Kidnapping

Teenage boy kidnapped and held for ransom in motel room

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HIGHLAND, CA – Three individuals are facing potential life imprisonment following accusations of kidnapping a 17-year-old male. The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that the trio demanded a half-million-dollar ransom. When the ransom was not paid within a few days, they threatened to mutilate the teenager. The terrifying incident began on September 18 when the three suspects reportedly orchestrated a car crash with the teenager in Highland. Following the collision, they allegedly abducted the …

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Welder committed ‘sadistic’ torture over stolen cartel drugs

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LINCOLN, NE – former welder from Nebraska, Tanner Danielson, 31, has been sentenced to decades in prison after committing a series of brutal crimes. Danielson was handed a 40 to 50-year sentence for kidnapping and a 30 to 40-year sentence for sexual assault, following his no contest plea in June. Danielson’s descent into criminality began after he encountered drug cartel members at a Colorado concert. When 50 pounds of marijuana went missing from his home, …

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Woman gets kidnapped by fake Uber driver

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A woman’s resourcefulness and quick thinking saved her from a kidnapping in Yavapai County, Arizona. Police reported that the unidentified woman was abducted from a car dealership in Phoenix on August 21. The suspect, Jacob Wilhoit, 41, disguised himself as an Uber driver and restrained the victim once she entered his vehicle. Then, they started heading toward Las Vegas, spending the night at Lake Mead Park. On August 22, around 5 p.m., the kidnapper’s car …

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California teen abducted after shooting

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California law enforcement officials are currently on the hunt for Andrea Vasquez, a 19-year-old woman who was reportedly abducted from her boyfriend’s car in a park after being shot at by an unidentified assailant. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Penn Park, Whittier, a city located approximately 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles. According to the Whittier Police Department, an armed individual approached the vehicle Vasquez and her boyfriend were in …

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Man arrested after chaining a woman to the floor and chopping her hair off with a machete

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In a shocking incident in Louisville, a man identified as Moises May, 36, has been taken into custody. He is accused of subjecting a woman to a horrifying ordeal, forcing her to disrobe, trimming her hair with a machete, and chaining her to the floor for five hours. He is also alleged to have threatened her life. The woman, Joanna Wilson, was found by law enforcement in a house off Dixie Highway. May, who shares …

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Bodies found in Mexico linked to disturbing video circulated online

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In a chilling development, Mexican law enforcement officials have discovered four charred and decapitated bodies, potentially connected to a horrifying video that surfaced online. The video depicted one of five abducted young men being forced to murder a companion while being filmed. The bodies, yet to be identified due to severe burning, were discovered in a building in the western state of Jalisco, in close proximity to the location where the young men were reportedly …

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Man arrested in Texas for attempting to kidnap 18-year-old woman in Target parking lot

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Texas law enforcement has apprehended Jose Luis Contreras, a 22-year-old resident of Magnolia, on charges of attempted kidnapping. Contreras was arrested at a restaurant in Conroe last Saturday, according to a statement from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. He was then transported to Montgomery County Jail, where he is being held without bond, pending a court hearing. The charges against Contreras stem from an incident at a Target store in Magnolia involving an 18-year-old woman. …

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Oregon man used elaborate planning and home-built a prison to hold kidnapped victims for sexual assaults

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An Oregon resident, Negasi Zuberi, 29, has been accused of committing sexual assaults and was found to have meticulously planned his attacks, as revealed in an affidavit. Zuberi, a married man and father, was apprehended in July when a woman managed to escape from a makeshift cell in his Klamath Falls residence. The woman reported to authorities that Zuberi had held her captive and sexually assaulted her. The woman’s ordeal was described by Stephanie Shark, …

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Death of key witness in horrific case sparks serial killer speculation

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Jaynie Crosdale, a potential witness in a horrifying kidnapping and rape case, was found dead in the Missouri River, a year after she disappeared. Crosdale was believed to be a key witness against Timothy Haslett Jr., who was arrested last October following a woman’s escape from his basement in Excelsior Springs. The woman, who was found wearing a dog collar, reported to the police that she had been held captive, raped, and tortured for a …

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Teen rescued from 61-year-old kidnapper

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A 13-year-old girl from Texas was saved in California after she managed to signal for help to passersby while allegedly being kidnapped and sexually assaulted during a cross-country road trip. The accused, Steven Robert Sablan, 61, from Cleburne, Texas, has been indicted with charges of kidnapping and transportation of a minor with the intention of engaging in criminal sexual activity, as per the U.S. Attorney’s Office. His arraignment is scheduled for July 31 in downtown …

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