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National City Kidnapping Case Highlights Growing Role of Gaming Apps in Child Exploitation
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.
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National City Kidnapping Case Highlights Growing Role of Gaming Apps in Child Exploitation
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.
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Man Facing Charges in 1988 Disappearance of 9-Year-Old Calif. Girl
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.
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Weekend Search for Man Wanted in Kidnapping Ends With Fatal Shooting
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.
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Man Sentenced to Death 10 Years After Kidnapping and Killing Moreno Valley Teen Girl
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.
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Swedish Police Accuse Mother of Locking Up Son for 28 Years
Swedish police suspect a woman of keeping her adult son locked in an apartment for nearly three decades.
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine's Kidnapper Is Sentenced to 24 Years
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.
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Arrest Made in 2008 Kidnapping of Journalists in Afghanistan
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
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Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Abducting Two Daughters From Home Where Two Boys Found Dead
Donny Jackson, 40, was arrested after allegedly abducting his two daughters, who were later found safe. It is unclear what his relationship is to the two dead boys.
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Feds to Execute Woman Who Killed Victim, Cut Baby From Womb
A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades.
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Possible Attempted Kidnapping Reported in La Jolla
Police arrested a transient man who reportedly attempted to grab a baby from a woman in La Jolla Wednesday afternoon. A man yelled at the woman to let go of a baby she was holding and then tried to grab the baby from the woman on Via del Norte and La Jolla Hermosa Avenue, San Diego Police officer Yovanna Gonzalez…
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Possible Attempted Kidnapping Reported in La Jolla
NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia has the latest.
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FBI: Groups Also Discussed Kidnapping Virginia Governor
Members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor during a June meeting in Ohio, an FBI agent testified Tuesday during a court hearing for a group of men accused of plotting to abduct Michigan’s governor.
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Michigan Governor on Foiled Kidnapping: ‘I Never Could Have Imagined Anything Like This'
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer thanked law enforcement on Thursday for their work in foiling a plot to kidnap her from her vacation home. The governor also accused President Donald Trump of encouraging extremism when he refused to condemn white supremacists during last week’s debate.
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FBI Arrests 6 in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
The FBI arrested at least six men on Thursday for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home.
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Missing Children Rescued in Georgia Sex Trafficking Bust
Federal authorities say nearly 40 missing or endangered children have been rescued by federal and state agents in Georgia.
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Mother Who Tried to Shoot, Fight Off Kidnapper Gets Child Back
An Atlanta-area mother who attempted to shoot and fight off kidnappers was reunited with her child Saturday after the baby was found unharmed, authorities said.
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Man Arrested for Attempting to Kidnap WWE Star Sonya Deville From Her Florida Home
Deputies arrested a man this weekend who allegedly told them he drove from South Carolina to a home in Central Florida with a plan to kidnap a World Wrestling Entertainment star. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports that 24-year-old Phillip Thomas II had been stalking Sonya Deville for several years on social media and drove to her home north of Tampa this…
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Father Detained in Suspected Kidnapping of Toddler, Girl Found Safe: SDPD
San Diego police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday in connection to the abduction of a 2-year-old girl.
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Amber Alert Issued for Missing 2-Year-Old
San Diego police issued an Amber Alert after a toddler was abducted by her father.