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Former Hialeah, Florida, police officer Rafael Otano has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of kidnapping a homeless man who was considered a nuisance by shop owners at a local strip mall. Prosecutors said that after a shopkeeper called police last year to…

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Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans

The FBI has added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation

The Independent UK

Colombia host Brazil but backdrop of Luis Díaz Sr kidnapping looms large

Liverpool winger’s father has been released but the global attention the case attracted has focused Colombians on the state of their nation

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Man charged with abducting Michigan teen who was strangled dies while awaiting trial

A man awaiting trial in the kidnapping of a 16-year-old western Michigan girl who was later killed has died from medical complications

The Independent UK

Former Chicago cop pleads guilty in kidnapping, sex abuse case

James B. Sajdak, 65, faces up to a year in federal prison under a misdemeanor civil rights count. Federal prosecutors accused him of forcing a woman into his squad car to perform a sex act on him.

Chicago Sun-Times

Father of Luis Diaz reveals details of kidnapping ordeal: ‘It was a lot of horseback riding’

Luis Manuel Diaz was not harmed by his kidnappers but went ‘almost 12 days without sleep’ after he was seized at gunpoint in Colombia

The Independent UK

Escapee captured after 9 days when dog bark alerted couple pleads guilty in Pennsylvania

A homicide suspect who escaped from a northwestern Pennsylvania prison and was on the run for more than a week before a pet dog led to his recapture in July has pleaded guilty for kidnapping a Pennsylvania couple and his escape

The Independent UK

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Police storm into two houses following false kidnapping claims

Edmonton homeowners describe experience as ‘traumatising’

The Independent UK

Justin Henry: Police recover a body from boot of a car three weeks after man reported missing

Woman arrested on suspicion of kidnapping bailed, as two men charged with murder

The Independent UK

Father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz released after his kidnapping in Colombia by ELN guerrillas

Colombia’s government has announced that the father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz has been released 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN

The Independent UK

Liverpool's Luis Diaz returns after parents' kidnapping with late leveller at Luton

The Colombian midfielder chose to return for the Reds amid a tough personal situation and bagged an equaliser in added time

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Rowdy, associates booked for kidnapping civil contractor in Bengaluru

The K.R. Puram police are on the lookout for a rowdy and his associates for allegedly kidnapping a city-based civil contractor and keeping him for 12 days in a lodge for ransom

The Hindu

Seventh arrest made over alleged teeth-pulling kidnap

NSW Police have arrested a 20-year-old man at Sydney International Airport and charged him over his involvement in an alleged kidnapping plot.

AAP

Jurgen Klopp confirms Luis Diaz could return for Liverpool this weekend with 'hope' for father's release

Luis Manuel Diaz to be released "as soon as possible", say guerillas behind kidnapping

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A mom and son are charged in Idaho after a teen is taken to Oregon for an abortion

With some narrow exceptions, abortion is banned in Republican-controlled Idaho but is legal in Oregon, and the state made it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents' consent.

The Independent UK

An Idaho teenager and his mother are facing charges over a 15-year-old’s abortion

Kadyn Swainston, 18, and his mother Rachael Swainston arrested on felony charges including kidnapping

The Guardian - US

Idaho mother and son charged with kidnapping over out-of-state abortion

Rachael and Kadyn Swainston accused of taking underage girl to Oregon for abortion without her parents’ knowledge

The Independent UK

Luis Diaz: Major military search begins in Colombia after kidnapping of Liverpool star’s father

Colombia’s attorney general Francisco Barbosa said it was possible that Diaz’s father was being taken to Venezuela, with the search focusing on the border region

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The Independent UK

Luis Diaz’s father ‘could be in Venezuela’ after kidnapping of Liverpool stars’ parents

Manager Jurgen Klopp said preparing the team for a fixture was “the most difficult” ever

The Guardian - UK

Father of Liverpool’s Luis Díaz missing in Colombia amid kidnapping reports

The father of Liverpool footballer Luis Díaz is still missing but his mother has been rescued, according to Colombia’s president

AAP

Ex-cricketer in court after alleged cocaine kidnapping

Ex-Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has faced court for the first time after he was charged over his role in an alleged drug supply operation.

WEKU

Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell'

In a remarkable press conference given the day after her release, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described how Hamas descended on her kibbutz near Gaza, tied her up, threw her over a motorcycle and beat her.

The Hindu

CCB arrests four on kidnapping charge

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested four persons for allegedly kidnapping a businessman and attempting to extort him by misusing the Karnataka police’s name

The Independent UK

US judge unseals plea agreement of key defendant in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case

A U.S. district judge in New Mexico has unsealed a plea agreement for one of the key defendants in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia in 2017

The Guardian - US

Father found guilty of terrorism in US case linked to 2018 toddler kidnapping

Jury found Siraj ibn Wahhaj and three others guilty of a range of charges including kidnapping resulting in death

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