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Indiana boy abducted in ’94 found in Minnesota

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities have identified a 24-year-old man recently discovered living in Minnesota under an assumed name nearly two decades after his grandparents abducted him from Indiana.The...

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Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened...

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Kidnapping was the “best thing” that ever happened

Shortly before Katie Beers's 10th birthday, in 1992, family acquaintance John Esposito lured the girl into his home with the flimsy promise of video games. He then confined her in a dungeon he...

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Negotiators talk to Alabama kidnapper through pipe

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) -- A standoff in rural Alabama went into a second full day as police surrounded an underground bunker where authorities said a retired truck driver was holding a 5-year-old...

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Russian lawmaker’s body found in cement-filled barrel

The body of missing Russian lawmaker Mikhail Pakhomov was found in a cement-filled barrel.According to the Associated Press, a former government official has been accused of ordering the lawmaker's...

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Kidnapping is big business in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Ibrahim’s relatives are rich and powerful. But the young Lebanese taxi driver was reluctant to go into the family business when he found himself struggling to make ends meet. His...

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Ohio kidnapping case: What we know now

Updated: 6:02 p.m.Ashley Summers, who disappeared in 2007, remains missing after the discovery of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. But investigators still believe she may be connected to...

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Ohio kidnapping suspect helped search for missing women

CLEVELAND (AP) -- In the years after his friend's daughter vanished while walking home from school, Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old's photo and performed music at a fundraiser held...

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Kidnapping victims suffered miscarriages in captivity

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland councilman says three long-missing women found alive at a home were subjected to sexual abuse for a prolonged period and had miscarriages.Councilman Brian Cummins says that...

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Cleveland kidnapping hero has history of domestic abuse

Updated: 4:59 p.m.The Smoking Gun has reported that Charles Ramsey, who helped Amanda Berry escape after breaking down the door to Ariel Castro's home, has served time in prison for three separate...

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When I was kidnapped

On the day I was kidnapped, as my abductor drove us down the Garden State Parkway, I pressed my toes against his car window so someone would see. Because this was 1982, his sedan boasted front-row...

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Kidnapped women left captor’s home twice in 10 years

CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women found alive after a decade in captivity endured lonely, dark lives inside a dingy home where they were raped and allowed outside only a handful of times in disguises while...

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Family of kidnapping suspect’s ex-wife: He was a monster

CLEVELAND (AP) — The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home terrorized the mother of his children, frequently beating her, playing twisted psychological games and...

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Police discover eight captives held in Houston “prison room”

Shortly after 8:30 am this morning, police broke down the door of a home in White Castle Lane, Houston where they discovered eight people who were reportedly being held against their will.KTRK reported...

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Kidnappings expose Mexico City’s dark criminal underbelly

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Eight weeks on, Mexico City police apparently have few good leads into the daylight kidnapping of a dozen young men and women from an after-hours bar a few blocks from both the...

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Mustache elicits Taliban death threats

This may be the mustache that launched a thousand death threats, yet a Pakistani man, Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi, is still refusing to shave the 30-inch soup strainer that recently got him into...

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Ariel Castro found hanged in prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man serving a life prison term for kidnapping three women and repeatedly raping them in his home for nearly a decade has been found dead and is believed to have committed...

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Ohio kidnapping case: What we know now

Updated: 6:02 p.m.Ashley Summers, who disappeared in 2007, remains missing after the discovery of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. But investigators still believe she may be connected to...

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Ohio kidnapping suspect helped search for missing women

CLEVELAND (AP) -- In the years after his friend's daughter vanished while walking home from school, Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old's photo and performed music at a fundraiser held...

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Kidnapping victims suffered miscarriages in captivity

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland councilman says three long-missing women found alive at a home were subjected to sexual abuse for a prolonged period and had miscarriages.Councilman Brian Cummins says that...

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