In an interview with PEOPLE, Smart talks about how her terrifying ordeal has affected the way she parents and what her children know Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Smart was 14 when she was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom on June 4, 2002. The Utah teen was held in captivity for nine […]
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Mississippi law enforcement officials on the state’s efforts in LA-MS abduction, killing
Mississippi authorities shared with reporters Monday the state’s collaborative efforts in the Louisiana abduction case that ended with one 4-year-old girl found dead in Mississippi. The announcement came during a Monday press conference at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety headquarters. Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell said with the help of state, […]
Parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin say why they wanted video of abduction released
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli American who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, said Monday that newly released video of his abduction should serve as a “call of action” to do everything possible to free the remaining hostages. “That’s our son,” Jon Polin told NBC News’ Matt Bradley in Jerusalem. “I […]
Oklahoma Co. Sheriff’s Office, court documents shed new light on unusual abduction
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office has filed an arrest warrant in connection to an Edmond kidnapping case. Police responded to the 17784 N. MacArthur on June 14 in reference to a woman being taken by gun point and placed in a vehicle. Multiple witnesses told News 4 the suspects were holding weapons […]
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4 hostages rescued by IDF special forces from Gaza, including Noa Argamani, whose motorbike abduction went viral
Israeli special forces rescued four hostages from Gaza on June 8. Noa Argamani, whose abduction via motorcycle was captured on video, is among the rescued hostages. Argamani’s boyfriend is believed to still be in captivity. Four hostages were rescued from Gaza in an Israeli operation on Saturday morning, according to a joint IDF, ISA, and […]
Video of female Israeli soldiers’ abduction aired
STORY: Israeli television aired footage on Wednesday of five female army conscripts in their pajamas being seized by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. The captives’ families agreed to air the previously withheld clips, in hope of stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a truce […]
Disturbing video shows abduction of female Israeli soldiers
Disturbing video footage of the kidnapping of five female Israeli soldiers during the Hamas massacre on October 7 was released on Wednesday. The parents of the young women agreed to the release of the video in the hope that the horrific images could contribute to the release of their daughters and other hostages in a […]
Marshall PD officer Murdoch honored after quick actions in local 16-year-old’s abduction
MARSHALL – Marshall Police Chief Mike Boone recognized one of his officers April 15 for his actions after a 16-year-old Madison girl was reported missing last month. Officer Tori Murdoch was recognized by Boone during his report to the Marshall Town Board April 15 at Town Hall. According to Boone, on March 22, a 16-year-old […]
4 family members plead not guilty in abduction and abuse of a malnourished Iowa teen
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four members of a rural Iowa family have pleaded not guilty in the abduction and abuse of an 18-year-old relative who had allegedly showed up at a hospital so badly beaten that his brain was bleeding and so malnourished that he weighed just 70 pounds (32 kilograms), according to court […]
Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas speaks out on her abduction and sexual assault in Gaza
Amit Soussana has become the first Israeli woman to speak publicly about enduring what she says was a sexual assault and other forms of violence during her 55 days in captivity following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, according to reporting by The New York Times on Tuesday. Abducted from her home by […]
NYC mom, neighbor fight tooth and nail to stop teen’s abduction at front door: video
A New York City mom spent days recovering in a hospital bed after shocking video shows she chased a suspected kidnapper down multiple flights of stairs when he grabbed her teen daughter from the family’s doorstep in January. The surveillance clip shows a masked man jumping over a railing and grabbing the 18-year-old from behind […]