They completed the drop between a pair of buses in the town of Sepulveda, California on the morning of December 11 and waited. Her bike was found less than a mile away from her home, abandoned on a dirt road close to the woods. She was found by a search party later the same day.

He and his brother, Walter, were taken by two men from their house under the pretense of buying fireworks. She rode to a small neighborhood market on her scooter.

Floyd was married to Sevakis' mother when she was sentenced to 30 days in jail for a minor crime.

She had been sexually assaulted and strangled.

Teich was kidnapped in his driveway in the evening after work. The court dismissed Mitchell’s insanity defense, and on May 25, 2011, he was found guilty and sentenced to two life sentences. No trace of her has ever been found, nor have investigators been able to ascertain any further information about her disappearance. Ownby was getting off the school bus when he was forced into Michael Devlin's pickup truck. On 9 October, Kim Sue Leggett disappeared around 5 pm from her place of employment. Chen abducted Zhang from her home in the middle of the night and killed her. Girl, 13, Went Missing Last Week, and Suspect Is Arrested on Murder, Sex Assault Charges", "Man accused of killing Patricia Alatorre pleads not guilty to all charges", "Man pleads not guilty to rape, murder of teen he met online", "Family of Patricia Alatorre to hold vigil every night until she is laid to rest", "Gold Coast - a sunny place for the shady", "Dutch Actor's Tale Exposes A Nation's Guilt About Jews", "Shannon Matthews: The kidnap hoax that shocked the UK", "What happened to Shannon Matthews?

She was raped and suffered blunt-force trauma, dying from drowning after Mundt threw her into a well. Burns, a student of Marshall Community and Technical College's Physical Therapy Program, was abducted at the Marshall University Court Yard Apartments. The kidnapping of Patty Hearst is one of the most famous in American history. Cherish Lily Perrywinkle had been with her mother, Rayne Perriwinkle, and two sisters at a, Madyson “Maddy” Middleton, an 8-year-old girl then about to enter the fourth grade at a local Santa Cruz, 'Wasserstrasse' organization, self-proclaimed Swiss human right activists.

The following day, Keenan phoned John Irwin and asked his co-conspirator to act as the ransom contact. Two teenage girls were believed to have been kidnapped prior to a scheduled party after a, Trinidadian brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein attempted to kidnap.

He could not leave the cabin and made his physiological needs at a urinal, on which he also received the water to wash himself. After she was released, she found that the children and Floyd had disappeared. He was found six years later living as the son of Latasha Brown. Rowan Ford, a 9-year-old girl then under the care of David Spears, her stepfather, was kidnapped from her home by Collings, a friend of Spears, after a night of heavy drinking. The boys lived in Devlin's apartment for a few days, playing computer games and watching TV. He followed her and her father as they moved to two locations in Wisconsin. Dead, cause of death could not be determined, Frauke Liebs disappeared on 20 June on her way home from a pub. Mackle was kidnapped and buried in a reinforced box with food, water, and air.

A girl was kidnapped while shopping alone for a family member.

Ryce was supposed to be coming home from school but never came back. Two days later her body was found 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) away in an industrial yard. Eventually, the police identified the man as Brian Mitchell and featured his picture on an episode of America’s Most Wanted in February 2003.

Later her parents also got a ransom note demanding $250,000.

Greenlease was kidnapped and immediately murdered. Knight, along with Amanda Berry, Berry's child who was born in captivity, and Gina DeJesus, were found alive and in reasonable health within three miles of the site of their disappearances on 6 May 2013.

Alvarez-Machain, a suspect in the murder of Enrique Camarena, was kidnapped, allegedly by Americans to bring him to trial in the United States. Cruz met Alatorre twice in person after driving from Inglewood to Bakersfield. During the ordeal, Mitchell routinely tried to convince his victim that he was, in fact, a prophet.

Her remains were discovered in 2000. Timmothy was taken out of school by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, but she did not bring him home.

Her killer was never identified. The mother attempted to file kidnapping charges but the local police declined, telling her that the child's stepfather had parental rights over the children. Victim was abducted after walking to school. He eventually recanted his confession. Sylena's mother's search for Allyson has never stopped.

South Carolina Death Row inmates Chadwick E. Fulks and Branden L. Basham claim responsibility for the disappearance of Burns. She is still missing.

Gibbs, a nurse, was abducted after completing her shift at a hospital. Hundreds of people searched for the girl but her body wasn't found until six weeks later when a man with a divining rod led police to a shallow grave near her parents' home. In this piece, I look at six of the most famous kidnapping cases in history. One would expect Smart’s life to be ruined by such a horrible experience (like Steven Stayner), but remarkably, she has managed to lead a fulfilling life to date. Williams received two life terms, and Ward 1 life term.

The victims were all in reasonable health and within three miles of the site of their abductions. Baum disappeared walking home from the home of a friend in the small town of McCleary, 20 miles west of Olympia.

Irwin disappeared from her home in the early hours of the morning. Years later, two men were tried for the crime; however, only one was convicted and served time.

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.

Williams, Ward and Caffey killed Evans and Samantha in their home and abducted Joshua, killing him the next day. Neither Garecht or the abductor have been seen or heard from since. Deborah Evans was nine months pregnant when she was murdered and had her unborn son cut from her womb.

There were hundreds of names of possible suspects, but no corroborating evidence to substantiate them as suspects. Parker, a European-American child, was taken from her family during a Comanche raid of their home in, Mortara, a Jewish child, was taken from his family by Pope Pius IX because a Catholic housekeeper had secretly, Page and her student, Mercedes Sais Quiroz, were abducted by. Avila is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in California. Morcombe was abducted while waiting to catch a bus under an. Zephany was taken shortly after birth and raised by the kidnapper's family as one of their own.

Lunsford was abducted from her home in the early morning. They were rescued on 15 August 1996. Bennett was then kidnapped, drugged, raped, and murdered, and her body buried in a makeshift grave about a mile from Jacques’ home. Although a $75,000 reward was offered for information leading to Hagerman's killer, he was never found.

Hughes was abducted from his elementary school by his stepfather, Franklin Delano Floyd. He was killed by his kidnappers even though the ransom for him was paid. The ransom money was mostly recovered from the suspect's attic and vehicle. Evans' ex-boyfriend Laverne Ward was the father of both Jordan and the unborn baby.

Her parents were out eating at a bar with friends, having left McCann and her two younger siblings alone in the apartment. They were in reasonable health and within three miles of the site of their disappearances.

Three of the abductors were sentenced to death a year later.

Hassan was kidnapped and later killed on 8 November by terrorists.

Davis has been convicted of kidnapping and first-degree murder and sentenced to death. She was profiled on. Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, while Barzee was sentenced to 15 years. The officers left, but came back the next day.

She was raped and asphyxiated, and her body was found several months later.

Buell was convicted in 1984. Payne was kidnapped and murdered soon afterwards by Whiting. George McGee, Walter McGee, Clarence Click, and Clarence Stevens, Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes. He was left to care for her four children while she was incarcerated.

Cayedito was kidnapped from her home. Due to questions about Mitchell’s mental state, the case against him and his wife dragged on for years. Charles (Chad) Wayne Green and Billy Dale Green. The male friend with her was shot while trying to help her. Wetterling was kidnapped on his way home by a masked gunman.