A Louisiana man is behind bars after police say he attempted to kidnap two children from a Kenner Walmart store on Friday. According to a press release by the Kenner Police Department, Billy Yoe Budier-Herrera, 33, of Metairie, allegedly entered the Walmart off of Veterans Avenue at around 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon while carrying a …
Police in Illinois say they have found the two young children who had been the subject of an Amber Alert issued Wednesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 2-year-old Jordyn Washington and 3-year-old Lynn Roby were believed to be in danger after authorities announced their father was a person of interest in the fatal shooting of their …
A convicted felon already facing charges for kidnapping a 4-year-old from her South Carolina home is now facing sex-related charges in connection with the case, according to a federal indictment. Thomas Lawton Evans Jr., 37, is facing numerous felony charges in relation to abducting a a little girl from her Johns Island home on February 13, …
To the outrage and shock of many, the Utah woman currently jailed for the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart could be eligible for parole later this year. CrimeFeed reported that Wanda Barzee, now 72, was sentenced to 15 years in jail on that conviction. While she’s scheduled to be released in 2024, an upcoming parole hearing …
A teen reported missing in Kentucky was found alive in South Carolina this month, more than two months after authorities say she was kidnapped and held captive. According to WRDW, Saluda County authorities responded to a mobile home park on Tuesday after the victim’s family shared a tip regarding the 16-year-old girl’s whereabouts. Police indicate …
A California woman who was dropping her child off at school allegedly saved a 12-year-old girl from an attempted kidnapper by pretending to be the girl’s mother. According to the Fountain Valley Patch, Amy Martinez was walking to Lathrop Intermediate School in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning when she was grabbed by a homeless woman. “She …
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A South Carolina prosecutor announced on Friday that a man accused of abducting a little girl after brutally beating her mother, targeted the family at random. The Post and Courier reports that Charleston’s 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson stated that suspect Thomas Lawton Evans kidnapped 4-year-old Heidi Todd on Tuesday after attacking her mother, Brittany Todd, did not …
Gloria Williams pleaded guilty Monday morning in a Jacksonville, Florida, court to charges related to stealing a newborn baby girl nearly two decades earlier and raising the child as her own. Williams, 52, agreed to plead guilty to kidnapping and interference. In exchange, she faces no more than 22 years on the kidnapping charge and no …
Police in Brookhaven, Georgia, are looking for a man who–along with a man who’s HIV-positive–allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy. According to WGCL, Kelvin Armstrong, 38, and Kevin Walker, 46, (pictured left and right) are accused of snatching the victim and dragging him into a nearby apartment Monday afternoon. Police said the men held …
An Ovilla, Texas, couple is accused of drugging, kidnapping, and keeping a woman as a slave for two weeks. According to WFAA, a tip led local police to the home of Jean-Claude Demars, 51, and Charlotte Demars, 41. There, the couple allegedly took officers to a bedroom where a 51-year-old woman was allegedly chained to a bed. …
The FBI released surveillance footage Friday that appears to show a man abducting a little girl in broad daylight from a Chicago suburb. According to a statement from the agency, Bryan Protho, 38, allegedly snatched the child on December 20 as she walked toward 153rd Street and Burnham Avenue in Calumet City, Illinois, and loaded …
