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  2. Kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    Kidnapping may be accomplished by use of force or fear, or a victim may be enticed into confinement by fraud or deception. Kidnapping is distinguished from false imprisonment by the intentional movement of the victim to a different location. Kidnapping may be done to demand a ransom in exchange for releasing the victim, or for other illegal ...

  3. List of kidnappings - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Kidnapping in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of kidnappings: 1900–1949 - Wikipedia

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    Her kidnapping was the oldest unsolved case of this nature in the files of the Chicago Missing Persons Bureau. [20] 4 June 1930 Asser Salo: Anti-communist Lapua Movement activists Vaasa, Finland 28 Released Asser Salo, a Finnish lawyer and politician, was kidnapped in Vaasa by activists of the anti-communist Lapua Movement on 4 June 1930.

  6. List of kidnappings: 1950–1979 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of kidnappings: 2020–present - Wikipedia

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    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. [17] [18] 20 August 2021 Queen Bakomi Unidentified kidnapping gang

  8. List of kidnappings: 2010–2019 - Wikipedia

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    Known as the Sheng Siong kidnapping case, 79-year-old Ng Lye Poh, the mother of the founder CEO of popular supermarket chain Sheng Siong, was kidnapped by two men Lee Sze Yong and Heng Chen Boon, who demanded a ransom of S$20 million from her son, and the ransom amount was later brought down to S$2 million after negotiations. After the ransom ...

  9. Category:Kidnappings - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia categories named after kidnappings and hostage incidents (9 C) Pages in category "Kidnappings" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.