Tag: kidnapping

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. It's difficult to imagine what could lead a ...

On May 8, 37-year-old mother Zayra Mendoza was walking home from work in Birmingham, Massachusetts, when she realized a man was following her. He quickly caught up to the petite ...

A San Jose family was desperate to locate their little boy after he was kidnapped on Monday while his grandmother was unloading groceries. In what police are calling a "planned" ...

These days if you see a story with "TikTok" in the title, you're more than likely going to read about some ridiculous new challenge imperiling both teenagers and common sense. ...

"I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior..."

When a mother in Tigard, Oregon, spotted a man take her child into his apartment and lock the door, she wasted no time rectifying the situation. It was on Wednesday ...

On July 31, 1960, a schoolteacher from Las Vegas was in the Arizona desert looking for rocks to add to his garden. Instead, he found the remains of a child, ...

Six years ago, many were intrigued and concerned over the case of Sherri Papini, a mother of two who disappeared on Nov. 2, 2016, from Shasta County, California, and did ...

The suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy will not face a trial on murder charges, a Texas judge ruled Friday. Darriynn Brown has been accused of kidnapping and ...

Most people who have driven alone in cars have felt, at one point or another, that something or someone might have sneaked into the car without them knowing. It's mostly ...

The families of the 17 missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti on Oct. 16 have been safely reunited with their loved ones after the 12 remaining hostages managed to escape ...

A mother and her two children were shopping at a Dollar Tree in Austin, Texas, last week when a terrifying incident took place. It was Tuesday evening when the family ...

A days-long manhunt that began on Nov. 14 has ended in heartbreak as ex-cop Robert Vicosa, suspended cop Tia Bynum and Vicosa's two young daughters were found dead on Thursday. ...

There is renewed hope for families of the Christian missionaries who were kidnapped last month outside Port-au-Prince. The U.S. government has been made privy to some sort of evidence (though ...

When someone goes missing, the hope of finding them dwindles with each day that passes. Eighteen days is a long time -- especially for a child -- to go missing, ...

Guo Gangtang has set a high bar for fathers everywhere. The 51-year-old from the Chinese province of Shandong has spent nearly half of his life desperately searching for his lost ...

Personal experiences can be a powerful factor in motivating people to take up a cause, and Demi-Leigh Tebow, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow’s wife, is no exception. In an Instagram ...