ABDUCTIONS
Kidnapping survivor Dugard says she'll remain in hiding to protect daughters
Jaycee Dugard, 31, and her two girls, ages 14 and 17, have been living at an undisclosed California location since being found by authorities in 2009 — 18 years after Dugard was abducted from a South Lake Tahoe bus stop. She was held by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in their Antioch backyard, where she gave birth to the two children conceived by rape.
By Associated Press , March 14, 2012
Rescued baseball player Ramos thankful to be alive 
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleHis eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal that ended when commandos swept into his captors' mountain hideout.
By Ian James and Jorge Rueda , November 12, 2011
Abduction in Venezuela of ex-Twins catcher Ramos shakens athletes, MLB
The Venezuelan government sent top investigators Thursday to hunt for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, whose abduction has shaken Venezuela's elite athletes and focused attention on the nation's sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom. Washington acquired Ramos from the Minnesota Twins in a trade for All-Star relief pitcher Matt Capps in July 2010.
By Ian James and Jorge Rueda , November 11, 2011
VIDEO: Nationals catcher Ramos, an ex-Twin, abducted by gunmen in Venezuela
Wilson Ramos, 24, who was traded by the Minnesota Twins in 2010, was taken away in an SUV by four armed men in Santa Ines in central Carabobo state, Kathe Vilera, spokeswoman for the catcher’s Venezuelan League team, said through her official Twitter account.
By Associated Press , November 10, 2011
UPDATE: Two homicide counts filed against woman in Wisconsin fetal abduction case
UPDATED 4:18 P.M.Relative: Pregnant mother didn't know suspect in attack
Prosecutors have filed two homicide counts against a Milwaukee woman they accuse of abducting another woman and cutting a full-term fetus out of her womb, killing both of them.
By Toidd Richmond , October 10, 2011
Pakistan: Suspected Taliban militants abduct 30 boys in Afghanistan
The boys, aged between 10 and 15, went to Afghanistan's Kunar province on Thursday after a man invited them to play in a river there, said Zeb and Abdul Haseeb Khan, another official. They were from villages very close to the border.
By Associated Press , September 02, 2011
Teen suspect in custody after Minnesota police find girl, 16, following Amber Alert
Brooklyn Park, Minn., police have taken a teenage suspect into custody following a reported child abduction that prompted a 4½-hour Amber Alert.
By Associated Press , August 26, 2011
Texas judge denies bond for Minnesota man in wife abduction
Timothy Glen Caskey appeared Tuesday before a magistrate in Brownsville and awaits extradition. he FBI says Caskey was arrested Monday in Matamoros, Mexico. Roberta Lynn Caskey was with him.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2011
FBI offers reward in alleged Iron Range kidnap case
The FBI says it's offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of a Minnesota man accused of abducting his estranged wife.
By Associated Press , July 22, 2011
Gunmen abduct 2 Americans in southern Philippines
More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants, officials said.
By Teresa Cerojano , July 12, 2011
Abduction consumes Tennessee town
Whether they are grabbing coffee, sitting down for a meal or filling their pickup trucks with gas, people in this western Tennessee town are talking about the abduction of 20-year-old Holly Bobo.
By Sheila Burke , April 16, 2011
More details of 8-year-old Canadian girl's 2009 disappearance emerge
All it took to pluck Tori Stafford out of a bustling, end-of-day crowd of Canadian schoolchildren and lure her to her death was the promise of a visit with an adorable shih tzu dog not unlike her own.
By Allison Jones , December 10, 2010
Ohio doughnut shop worker says she saw missing Michigan boys
A Sandusky doughnut shop employee says she was interviewed by the FBI Wednesday about her belief that she saw the three missing boys from Morenci, Mich., in the shop in late November.
By Carl Ryan and Claudia Boyd-Barrett , December 09, 2010
Japan, India pressed to curb child abductions
Japan and India are among America's most prized allies. Yet to scores of embittered parents across the U.S., they are outlaw states when it comes to the wrenching phenomenon of international child abduction.
By David Crary , December 06, 2010
Search for missing boys consumes small Michigan town
Each day for nearly a week, volunteers have trudged through muddy fields and climbed through ditches around this small southern Michigan town, searching for three young brothers last seen at their father's home on Thanksgiving Day.
By John Seewer , December 03, 2010
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