http://www.mail.com/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2161128-ohio-woman-accuses-3-holding-captive.html ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls. But an attorney for one of the suspects and the alleged captor's mother said the mentally impaired woman was given a place to stay because she and her you... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2161128-ohio-woman-accuses-3-holding-captive.html 2013-06-19T06:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2154332-dutch-couple-kidnapped-yemens-capital.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone call that prompted them check on the couple in their apartment. They broke down the door after no one answered and found only the couple's pet dog. They say the two have been missing for thr... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2154332-dutch-couple-kidnapped-yemens-capital.html 2013-06-15T19:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2145992-ariel-castro-pleads-guilty-ohio-kidnap-case.html CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, and the defense hinted at avoiding a trial with a plea deal if the death penalty were ruled out. The death penalty is in play because among the accusations facing Ariel Castro, 52, is that he... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:18:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2145992-ariel-castro-pleads-guilty-ohio-kidnap-case.html 2013-06-12T20:18:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2140394-body-river-abducted-iowa-teens.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A body found in the Des Moines River was that of a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was abducted last month along with a younger friend after getting off a school bus, authorities said Sunday. An autopsy confirmed the body found Friday night under a bridge near Boone is Kathlynn Shepard's. Her kidnapping on May 20 in the small city of Day... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2140394-body-river-abducted-iowa-teens.html 2013-06-10T00:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2138376-iowa-residents-saddened-body-missing-girl.html DAYTON, Iowa (AP) — Members of a small central Iowa city and its surrounding communities expressed sadness and said they felt "robbed of some innocence" on Saturday following the discovery of a body in a river believed to be that of a 15-year-old girl who was abducted more than two weeks ago. Along streets and businesses in Dayton, about 60 miles north of... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:45:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2138376-iowa-residents-saddened-body-missing-girl.html 2013-06-08T22:45:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2138390-local-gang-suspect-mexico-city-mass-kidnapping.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mysterious disappearance of 12 people from a Mexico City after-hours bar nearly two weeks ago was the work of a local gang, authorities said, with the possible motive being a dispute between rival groups over drug dealing. There has been no word of the 12 since they vanished in broad daylight on May 26 just a block from Mexico City'... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:23:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2138390-local-gang-suspect-mexico-city-mass-kidnapping.html 2013-06-08T07:23:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2138428-ohio-man-missing-women-case-faces-329-charges.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade in his Cleveland home — sometimes restraining them in chains — has been indicted by a grand jury on 329 charges, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping, prosecutors said. Ariel Castro, 52, is accused of kidnapping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:07:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2138428-ohio-man-missing-women-case-faces-329-charges.html 2013-06-08T07:07:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2135880-4-die-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that is home to the area's biggest black market, authorities said Friday. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the attack appeared to be aimed at two brothers who were exercising at the gy... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:15:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2135880-4-die-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html 2013-06-08T04:15:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2135854-4-dead-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four people died in a shooting in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that is home to the area's biggest black market. District prosecutor Alberto Ramos said three were killed Thursday at the scene and gave no more details. Paramedic Fernando Ochoa said a fourth person died later in the hospital. Witnesses said the shooting happened in the... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:31:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2135854-4-dead-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html 2013-06-07T05:31:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2122080-2-mexico-kidnap-victims-sons-drug-traffickers.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — It started to rain last Saturday night and the temperature dropped. So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater. He'd been gone all afternoon and now he and his friend, Jerzy Ortiz, 16, were headed out clubbing on Jerzy's motor scooter. "The only thing I said was, 'Son, it's raining, you shouldn't be going out,'" sa... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:24:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2122080-2-mexico-kidnap-victims-sons-drug-traffickers.html 2013-06-02T01:24:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2119004-11-vanish-mexico-city-bar-suspected-kidnap.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eleven young people were brazenly kidnapped in broad daylight from an after-hours bar in Mexico City's Zona Rosa, a normally calm district of offices, restaurants, drinking spots and dance clubs, anguished relatives said Thursday. The apparent mass abduction purportedly happened sometime between 10 a.m. and noon on Sunday morning just o... Fri, 31 May 2013 03:50:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2119004-11-vanish-mexico-city-bar-suspected-kidnap.html 2013-05-31T03:50:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2117984-maine-teens-wary-social-media-homicide.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The death of a 15-year-old Maine girl allegedly killed in a bizarre kidnapping plot involving a fake Facebook profile has prompted some of her classmates to scale back their social media use — or ditch it altogether. Nichole Cable was allegedly killed by an acquaintance who used a fake profile to lure her from her home, then kidnap ... Thu, 30 May 2013 22:26:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2117984-maine-teens-wary-social-media-homicide.html 2013-05-30T22:26:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2117574-police-maine-man-staged-kidnap-that-killed-girl.html BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man used a fake Facebook account to lure a teenage girl out of her house in an attempt to stage her kidnapping and rescue so he could look like a hero but ended up killing her, a state police affidavit released Wednesday said. Kyle Dube was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder and kidnapping in the death of 15-year-old Nichole Ca... Thu, 30 May 2013 00:09:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2117574-police-maine-man-staged-kidnap-that-killed-girl.html 2013-05-30T00:09:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2114824-ap-exclusive-rise-al-qaida-sahara-terrorist.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders. ... Wed, 29 May 2013 01:20:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2114824-ap-exclusive-rise-al-qaida-sahara-terrorist.html 2013-05-29T01:20:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2113818-fuel-tanker-reportedly-hijacked-nigeria-coast.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich delta, taking Pakistani and Nigerian sailors hostage in the latest attack targeting the region, private security officials said Tuesday. The gunmen boarded the MT Matrix I some 40 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state early Saturday morning, the offi... Tue, 28 May 2013 15:00:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2113818-fuel-tanker-reportedly-hijacked-nigeria-coast.html 2013-05-28T15:00:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112730-police-lawmaker-holds-2-foreigners-yemen-city.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Gunmen abducted two South African citizens Monday in Yemen's second largest city, Taiz, and police said a lawmaker was behind the kidnapping to pressure the government to hand over a disputed piece of land. It was the latest twist in Yemen's bumpy road to democracy after more than three decades of autocratic rule that ended with longti... Mon, 27 May 2013 18:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112730-police-lawmaker-holds-2-foreigners-yemen-city.html 2013-05-27T18:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2111476-suspect-colo-kidnapping-arrested-boy-safe.html DENVER (AP) — Authorities on Sunday arrested a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife's home before blasting her with a stun gun and pepper spray and kidnapping their 3-year-old son. Monty Ray Turner was arrested without incident at a motel in Brandon, Manitoba in Canada at about 1:30 p.m., said Longmont, Colo., Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur. The boy w... Sun, 26 May 2013 23:48:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2111476-suspect-colo-kidnapping-arrested-boy-safe.html 2013-05-26T23:48:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting t... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html 2013-05-24T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week by detectives who had been monitor... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:02:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html 2013-05-24T02:02:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106338-investigator-missing-iowa-girls-blood.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday. DNA testing confirmed that the blood found on the tailgate of the truck and in a hog confinement fac... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:01:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106338-investigator-missing-iowa-girls-blood.html 2013-05-23T23:01:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106048-ohio-kidnap-case-hero-year-free-mcdonalds.html CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighborhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said Heidi Barker, a spokeswoman for Oak ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:44:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106048-ohio-kidnap-case-hero-year-free-mcdonalds.html 2013-05-23T21:44:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104762-father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad, cricket board president Shazada Masoud said. Police are searc... Thu, 23 May 2013 09:17:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104762-father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted.html 2013-05-23T09:17:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2103432-man-who-kidnapped-2-iowa-girls-long-record.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When Michael Klunder enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa school bus stop Monday, it was at least his third kidnapping in a long criminal history in which he was ordered to receive sex offender treatment starting as a teenager. While authorities searched Wednesday for the still missing 15-year-old, residents... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:49:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2103432-man-who-kidnapped-2-iowa-girls-long-record.html 2013-05-22T21:49:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate support for the... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:10:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html 2013-05-21T23:10:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife. The bid to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay an old debt for school fees for her grand-niece failed. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two other officials joined reporters ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html 2013-05-21T16:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands. The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abduc... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z