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Cal Ripken's mom kidnapped
July 26, 2012 5:36 AM
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) - Cal Ripken Jr.'s mother says a man who kidnapped her at gunpoint, tied her up and blindfolded her didn't seem to know she was in the famous baseball family. Police say 74-year-old Vi Ripken was found bound in the back of her car Wednesday morning, about... more » -
Mexican crime reporter killed in Veracruz state
June 14, 2012 10:01 PM
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Authorities in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz say gunmen kidnapped and killed a reporter for the local edition of the national newspaper Milenio, the fifth such killing in the state in 1½ months. Journalist VÃctor Manuel Baez Chino covered the crime beat for Milenio's Veracruz... more » -
Girl saved from abduction
August 16, 2011 8:24 AM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Police say a suspected kidnapper was thwarted by a man who witnessed a 6-year-old girl being pushed into a van and then quickly alerted authorities. Albuquerque police officer Robert Gibbs tells KRQE that suspect Phil Garcia tried to coax the girl into a green van... more » -
Suspect in horrible crime won't stand trial
September 17, 2010 8:34 AM
A Denver homeless man accused of kidnapping hikers near Nederland has been found incompetent to stand trial. A judge announced Thursday that Joseph Scott Carter, 43, was found incompetent by staff at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Carter will stay at the hospital pending another review in... more » -
U.S. couple released by Yemeni tribe
May 25, 2010 12:37 PM
Two U.S. citizens, a husband and wife, taken hostage by Yemeni tribesmen were released on Tuesday a day after they were seized near the capital Sanaa, a Yemeni government official said. "The Americans have been freed and handed over to the mediation committee," a government official told Reuters. ... more » -
2 American tourists kidnapped in Yemen
May 24, 2010 11:21 AM
Yemeni officials say tribal gunmen have kidnapped two American tourists and are demanding the release of a jailed tribesman for the pair. The U.S. Embassy in San'a says it doesn't have any information about the kidnapping. Security officials, a taxi driver and tribesmen say the two - a... more » -
Colorado cold-case murder solved
December 1, 2009 12:52 PM
Colorado authorities say a man wanted in a 32-year-old slaying in Greeley has been arrested in Florida. Weld County sheriff John Cooke says that 51-year-old Marcello Maldonado-Perez was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was being held without bond. Investigators say DNA taken from him... more » -
Family remembers their abducted son
November 28, 2009 11:58 AM
Family and friends of Christopher Abeyta are celebrating his 24 th birthday today, but Abeyta will not be in attendance. 23-years ago little Christopher was kidnapped from his crib in his Colorado Springs home, and he has not been seen since. He was just 7-months old at the time of... more » -
Sheriff: Landfill body appears to be Florida girl
October 22, 2009 9:40 AM
Authorities say a child's body found in a Georgia landfill has been tentatively identified as that of a missing Florida girl. Sheriff Rick Beseler says the identification was based on clothing on the body and a birthmark that matched the missing seven-year-old's. Somer Thompson vanished Monday on her way home... more » -
Dugard happy to be with her family, she says
October 14, 2009 8:44 AM
The spokeswoman for the family of Jaycee Dugard says the 29-year-old has released her first public statement since resufacing two months ago in Northern California, saying she is happy to be with her family and have their unconditional love and support. Spokeswoman Erika Price Schulte says that Dugard has released... more » -
Kidnapped woman Jaycee Dugard wants her pets back
September 19, 2009 1:07 PM
Jaycee Dugard says she wants her pets back after they were taken from the property where she allegedly was held captive since being kidnapped 18 years ago. Contra Costa County animal services Lt. Joe DeCosta says an advocate of Dugard has indicated that she wants her five cats, two dogs,... more »
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