Archive for child-abduction
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
A man by the name of Jimmy Lee Dykes, 67, is holding a 6-year-old hostage in a church in Midland, Ala. leaving SWAT teams and police to try to figure out how to ensure the youngster’s safety. Police say Dykes kidnapped the child from a school bus on Tuesday after boarding a bus driven by ... read more »
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
A Chicago family is suing the Chicago Board of Education for failing to keep their daughter safe and reporting a witnessed abduction. The victim was a student at Cook Elementary on Chicago’s south side back in May. The family filed their lawsuit this week. The lawsuit claims that their daughter was abducted by a stranger, ... read more »
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
A teen boy was on his way to school when he was kidnapped and held in a makeshift underground dungeon cell for two weeks. The boy was targeted because his father is a wealthy businessman, and the kidnappers threatened to kill the boy if the parents did not provide them with $315,000 in ransom. The ... read more »
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Jeffrey Jewitt (29), a convicted sex offender with a history of attempting to lure young girls into his car, was arrested this week by police from Elmwood Park, Illinois and charged with child abdution and loitering in a public park as a sexual predator. Jewitt apparently approached the same young boy twice in two days, offering him a ride and ... read more »
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Coinciding with much anticipated release of Jaycee Dugard’s memoir, networks are begging Dugard to break her silence and grant them an interview which would surely be a coup for any station who gets it. Jaycee Dugard, the woman who had been missing for 18 years after being abducted by a stranger at the tender age ... read more »
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Rarely do we get to report on a stranger abduction that ends well. 8 year old, Elisa Cardenas, was reportedly abducted by a couple who drove up to her families residence, an apartment complex, where she and other children were playing. Witnesses claim the suspect grabbed one of the girls and put her into a ... read more »
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Adam Walsh, the son of child advocate and America’s Most Wanted hose, John Walsh, finally has closure as police identify his killer… Florida police are expected to announce today that they are ready to close the 1981 abduction and murder investigation of Adam Walsh, one of the country’s most famous cold cases, law enforcement sources ... read more »
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Ryan Ramos, who went missing after his father allegedly shot his mother and abducted him has turned up safe at a church in Mexico. Lonnie Ramos, his father, was killed in a car accident. Ryan Ramos was found alone Sunday in a Mormon church in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and was expected home in Orange County ... read more »
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
MT applauds a father who opened up a can of whoop ass when his 4 year old daughter was abducted. As a quick thinking caregiver, he jumped in his car and went after the perpetrator in a car chase that lead him to his stopped vehicle, in which he opened the abductors car door and ... read more »
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
A collaborative effort on the part of two eye-witnesses, who gave details about a man they claim they saw take little Maddy. The man and his connections to several pedophile rings, with child pornography and predator reach around the world is now being investigated. Super creepy! Let’s hope law enforcement breaks these rings wide open ... read more »
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