The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Kidnapping conspiracy hearing focuses on reconnaissance trip to Gov. Whitmer's cottage

DETROIT — The second day of testimony in a key hearing for five people charged with materially aiding the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer focused largely on a two-day field training exercise and a nighttime surveillance trip to Whitmer's summer home in Antrim County.

Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022

At least 19 dead after Madagascar police open fire at ‘lynch mob’ attacking police station

Hundreds of people stormed a police station in anger at the kidnapping of an albino child

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2022

Police in Madagascar open fire on a crowd seeking revenge for abduction of albino child

At least 19 people were killed by police in a town in Madagascar, who opened fire on what they claim was a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 30, 2022

Colorado mom guilty of Qanon kidnapping conspiracy

A Colorado mother accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter said she started associating with supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Famous author accused of faking own death and kidnapping son is extradited from US to Canada

Police looked for two weeks before she was arrested in Oregon

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Police release description of man who tried to kidnap woman in West Loop

The man got out of a car and confronted the woman on a sidewalk in the 200 block of South Sangamon Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 25, 2022

Vietnamese man charged over 2017 Berlin kidnapping, alleged spying

An alleged spy has been charged for his suspected involvement in the high-profile kidnapping of a Vietnamese businessman in Berlin in 2017, the German federal prosecutor's office said on Thursday.

Reuters · Aug 25, 2022

Who is Florence Cassez? Inside controversial Mexican kidnapping case and her sentence

Netflix's A Kidnapping Scandal: The Florence Cassez Affair is exploring the highly controversial case that saw a French national convicted of kidnapping — here's who she is

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

US to extradite Canadian writer accused of faking own death and kidnapping son

Dawn Walker, who says she fled domestic abuse, is arrested and accused of stealing friend’s identity to cross border

The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2022

2 Defendants in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Found Guilty in Retrial

After an embarrassing failure for the FBI counterterrorism program, federal prosecutors won convictions against two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Reason · Aug 24, 2022