Authorities on Tuesday released a video showing a missing 6-year-old boy with his father and grandmother, who are believed to have abducted him from Florida, at a Maine drugstore. Jorge “JoJo” Morales was reported missing on August 27, as CrimeOnline previously reported. He is believed to be with his father, 44-year-old Jorge Morales, and paternal …
Three Tennesseans have been arrested after allegedly holding a man hostage at a Murfreesboro hotel before torturing him and robbing him of thousands of dollars. Murfreesboro Police said that Jessica Mortensen, 25; Harry Kiningham, 41; and Joshua Frazier, 37, were each charged with kidnapping, robbery, and extortion, WKRN reported. Police spokesman Larry Flowers said that …
A California teacher is facing charges after police say she hid a 15-year-old boy for nearly two years after he ran away from home. According to the New York Post, 17-year-old Michael Ramirez disappeared from his family’s Rancho Cordova home in 2020, when he was 15. The teen reportedly got into an argument with his …
The Alabama man who kidnapped a 3-year-old girl in 2019 tried to abduct other children before taking the toddler, who was ultimately found murdered. Prosecutors said Patrick Stallworth bought $20 in candy and drove to a K-8 school where he stopped teens walking home from school. A student testified during Stallworth’s federal kidnapping trial that …
California police are looking for a man who was reportedly seen being assaulted and kidnapped by two men on Thursday. The suspects, who are believed to be in their 20s, were seen attacking a man, who is possibly in his 30s, in Pasadena. The victim was rendered unconscious before the suspects put him in the …
Police remained in a small, suburban Kansas City town in Missouri on Saturday, investigating after an emaciated woman ran out of a house and began screaming for help early Friday. Investigators arrested Timothy Haslett Jr, charging him with rape, kidnapping and assault, but the escaped victim told police there were possibly two more victims, the …
Breaking Update on Friday @ 4:02 p.m.: Patrick Stallworth was convicted of federal kidnapping charges in the 2019 abduction of Kamille McKinney. *** A former Alabama jail nurse testified on Thursday that she overheard an accused kidnapper talk about possibly raping a 3-year-old girl before his girlfriend killed her. Former Pickens County Jail nurse Phyllis …
The bodies of four members of a California family seen on video as they were kidnapped earlier this week have been found in an “extremely remote” area of Merced County. Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36, their 8-month old baby Aroohi Dheri, and the baby’s uncle, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh were taken at gunpoint from …
California police have captured a person of interest in Monday’s unsolved kidnapping of a family of four. Jesus Salgado, 48, is in critical condition after he allegedly attempted suicide prior to his apprehension in Merced on Tuesday. Despite this, investigators have been unable to locate 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her parents Jasleen Kaur, 27, Jasdeep Singh, …
Shocking video from a Florida sheriff’s office shows a man using a toddler as a human shield during a standoff with police in a McDonald’s parking lot. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said that Brandon Matthew Douglas Leohner, 27, allegedly kidnapped a 1-year-old baby at gunpoint from the child’s mother, his girlfriend, and left the …
A 28-year-old Colorado man was arrested this week and accused of attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl after his parents recognized his car from photographs released by police during the investigation. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Diego James Gettler on Friday. According to Thornton Police, officers responded to STEM Launch …
Florida deputies have arrested a second person after a hotel employee kidnapped a co-worker’s toddler earlier this week. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Jan Hans Gasperik, 49, has been charged with child neglect and kidnapping, the same charges faced by Zita Gasperik, also 49, when she was arrested on Wednesday. The sheriff’s …
