Kidnapping

A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization.

A convicted murderer who was being treated at a College Area hospital briefly escaped law enforcement’s custody late Tuesday, prompting a tense search and response from a SWAT team.

A tense search for an escaped convicted murderer came to an end when law enforcement finally found him on the roof of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center.

Authorities in northern Nigeria say three separate groups of kidnapped students have been freed within a 24-hour period.

More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, reports NBC 7’s Allison Ash

More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, police announced Thursday.

Police in Escondido arrested a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in 1999.

FBI agents from Newark and Philadelphia shot and killed a kidnapping suspect who had been tracked a New Jersey apartment

The bravery of an 11-year-old Florida girl and her dedicated viewing of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” helped her not only fight off an attempted kidnapping at a bus stop, but also help police later identify the man, police said.

A 19-year-old Oregonian man was arrested on sexual assault charges in Northern California after being found with a 12-year-old girl from Chula Vista he met on an online gaming platform, authorities said Monday.

A rideshare driver in Massachusetts has been arrested on a kidnapping charge after he allegedly trapped a woman inside his car in Brighton late Thursday night, police said.

An 11-month-old girl named Heather who was kidnapped out on the street Sunday evening, leading to an active search Monday afternoon, was found, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Police rescued an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her National City home. The case shines a light on the channels predators use to contact children. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has the details.

Parents in National City say they woke up to find their 11-year-old daughter not in her bed. After a city-wide manhunt and rescue, the girl is now safe and police say the 20-year-old accused of taking her is in jail.

Authorities in Hayward on Monday charged 59-year-old David Misch in the cold case kidnapping and killing of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, who disappeared 32 years ago.

A man accused in the kidnapping of his girlfriend was shot and killed after at least two confrontations with authorities over the weekend in which he rammed law enforcement vehicles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

More than 10 years after he kidnapped and killed a 17-year-old Moreno Valley girl during an attempted sexual assault, a Long Beach man was sentenced to death Friday.

Swedish police suspect a woman of keeping her adult son locked in an apartment for nearly three decades.

A man convicted in the kidnapping of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a judge who cited his leadership role in a gang active nationwide.

An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan