapped dad they wrongly suspected of rape and hacked him to death jailed for 235 years

Christopher Hughes was viciously slaughtered by the gang

Manchester Evening News

Vigilantes bundled dad into boot of Audi and left mutilated body on road

Eight men have been jailed for life after abducting and brutally murdering former boxer Christopher Hughes

Liverpool Echo

West Papuan separatist group makes demands to Australia, New Zealand after kidnapping Kiwi pilot Philip Mehrtens, burning plane

A West Papuan separatist group is demanding Australia and New Zealand sever military ties with Indonesia after kidnapping a New Zealand pilot on Tuesday.

ABC News

US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

Miami Herald

Vicki Newton faces Darwin court over alleged kidnapping of five-year-old grandson

A woman is released on bail after earlier facing court over the alleged abduction of her five-year-old grandson in Darwin's northern suburbs.

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Bristol Post

Wanted man convicted of Bristol kidnapping and robbery still at large

Guled Aidid is still wanted by Avon and Somerset Police after being sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail during a trial which was held in his absence

Reason

Brickbat: Remember, We Never Met

Hialeah, Florida, police officers Rafael Quinones Otano and Lorenzo Rafael Orfila have been fired and charged with armed kidnapping and battery. Orfila has also been charged with official misconduct. Prosecutors said that after a shopkeeper called police to complain about a homeless man bothering people, the two drove that vagrant…

Salon

The specter of stranger danger lives on

Our kids are safer than ever. So are we terrified they'll be abducted?

Irish Mirror

IRA gang responsible for kidnapping Shergar will 'take secret to their graves'

Senior Gardai have admitted that it is unlikely the case will ever be solved

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The Independent UK

Cleotha Henderson: Suspect in Eliza Fletcher murder pleads not guilty

Ms Fletcher was abducted and killed in September

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds’ child porn sweep on Telegram app leads to arrest of Chicago man, more than a dozen others

The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led to Norris “Nick” Stauffer. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping…

WEKU

Gunmen destroy 800 ballot boxes in Nigeria, the latest in a series of attacks

Insecurity is a huge issue in Nigeria, with a militant Islamist insurgency in the north east, banditry in the north west and a rise in kidnapping for cash countrywide.

The Independent UK

Kidnapper leaves bloody trail in Oregon, hides under house

Police converged in force on the tiny, unincorporated community of Wolf Creek in southwest Oregon the night of Jan. 26 as they hunted for a suspect who was wanted for kidnapping and torturing a woman nearly to death

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Eagles offensive guard Josh Sills accused of rape and kidnapping; NFL suspends him from team

An Eagles offensive lineman has been indicted by a grand jury on rape and kidnapping charges, Ohio prosecutors announced Wednesday.

WEKU

A Philadelphia Eagles player is indicted on rape and kidnapping charges

Josh Sills, a reserve offensive lineman for the Super Bowl-headed team, was indicted in Ohio on Tuesday. The charges stem from an alleged 2019 incident, when Sills was still in college.

The Independent UK

Police: Oregon kidnap suspect killed 2 men before cornered

Police in Oregon say the suspect in a violent kidnapping killed two men before being cornered by officers and fatally shooting himself

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