Kidnapping

Police smashed their way into a suburban house and rescued a 4-year-old girl whose disappearance from her family’s camping tent more than two weeks ago both horrified and captivated Australians.

Australian police smashed their way into a house Wednesday and rescued a four-year-old girl, who disappeared from her family’s camping tent more than two weeks ago.

A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization.

An Afghan national and purported Taliban member, previously arrested in connection with the 2008 kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Rohde in Afghanistan, is now facing charges of leading attacks that killed multiple U.S. soldiers. Federal authorities allege Haji Najibullah was a Taliban commander, and that he or troops under his command launched a June 2008 attack…

Authorities in northern Nigeria say three separate groups of kidnapped students have been freed within a 24-hour period.

More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, police announced Thursday.

The 27-year-old father accused of kidnapping his own 2-year-old son, prompting a multi-state Amber Alert last week, has now been charged with first-degree murder in the death of the boy’s mother, whose body was found 800 miles away from where she and her son were abducted, prosecutors said Thursday.

Tyler Rios is accused of kidnapping his son and the boy’s mother on Friday in New Jersey, triggering an Amber Alert. The toddler was safely recovered in Tennessee a day later, while his 24-year-old mother was found dead in nearby woods.

Authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, the mother of 2-year-old Sebastian Rios whose disappearance triggered a multistate AMBER Alert.

A Long Island teenager is back home safe after he was kidnapped and driven more than 500 miles away to Virginia by a stranger he met while playing a video game online, police said.

Police said that a Long Island teen is back home safe after he was driven more than 500 miles to Virginia, by a stranger he met while playing a video game. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Kidnapping suspect killed in FBI raid. Pat Battle reports.

FBI agents shot and killed a suspect at a New Jersey home during a raid connected to a kidnapping out of Philadelphia, law enforcement officials said. The victim was recovered safely. News 4’s Pat Battle reports.

FBI agents from Newark and Philadelphia shot and killed a kidnapping suspect who had been tracked a New Jersey apartment

The bravery of an 11-year-old Florida girl and her dedicated viewing of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” helped her not only fight off an attempted kidnapping at a bus stop, but also help police later identify the man, police said.

A Florida man was arrested Tuesday after an 11-year-old girl fought back during an attempted kidnapping and escaped to safety Tuesday morning, the Escambia County sheriff said.

A wild kidnapping case came to a quick end in a New Jersey town late Thursday after a teen lifted a car with a 2-year-old baby sitting inside.

A rideshare driver in Massachusetts has been arrested on a kidnapping charge after he allegedly trapped a woman inside his car in Brighton late Thursday night, police said.

Parents in National City say they woke up to find their 11-year-old daughter not in her bed. After a city-wide manhunt and rescue, the girl is now safe and police say the 20-year-old accused of taking her is in jail.

A man pretending to be a police officer kidnapped a 14-year-old girl off a Long Island street in the middle of the afternoon Wednesday and remains on the loose, authorities say.