The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

‘You’re not gonna kidnap me in the name of the lord’: Woman’s trip to the mall turned into a kidnapping scare after someone left a pamphlet on her car

We live in an era where true-crime podcasts and viral safety warnings have us all on high alert. Because of that instinct, this woman’s holiday shopping trip turned into a kidnapping scare. The culprit? A single piece of paper left on her car door handle.

The Mary Sue · Mar 1

Igor Komarov, Son of Ukrainian Crime Figure Feared Dead: Discarded Body Parts Found After Bali Kidnapping

Indonesian authorities are investigating a murder case in Bali involving a Ukrainian national, with a chilling ransom demand and international manhunt underway.

International Business Times UK · Feb 28

The Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case takes an ugly turn as a $180,000 scandal is exposed

Humanity proves that it can sometimes do horrible things at the cost of the innocent.

We Got This Covered · Feb 28

Indian-origin Amritpal Singh charged with kidnapping women after offering them ‘employment opportunities’ in Canada

A 28-year-old man has been charged with 14 offences after police allege he kidnapped three women in separate incidents across Metro Vancouver, Canada over just four days.

The Times of India · Feb 27

Second brazen kidnapping and hostage case rocks suburb

Tactical police have rescued a man abducted and taken to a bush property in the same suburb where police believe a kidnapped grandfather was killed.

AAP · Feb 26

'Going through hell': Arizona man ‘scared numb’ after becoming online target in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping

An Arizona fifth-grade teacher says his family has been living in fear after online sleuths wrongly identified him as a suspect in the mysterious kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, turning his life into what he described as a “nightmare.”

The Times of India · Feb 26

Nancy Guthrie's Kidnapper Identified? Saliva From 'Bite Flashlight' Could ID Missing Mum's Abductor

Nancy Guthrie's apparent kidnapping investigation has hit a forensic snag, with police saying DNA recovered from the home is 'mixed' and difficult to separate.

International Business Times UK · Feb 26

Two British men arrested in Benidorm after ‘staging fake kidnapping’ to extort £725

Police said the stunt was a bid to make ‘quick cash’ after a video emerged of a fake hostage clip with a ‘victim’ being threatened with a knife

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Man charged with murder of Chris Baghsarian in Sydney likely ‘no mastermind’, lawyer says

Daniel Stevens and Gerard Andrews denied bail after being charged with alleged murder and kidnapping of 85-year-old

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26

Kidnapped grandad murdered at rural stronghold: police

Two men have faced court accused of kidnapping and holding an elderly man at a house for up to 40 hours before murdering him, despite having the wrong man.

AAP · Feb 25