A Texas woman is facing attempted kidnapping charges after police say she tried to take a child who was inside a Walmart store with her mother. According to an arrest affidavit, the incident happened at a San Antonio Walmart on Sunday, as a mother was shopping in the store with her 4-year-old child. The suspect, …
Memphis police have arrested one of two suspects in the kidnapping of a mom and her 1-year-old child last week as the mom was loading groceries into her car in a Target parking lot. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an armed man demanded cash from the mother and then grabbed the toddler from her car and …
The man accused of kidnapping Tennessee mom Eliza Fletcher has allegedly done this before, WREG-TV reports. Early Sunday, the Memphis Police Department announced that 38-year-old Cleotha Abston has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in connection with Fletcher’s disappearance. Fletcher, 34, was abducted around 4:20 a.m. Friday while out for her …
A former Ohio school superintendent — fired five years ago after investigators found a suspected crack pipe and crack in his vehicle during a traffic stop — was arrested in West Virginia this week for allegedly kidnapping two children earlier in the month. William Morrison, 59, has been charged with two counts of kidnapping in …
Memphis police are looking for two men who allegedly kidnapped a woman and her 1-year-old son from a Target parking lot and forced her take cash out of an ATM. Police said the incident took place at about noon on Thursday as the victim was loading groceries into her vehicle. An armed man got out …
A Texas toddler abducted from her parents’ apartment overnight Saturday was rescued from a motel where the suspect had her on Sunday. Houston police say they had to break into the motel room and that suspect Holman Hernandez put up a fight at about 2 p.m. when they found him, thanks to a neighbor who …
A Texas woman may have been poisoned after she threw out a napkin that was on her vehicle in a potential kidnapping attempt, KRIV-TV reports. On Tuesday, Erin Mims was at a restaurant in Houston celebrating her birthday with her husband when she encountered a napkin on the door of her car. Mims told the …
An Illinois man is facing criminal charges for a bizarre episode in which he allegedly lured two children into his apartment, yelled vulgarities, offered them beer and then began removing his clothes, WBBM-TV reports. The encounter occurred on August 9, when 54-year-old James Krook approached two children playing in the common area of an apartment …
On Tuesday, a California parole board approved the release of a man who hijacked a bus full of children in 1976 in an attempt to get $5 million in ransom. The Los Angeles Times reported that Frederick Woods, 70, was previously denied parole 17 times. In March, Governor Gavin Newsom asked the board to reconsider …
A woman who was reportedly seen being dragged into a truck in New Jersey on Wednesday was found safe on Thursday. The woman — and man previously suspected of abducting her — were located in Woodbridge. They were found after employees at Gabrielli Truck Sales in Dayton provided police with surveillance footage as the pair …
Deputies find two decomposing bodies at the home where the girl was held captive.
Oakland police in California are asking for help identifying a man seen in surveillance footage trying to kidnap a toddler and then assaulting the child’s mother. An “unknown good Samaritan” came to the aid of the mother, prompting the assailant to flee. The mother and the 2-year-old were at the transit bus platform at High …
