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Jayme Closs, kidnapped after her parents' murder and held for 88 days, discovered on 10 January 2019.; Murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenager tortured and repeatedly held captive in the basement by her caretaker and her children and their friends for three months, discovered on 26 October 1965.
A false imprisonment claim may be made based upon private acts, or upon wrongful governmental Detention (imprisonment). For detention by the police, proof of false imprisonment provides a basis to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. [2] Under common law, false imprisonment is both a crime and a tort.
[191] [192] Woodall subsequently sued the state for false imprisonment and won a $1 million settlement. [193] At the request of the state police, Kanawha County Prosecutor William Forbes began a criminal investigation.
A man accused in a burglary, robbery and false imprisonment case in which investigators said women were bound was acquitted, according to records. A man accused in a burglary, robbery and false ...
Eligio Bishop, who also goes by “Nature Boy,” was arrested late Wednesday and charged with rape, false imprisonment and three counts of “prohibition on nude or sexually explicit electronic ...
The protesters were charged with felony conspiracy, false imprisonment, trespassing to interfere with a business, obstruction of a San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators ...
Experts in family abuse considered the case to be extraordinary for many reasons. In February 2019, both Turpin parents pleaded guilty on 14 felony counts, including abuse of a dependent adult, child abuse, torture, and false imprisonment. [2] In April, they were sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years. [1] [3]
The case has been featured on 48 Hours, [3] Dateline [4] and in numerous other newspapers and media outlets. [5] A documentary titled dream/killer detailing the case and Bill Ferguson's journey to free his son debuted at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. [31] It aired in August 2016 as a two-hour special on the Investigation Discovery network. [32]