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The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Lifelong criminal who has been arrested 26 times is now suspected of trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl

Stanley Dotson, 41, was arrested and has been charged with attempted kidnapping

The Independent UK

Georgia Man Who Spent 6 Weeks in Jail on a Kidnapping Charge Says He Was Helping a Falling Child

Mahendra Patel was charged with battery, assault, and attempted kidnapping. He was granted bond.

Reason

Cricket legend backs ex-spinner over 'biggest mistake'

Ex-spinner Stuart MacGill has described his role in a cocaine deal as his "biggest mistake" before being spared jail time for a "colossal lapse in judgment".

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Claim Can Go Forward Against American Publisher That Allegedly Knew Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder

The claim is under the Alien Tort Statute, which allows lawsuits in U.S. courts for aiding and abetting terrorism (among other things).

Reason

Mahendra Patel Released From Jail Amid Caroline Miller's Accusations He Tried To Kidnap Her Child

Video evidence clears Mahendra Patel of kidnapping charges, leading to his release on bond after 45 days in jail.

International Business Times UK

Cryptocurrency investors are being targeted for ransom, kidnappings, and mutilations across France, with abductors demanding between $6M and $10M in crytpo funds

Crypto's lack of accountability is painting targets on investors backs.

PC Gamer

Caroline Miller, Woman Who Cried Wolf Or Victim? Outrage as Innocent Man Still in Jail Over Georgia Mum's Lies

Accusations and Evidence Clash in Controversial Kidnapping Case

International Business Times UK

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Father of crypto-millionaire rescued after being held for ransom—and having his finger severed

The kidnapping is the latest in a string of dozens of violent crypto-related attacks.

Fortune

Inside the 58 hours that saw French police free a crypto hostage whose finger was chopped off

Police tracked the gang to a house in the Essonne region south of Paris

The Independent UK

French police investigate spate of cryptocurrency millionaire kidnappings

Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting entrepreneurs and their families

The Guardian - UK

Could DNA testing shed new light on 93-year mystery of Lindbergh baby case?

A new lawsuit seeks to examine ransom notes linked to the 1932 kidnap and murder of the transatlantic aviator’s son

The Guardian - US

Meet the Future Queen of the Netherlands, Who Was Forced to Live in Hiding After Kidnapping Threats

The 21-year-old Princess of Orange, Catharina-Amalia, has overcome a scary period in her young life.

Marie Claire

A South African woman is convicted of kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter

A South African woman has been convicted of kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter in a case that horrified the country

The Independent UK

Mississippi Man Accused of Kidnapping Young Girls After Killing Their Mom Finally Gets Trial Date

David Callihan has been deemed competent to stand trial for the murder of a mother and fatal kidnapping of her young daughters in Lousiiana and Mississippi.

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Al Jazeera

Why are relations between Algeria and France so bad?

Arguments after the kidnapping in France of an Algerian government critic reopen old wounds.

The Independent UK

Brother and sister accused of kidnapping woman and baby daughter after family refused to give them $1m

Miguel Angel Duran Duran and Paola Duran Duran, along with Eleodoro ‘Leo’ Estrada-Hernandez, 37, are accused of kidnapping a mother and her baby before releasing them. Estrada-Hernandez is still at large

Latin Times

High School Lacrosse Team Faces Kidnapping Charges as Staged Abduction Went 'Way Beyond Hazing'

Students from a high school lacrosse team are accused of staging a violent mock abduction of younger teammates in what prosecutors say went "way beyond hazing."

The Independent UK

11 high school lacrosse players face felony kidnapping charges after hazing ritual goes too far

The Westhill High School students have been given 48 hours to turn themselves in to police

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The Independent UK

Man charged with killing estranged wife in Spain found dead in apparent suicide

David Knezevich was being held at a South Florida federal prison while awaiting trial

Radio France Internationale

Napoleon letter denying role in pope’s arrest up for auction

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past relationship with the Vatican.

International Business Times

Napoleon Letter Auction Recalls French Pope Detention

AAP

Innocent mum's brutal murder linked to organised crime

Police have landed on a likely motive for a woman's brutal kidnapping and murder that also left her young son with life changing head injuries.

Pedestrian.tv

Tributes Flow For 45 Y.O. Kidnapped Syd Mother Thi Kim Tran Found Dead In Burnt Out Car

45-year-old mother Thi Kim Tran has been identified as the victim of an alleged kidnapping whose body was found in a burnt out car near by.

The Independent UK

California man arrested after kidnapping 10-year-old he met on Roblox and Discord, police say

The 27-year-old man is now being held on a $250,000 bail

Latin Times

Cartels Could be Resorting To Kidnapping Citizens As Flow Of Migrant Dries Up Due To Trump's Crackdown

The member of a nonprofit warned that cartels could now resort to targeting citizens as the flow of migrants dries up as a result of Trump's crackdown

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