In the hours after 13-year-old Jayme Closs was found months after she disappeared and her parents were found dead, investigators have worked to put together the pieces of a tragic mystery that has captivated the nation since October. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 21-year-old Jake Patterson has been arrested on suspicion of killing James and Denise …
An 8-month-old boy in Texas was still missing as of the latest reports available following an apparent kidnapping last week at a San Antonio convenience store. According to San Antonio Express News, King Jay Davila’s father has since been arrested and accused of involvement in the abduction on Friday night. The incident occurred at around …
Police in North Carolina have arrested a man who they said attempted to kidnap a woman Thursday evening but was subdued when he followed her into a karate studio. WBTV reported that the head instructor of Bushiken Karate Charlotte Dojo in Charlotte fought off the suspect, August Channing Williams, 46. Police were called to the location and …
Authorities in Florida say a 9-year-old girl is safe after a close call at a ride in the Universal Studios Orlando resort this week. According to Fox News, 23-year-old Jason Mikel was arrested on suspicion of attempting to kidnap the girl from an area near the lockers at the Forbidden Journey ride. Police say the …
The FBI said the men are leaders of Lev Tahlor, an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect entangled in accusations of “physical, sexual, and emotional abuse” involving children
More than two decades after she kidnapped her own infant daughter amid an acrimonious divorce in which she lost custody to the girl’s father, Dorothy Lee Barnett is elaborating on the thought process that led her to that fateful decision — as well as the years she spent evading authorities around the world. Barnett shared …
Police believe Joanna Boyd attempted to take the baby as she lost custody of her own children
A Mississippi hotel clerk sensed something wasn’t quite right when a man showed up and checked into a hotel with a baby while acting bizarre. The clerk’s quick thinking resulted in the man’s arrest and a missing baby found safely. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a Ramada Inn clerk in Pearl, Mississippi, contacted police after a …
Authorities in North Carolina say a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. According to the New York Post, 19-year-old James Murdock Peele was found with the missing girl after she vanished from her grandmother’s home in Carolina Pines. The suspect allegedly left a ransom note behind before …
A woman was recently arrested in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of a 19-year-old Georgia woman who remains missing 27 years later. Per The Macon Telegraph, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda McSwain, 46, at Mercer University and charged her with the kidnapping of Sabrina Long. Long was last seen August 14, 1991, at …
A 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished in 2016 was reportedly found Tuesday living with his mother in Florida. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christina Hale, 40, took her son, Matthew Hale, from Webster, Massachusetts, in September 2016 after the boy’s father was awarded full custody. An anonymous tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children …
Authorities in New York say an Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a passenger during late-night ride earlier this year. According to WNBC, 24-year-old Harbir Parmar appeared earlier this week at a federal court in White Plains to faces criminal charges related to the February 21 incident. According to investigators, Parmar picked up …
