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What’s the latest on the kidnapping, murder of Athena Strand in North Texas? What we know

FORT WORTH, Texas — The body of 7-year-old Athena Strand was found in Wise County on Friday evening, and a FedEx contract driver from Fort Worth has been arrested and accused of kidnapping and killing her, authorities said.

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Murder charge FedEx delivery driver 'told police where to find body' of missing girl, 7

The body of young Athena Strand from Texas, US, was found on Friday with FedEx delivery driver Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, arrested on kidnapping and murder charges

Daily Mirror

Who is Tanner Horner, suspect in kidnapping, murder of 7-year-old Texas girl?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Authorities on Friday arrested Tanner Lynn Horner, a FedEx contract driver, and said he is accused of kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old North Texas girl after making a delivery to her home.

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Sheriff says kidnapping, murder of 7-year-old Texas girl was ‘crime of opportunity’

FORT WORTH, Texas — FedEx driver Tanner Horner is believed to have kidnapped and killed 7-year-old Athena Strand in “a crime of opportunity” while delivering a package outside her home this week, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said.

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Iranian Regime Steps up Efforts to Trap Opponents Abroad

American and Western security officials revealed that the Iranian regime has recently intensified its efforts to trap and intimidate its opponents around the world by using assassination and kidnapping attempts in the US, Canada, and many European countries. According to an investigative report by the Washington Post, the Iranian government…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ninth teen charged over alleged murder

A 19-year-old man taken into custody at Melbourne Airport has become the ninth teen charged over an alleged murder and kidnapping in the city's northeast.

AAP

Iran Sentences 4 People to Death for ‘Cooperating’ with Israeli Intelligence

Four people were sentenced to death on Wednesday by Iran's judiciary for allegedly cooperating with the Israeli intelligence service and committing kidnappings, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Tehran has long accused arch-enemy Israel of carrying out covert operations on its soil. It has lately accused Israeli and Western intelligence…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Man arrested after reports of three attempted kidnappings of schoolgirls in Salford

A 15-year-old schoolgirl was approached by a man at a bus stop in Monton last week

Manchester Evening News

UP: Six booked for raping, forcing conversion in Bareilly

The victim and his brothers of kidnapping her at first and demanding money. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case

A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Colombia's ex-FARC leaders face up to eight year sentences for kidnappings

Colombia's transitional justice tribunal recommended sentencing seven former FARC guerilla commanders to five to eight years for kidnappings and similar crimes during the country's decades-long armed conflict.

Reuters

Two more Chinese suspects caught over kidnapping

Two more Chinese suspects allegedly involved in a businessman's kidnapping in Pattaya were arrested on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

4 plays that dramatize the kidnapping of children during wars

Since February 2022, Western and Ukrainian media have reported on the kidnapping and forced adoption of Ukrainian children by Russians.

The Conversation

Parents warned of seven risks of posting pictures of children this Christmas

Experts say 'sharenting' can lead to everything from exploitation to 'digital kidnapping'

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The Independent UK

Woman convicted in kidnapping of 3-year-old Alabama girl

Federal jurors have convicted an Alabama woman in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose disappearance prompted a search for more than a week in 2019

Miami Herald

Rising homicides, kidnappings in Haiti show crisis is not over even as fuel flow resumes

A rise in gang violence and kidnappings in Haiti continues to worry the United Nations, whose top humanitarian official in Port-au-Prince has appealed to the international community to provide support for the country and its people.

AAP

Teens charged over murder and kidnapping

Eight teenagers have been charged following a stabbing death and an alleged kidnapping in Melbourne's north east, with four arrested at Melbourne Airport.

Newcastle Herald

Why paying Medicare hackers' ransom may have been the right move

The difference between a kidnap and the Medibank data breach is that kidnapping is usually non-preventable in that the victims are totally unaware of being the target of the crime.

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RFRA, Sharia, and Guns (Oh My)

A court rejects a claim of religious exemption from the ban on gun possession by felons and unlawful drug users.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with stealing car with baby inside in Uptown, then crashing into other cars

Pherris Harrington, 26, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated vehicular hijacking.

France 24

Haiti: In the grip of gangs

More than 150 gangs are active in Haiti, where they impose their law on a powerless state. Most of them are located in the capital Port-au-Prince, which they largely control. Massacres, stray bullets, kidnappings: everyday Haitians are the first victims of their violence. FRANCE 24's Observers investigated their abuses in…

The Independent UK

Man indicted on federal charges in attack on Paul Pelosi

A man already in custody in last month’s attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping

Newcastle Herald

Elijah Cage, accused of murdering ice dealer David King at Salt Ash, pleads not guilty

A man accused of murdering ice dealer David King during an alleged drug rip at Salt Ash and then kidnapping and sexually assaulting an alleged eyewitness has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Alabama teenager in superhero outfit arrested for violent kidnapping of minor

Two have been arrested for abducting a teenager and taking her across state lines

Reuters

U.S. confirms American's death in Baghdad

A U.S. citizen has died in Baghdad, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, one day after police in Iraq said an American was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.

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