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‘Whole family wiped out’: Baby girl, parents and uncle found dead in orchard after being kidnapped at gunpoint

‘We have a whole family wiped out and for what? We don’t know yet,’ top police officer says

The Independent UK

Family, including 8-month-old baby, kidnapped at gunpoint found dead in California

Sheriff Vern Warnke of Merced County said "worst fears" had been confirmed after a farmworker found the bodies close together at around 5.30pm on Wednesday

Irish Mirror

A kidnapped baby, parents and uncle are found dead in California

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

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‘Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

Police say a baby girl, her parents and uncle have been found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business

The Independent UK

New video shows kidnapping of missing family of four as person of interest arrested

‘We are devastated, we are shocked, we are dying every moment,’ a relative of the kidnapped family of four told a press conference

The Independent UK

Nigerian military says last hostages from March train attack freed

Nigeria's military has secured the release of the remaining 23 hostages from a train attack by gunmen in northern Kaduna state in March, which saw dozens kidnapped and six others killed, a defence official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

British couple murdered in South Africa before being thrown to crocodiles

The pair had been interviewed as part of a BBC documentary a few days before they were kidnapped

The Independent UK

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California police hunt armed man who kidnapped family of four

“We have a low-life out there who kidnapped an eight-month-old baby, her mum, her dad and her uncle,” said Merced County Sheriff Vernon H Warnke

The Independent UK

Moors Murders cops promise to carry on hunt for remains of victim Keith Bennett

Keith Bennett, 12, was kidnapped and murdered in June 1964 by evil serial killer couple, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Daily Record

British botanists murdered and thrown to crocodiles in South Africa, court hears

Couple had been filming with a crew from BBC Gardeners World before they were kidnapped in forest reserve, the court heard

Evening Standard

Girl, 7, survived Babes in the Woods killer after offering him her £1 pocket money

Rachael Watts was just seven years old when she was kidnapped from her home in Whitehawk, Brighton, and molested by Russell Bishop in 1990 - years after he had committed the Babes in the Wood murders

Daily Mirror

Railway police rescue kidnapped toddler in three hours

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Autopsy says Tennessee teacher died of gunshot wound to head

An autopsy report shows that a Tennessee kindergarten teacher who police said was kidnapped during a pre-dawn run and then killed earlier this month died from a gunshot wound to the head

The Independent UK

Kidnapped teen shot by Calif. police

Sheriff confirms the girl died in a police shootout after they issued an Amber Alert earlier in the day

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Angel Lynn: Woman kidnapped and paralysed by boyfriend now learning to swallow again

Angel Lynn, 21, was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend Chay Bowskill and then fell out of a moving van on the A6 near Loughborough in September 2020, leaving her with catastrophic brain injuries

Daily Mirror

EastEnders' Alfie Moon kidnapped at gunpoint by balaclava wearing gangster

Alfie Moon's return to Albert Square isn't all smooth sailing with pictures from EastEnders filming showing him being kidnapped at gunpoint - but what sort of trouble has he got himself into?

Daily Mirror

Chimp kidnappers release 'proof of life' video and demand six-figure ransom

The theft, which happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marks the first-ever recorded instance of an ape being kidnapped and held to ransom

Daily Mirror

Moment mum who faked her own kidnapping to hide at ex's house is confronted by police

Sherri Papini vanished for 20 days back in 2016 before mysteriously reappearing, claiming to have been kidnapped and tortured - but police rumbled her web of lies

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The Independent UK

Kidnapped twice by the same man years apart – the staggering real-life story of Jan Broberg

A new Peacock drama is based on a mind-boggling 1970s kidnap case in Idaho when a trusted church member and father of five abducted an adolescent family friend twice. Victim Jan Broberg, who told her story to Sheila Flynn, appears onscreen before the first episode to warn viewers that similar…

The Independent UK

Three chimpanzees kidnapped and held to six-figure ransom in first known case of its kind

‘Panic and fear’ in central African nation as wildlife crime taken ‘to a new level’

Irish Mirror

Coronation Street fans spot epic blunder in Kelly's tragic kidnap plot on Virgin Media soap

During the latest instalment of the Virgin Media One soap, Gary Windass was seen being kidnapped after Kelly Neelan ordered a hit on him. But eagle-eyed viewers spotted an epic blunder.

Daily Mirror

Coronation Street fans predict tragic twist for Aadi as they 'work out' Kelly's exit

Coronation Street viewers were left feeling concerned for Aadi Alahan after Wednesday's episode of the ITV soap saw Kelly Neelan kidnapped by hitman Kieron

France 24

Anger mounts in Madagascar following deadly police shooting of mob

On August 29, a young albino child was kidnapped and his 21-year-old mother murdered in the remote village of Ambatolampy in south-eastern Madagascar. Recent years have seen a rise in murders of Albinos on the island, with their body parts often used in rituals and ceremonies. The crime triggered a…

Los Angeles Times

Sherri Papini invented a wild kidnapping hoax. The true story is even stranger

Sherri Papini disappeared from her Northern California neighborhood in November 2016, but she made it home in time for Thanksgiving.

The Independent UK

American held captive in Afghanistan for nearly three years is freed in Taliban prisoner swap, Biden confirms

Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in January 2020 while doing contract construction work in Afghanistan

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