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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Crime list This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions ...
Greenlease was kidnapped and immediately murdered. The murderers demanded and were paid a $600,000 ransom by the boy's father, a wealthy automobile dealer. [3] Notable in the case was the fact that more than half of the ransom money was stolen by a corrupt police officer and never recovered. December 1954 Unidentified 11-year-old girl John A ...
The kidnapping began when the four perpetrators, already with a history of abduction and gang rape, attacked Furuta while riding home on her bike. She was held captive for 40 days in the house where Minato lived with his parents. [107] Torture over the subsequent days included gang-rape, starvation, forced alcohol ingestion, beatings, and burnings.
Dugard was kidnapped from a bus stop and held captive for 18 years. She was found alive by suspicious parole officers on August 26, 2009. During captivity she gave birth to two children. [45] September 11, 1991 Carrie Lawson Jerry Bland Jasper, Alabama, US 25 Murdered Lawson was a young lawyer kidnapped in an infamously bungled case in FBI history.
Serial rapist Iain Packer was jailed for her murder 19 years later after one of the longest-running murder investigations in Scottish history. [84] 6 May 2005 Mary-Ann Leneghan: Six men Reading, England 16 Murdered Leneghan and a friend were kidnapped from Prospect Park by a group of six men who drugged, tortured and raped both of them ...
Bartender kidnapped from outside her home in Southeast Atlanta. Her body was discovered several hours later. Abdulrab's kidnapper, who had previously been convicted of child sexual abuse, plead guilty to her murder, kidnapping, attempted rape, and other charges. [15] [16] 20 August 2021 Queen Bakomi Unidentified kidnapping gang
1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir: Pahalgam, India 4 July 1995: Unknown Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis: Budyonnovsk, Russia 14 June 1995: 5 days Air France Flight 8969: Algiers, Algeria, Marseille, France 24 December 1994: 3 days 232 1994 kidnappings of western tourists in India: New Delhi, India 20 October 1994: 12 days 4 ...
Kidnapping for ransom is a common occurrence in various parts of the world today. In 2018, the United Nations found Pakistan and England had the highest number of kidnappings while New Zealand had the highest rate among the 70 countries for which data is available. [45]