The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Andrea Vazquez – latest: Gabriel Esparza pleads not guilty to slaying teen on date with boyfriend

Authorities say Andrea Vazquez, 19, was ‘randomly targeted’

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

Andrea Vazquez – latest: Gabriel Esparza arrested for murder after kidnapping teen on date with boyfriend

Andrea Vazquez, 19, was kidnapped during a “random attack” over the weekend, the Whittier Police Department said

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

Andrea Vasquez - latest: Suspect arrested in murder of California teen ‘kidnapped’ from carpark in video

Andrea Vasquez, 19, was kidnapped during a “random attack” over the weekend, the Whittier Police Department said

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

Colorado fugitive takes plea deal in connection with dramatic Vegas Strip casino standoff

A fugitive from Colorado jailed since a standoff last month that included furniture flying out of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip has taken a plea deal that is expected to send him to his home state to serve up to five years in prison

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action

The kidnapping and subsequent release of U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter in Haiti in early August 2023 drew brief international attention to crime in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

‘Traumatic’ trend: Ransom kidnappings thrive in South Africa as crime soars

Police say kidnappings rose from 3,832 cases in 2013 to nearly 11,000 cases in 2021, with most of those in Gauteng.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2023

A Connecticut doctor was allegedly kidnapped after attending the Brooklyn Mirage nightclub

In an increasingly strange hostage-taking that sprawled three boroughs, the incident included a shopping spree in the Bronx

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

The man accused of locking a woman in a cinder block cell in Oregon has an Oct. 17 trial date

A federal judge has set an Oct. 17 trial date for an Oregon man accused of posing as an undercover police officer, kidnapping a woman in Seattle and locking her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Husband accused of kidnapping his wife’s lover, beating him to death and hiding body in storage container

Investigators say victim found with his arms bound by a belt and that he had been struck and killed with ‘a blunt object’

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

FBI releases new image and reward on 20th anniversary of two-year-old Joshua Garcia’s kidnapping

Joshua Garcia’s 14-year-old babysitter was killed during the August 2003 kidnapping

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023