KIDNAPPING popularity and KIDNAPPING trends

On the 33rd anniversary of six-year-old Etan Patz kidnapping in NYC, a man was charged with second-degree murder. Now Etan’s family can finally be at ease. It’s been a long road, but the mystery of Etan Patz‘s disappearance and murder can finally be closed. After confessing to the police he committed the crime, Pedro Hernandez [...]

Investigators searched a reservoir near Morgan Hill, Calif., on Friday looking for the body of teenager Sierra LaMar. Antolin Garcia-Torres, 21, is accused of kidnapping and killing the girl. The 15-year-old Sierra, who lived in Morgan Hill, south of San Jose, disappeared on her way to school on the morning of March 16.  Her case sparked considerable attention and prompted a flurry of tips to...

Enrique Pena Nieto, says his top security priority will be on reducing homicide, kidnapping and extortion — the crimes that do the most damage to the greatest number of Mexicans.

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Thursday remarked that the trend of kidnapping the citizens by intelligence agencies without solid proofs and than declared them as missing persons should be stopped, as this practice had led the country near destruction. A division bench comprising Justice Rauf Ahmad Sheikh and Justice Shahid Hameed Dar issued these remarks while hearing the matter and ...

A New Jersey man who has allegedly admitted to kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz has been taken into custody by the NYPD, the police commissioner said.

A 44-year-old man has received four life jail terms plus 39 years in prison for kidnapping, rape, murder, robbery and possession of an illegal firearm, Mpumalanga police says.

Syrian rebels deny role in abduction of Shia pilgrims as violence in Syria heightens sectarian tensions in Lebanon.

Syrian troops have shelled the rebel bastion of Rastan and killed at least six people across the country, monitors said, as the rebel Free Syrian Army denied it was behind the kidnapping of Lebanese Shia pilgrims.

The kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Syria has sparked angry protests in Beirut, adding to fears that Lebanon is being dragged into the unrest afflicting its neighbour.

Two Tennessee women accused of helping Adam Mayes in the kidnapping of Jo Ann Bain and her daughters appeared in court Tuesday.

The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria.

BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria....

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A 21-year-old man in custody was linked to the kidnapping and murder of a missing teenager by DNA evidence found in her bag, authorities said Tuesday....

Authorities have arrested a man in the kidnapping and death of Northern California teenager Sierra LaMar.

Man booked on suspicion of murder and kidnapping in case of missing California teen Sierra LaMarParents Say Debit Charge May Help Find Missing BabyOhio Man Kills Wife for Refusing to Get Out of Bed to Buy Car

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Authorities arrested a man Monday evening in the abduction of a Northern California teenager who has been missing for more than two months.Antolin Garcia-Torres was responsible for 15-year-old Sierra LaMar's disappearance and has been booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of murder and kidnapping, sheriff's officials said.Read More...More on Missing Persons...

She has carved a career in her own right as a model, despite being most known as the daughter of kidnapping victim and publishing heiress Patricia Campbell Hearst.

Nine Palestinian terrorists from Ramallah arrested for trying to kidnap Israeli soldiers in March.

Sahil Saeed (pictured), from Oldham, was held captive for 13 days after being snatched while visiting his sick grandmother in Pakistan. His father Raja Saeed described the moment four men fled with the youngster.

RAWALPINDI - Five girls have been kidnapped including a six-year-old child in various incidents of kidnapping.  In jurisdiction of Morgah Police Station two cases of kidnapping have been registered, in first case Khalid Mahmood told that her 18-year-old daughter was kidnapped by Saleem. In other incident Ahmad Shah told that her daughter was kidnapped by Younas. A girl kidnapped by Saeed ...

RAWALPINDI - Five girls have been kidnapped including a six-year-old child in various incidents of kidnapping.  In jurisdiction of Morgah Police Station two cases of kidnapping have been registered, in first case Khalid Mahmood told that her 18-year-old daughter was kidnapped by Saleem. In other incident Ahmad Shah told that her daughter was kidnapped by Younas. A girl kidnapped by Saeed ...

A married couple plotted the kidnapping of a five year-old British boy in Pakistan from a Spanish town, a court has heard.

Diplomatic storm rages around commander accused of ordering the kidnap of British contractors and murder of American soldiersA senior Hezbollah commander accused of orchestrating the killing of British and US citizens is at the centre of a diplomatic storm after a Baghdad court last week ordered his release.US government officials have accused Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese citizen, of involvement...

Rodney Stafford says he wanted to scream when he heard Michael Rafferty had been found guilty in the death of his daughter Tori. A jury convicted Rafferty of first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping.

Michael Rafferty has been found guilty of first-degree murder, sex assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping Victoria Stafford

Michael Rafferty has been found guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm

(Reuters) - A man charged with killing a mother and her daughter committed suicide on Thursday in Mississippi and two other daughters he was accused of kidnapping were found alive, ending a manhunt for America's most-wanted fugitive, authorities said.

But Supreme Court still considers Otegi to have been part of ETA structure

A KIDNAPPING victim has been released and police have charged the alleged perpetrator.

The South African government has condemned the kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy in Malaysia and has urged the local authorities to find him.

MAN jailed after kidnapping three men who were bound and tortured for five days after a drug deal went wrong.

Headline Title:  Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge decades of impunity for milit 25 April 2012 The efforts of federal prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations into past human rights violations marks a crucial moment in Brazil’s history, said A...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid large sums of money to the Sicilian Mafia to protect himself and his family from kidnapping in the mid-1970s, Italy’s highest appeals court said yesterday.

ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid large sums of money to the Sicilian Mafia to protect himself and his family from kidnapping in the mid-1970s, Italy's highest appeals court said on Tuesday.

Haryana police on Monday arrested two undergraduate students for kidnapping a 14-year-old boy for ransom and then killing him.

THE man found with a missing Victorian teenager in South Australia has been charged with sex and kidnapping offences.

Supreme Court on Thursday entertained a PIL challenging the Odisha government’s willingness to release jailed Naxals to buy the freedom of tribal BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka.

Enrique Razon Jr. says the Philippines will become the world's next gambling Mecca. But he faces challenges from Macau, several local rivals and the Philippines' history of poverty, natural disasters, kidnapping and terrorism.

The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that Al Qaeda had claimed responsibility for kidnapping a Saudi diplomat in southern Yemen last month and was demanding the release of prisoners and a ransom payment.

One of the men accused of plotting to kidnap and murder soul singer Joss Stone has been placed in a mental-health unit ahead of his trial in August.

omega6 sends this excerpt from The Star: "The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Friday warrantless wiretap powers that police have in cases of emergency. ... Ruling in a 2006 British Columbia kidnapping case, the country’s top court said a 1993 provision of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because there is no accountability or oversight for the warrantless searches, either to the person ...

Though life has returned to normal for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos since his Nov. 9 kidnapping in his native Venezuela, in his mind there was one missing piece: He wanted to stand before the home crowd, to gauge and soak in their response upon seeing him for the first time at Nationals Park. Read full article >>

Sa défection dans les primaires républicaines ouvre une voie royale au favori Mitt Romney pour défier Barack Obama.Articles en rapportDes journalistes racontent leur séjour en Corée du NordUn Sud-Africain sauvé d'un kidnapping grâce à TwitterBo Xilai exclu du Parti communiste chinoisLondres autorisé à extrader cinq islamistesDamas signe l'échec du plan de Kofi Annan

Siebenfacher Mord, versuchter Mord und Kidnapping - wegen dieser Vergehen muss sich der mutmaßliche Täter nach dem Amoklauf an einem College in Oakland vor Gericht verantworten. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat Anklage gegen den 43-Jährigen erhoben - und könnte die Todesstrafe fordern.

Don't worry, it's just a stunt! Ha! Mark Wahlberg is busy looking jacked and getting whacked by police cars in Miami while shooting Pain and Gain. The Michael Bay directed film, which also stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is about two bodybuilders who get involved in an extortion and kidnapping scheme that goes wrong. As you can [...]

The full scale of a decade of violence and abuse which led to two sadistic brothers aged 10 and 11 kidnapping and torturing two other boys has been laid bare.

Solitary Sand, written in just two days, has no graphics, only audio: you're blinded after a shipwreck or kidnapping, and must explore an island with only sound and descriptions of touch sensations to guide you. It's not interactive fiction: you navigate with an FPS-style control system. You can pick up one thing at a time, [...]

Mexico's Supreme Court refuses to allow the immediate release of Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman jailed for 60 years for kidnapping.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Armed opposition elements have carried out serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a public letter to the Syrian National Council (SNC) and other leading Syrian opposition groups. Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as memb...

Six years into a mostly military assault on drug cartels, impunity across much of Mexico has worsened, and justice is harder to find.

The man suspected of planning the kidnapping of a Briton and an Italian man in Nigeria dies in police custody, according to officials.

A Mexican judge proposes the release of Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, whose 60-year sentence for kidnapping has been the source of friction with France.

Michael Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping in the death of the Grade 3 student

Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi were the key conspirators in the kidnapping and "killing" of nurse Bhanwari Devi, according to the CBI chargesheet filed on Wednesday. HT reports.

Colombia's feared FARC rebel group said it would abandon its decades-long policy of kidnapping for ransom and free all military and police hostages it holds in jungle camps, another sign the drug-funded leftist insurgents may want a move toward peace.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Latin America’s last major rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, announced Sunday it was giving up kidnappings in a policy reversal that could be a step toward peace talks after decades of conflict. Read full article >>

Here's kidnapping victim turned America's sweetheart Elizabeth Smart on the day she married her piece of a year Matthew Gilmour in Hawaii. Elizabeth Smart already got a free shade pass (good for one year) from me when she created an ice cold shield over her face that deflected Nancy Grace's concern troll bitchiness. Elizabeth Smart gets another free shade pass (good for one year) ...

Il est considéré comme le groupe le plus militarisé du Darfour : JEM, ou mouvement pour la justice et l'égalité, a revendiqué le kidnapping d'une…

HAFIZABAD - Gujranwala Regional Police Officer Ahmad Mubarik Ahmad has assured MPA Asadullah that Malik Nazir, a billionaire of Jalalpur Bhattian, would be recovered soon. The MPA had appealed to the RPO that reservation of the business community should be redressed following the kidnapping of Malik Nazir who was abducted for ransom about a fortnight back. The RPO assured that reservations of ...

An ambassador’s ‘express kidnapping’ underlines broader concerns about growing crime as rates continue to soar before October’s presidential election

Omar Ortiz's arrest for kidnapping and association with the Gulf Cartel captured headlines in Mexico, but it is far from the only criminal involvement soccer has experienced.

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Suspended first-division soccer goalkeeper Omar "El Gato" Ortiz has been arrested for alleged participation in a kidnapping ring, Mexican police announced Saturday....

ARIFWALA - An ex-serviceman on Wednesday moved a local court against the kidnapping of his two daughters after the local police refused to register a case on his complaint. In his petition, Mumtaz alleged that his daughters Zubaida and Zahida, wife of Aish Bahader, were allegedly abducted from his house in village-52/EB by Raza Khan, Abbas Khan, Kaneeza, sons and daughter of Shameer Khan, and S...

Komisarjevsky was convicted of murder, kidnapping and more in the Connecticut home invasion

Tens of thousands of Colombians have protested across the country to demand an end to half a century of guerrilla violence and kidnapping.

A Westmeath man has been handed a five-year sentence for trying to extort €50,000 from his father by setting up what was described as a fake “tiger kidnapping”.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan authorities have formally charged eight suspects in the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos....

Police continue to search for other suspects

There is only one note in “Two-Man Kidnapping Rule,” and even that’s not well played.

The kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has gripped the people of Venezuela and put officials there on full alert.

Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos remains missing Friday morning, more than 36 hours after he was kidnapped by armed men in his native Venezuela, an unspeakable and ongoing tragedy that underscores the growing dangers for ballplayers in that country.

Le kidnapping d'un joueur de baseball professionnel met le Vénézuela en émoi, et le renvoie à l'explosion de la criminalité ces dix dernières années.…