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[citation needed] In 2010, the US Department of Justice reported 200,000 cases of parental kidnapping; these comprised both domestic and international abductions. [ 4 ] Fewer than 350 people under the age of 21 have been abducted by strangers in the United States per year, on average, between 2010–2017. [ 5 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Crime list This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions ...
Unidentified 11-year-old girl John A. Bennett: Wals-Siezenheim, Austria: 11 Survived Bennett, a U.S. soldier stationed in Salzburg, abducted an 11-year-old girl while heavily intoxicated and looking for a brothel and raped her before strangling her and throwing her into a stream. She survived the assault and Bennett was sentenced to death by a ...
Jessica Ridgeway was a 10-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered on 5 October 2012 while walking to school. [33] She failed to return home from school and an AMBER Alert was issued. On 10 October, her dismembered remains were found in a ditch in a park in Arvada. Her abductor was 17-year-old Austin Sigg, and he was sentenced to life ...
Madison, Indiana, US 12 Murdered A 12-year-old girl abducted via deception, then tortured and murdered by four teenage girls (aged 15 to 17). Sharer was ultimately burned alive. The motives for Sharer's murder soured between revenge and sexual jealousy for her having dated the girlfriend of one of her murderers. [29] 26 May 1992
The earliest nationally publicised kidnapping of a child by a stranger for the purpose of extracting a ransom payment from the parents was the Pool case of 1819, which took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Margaret Pool, 20-months-old, was kidnapped on May 20 by Nancy Gamble (19-years-old) and secreted with the assistance of Marie Thomas.
Eight-year-old girl who was abducted, raped and strangled to death. John Miller was convicted 30 years later after being implicated by DNA analysis. [99] 18 June 1988 Marie Wilks: Unknown Tewkesbury, England 22 Murdered Pregnant woman who was abducted by an unidentified assailant while using the emergency telephone on the side of the M50 ...
An 11-year-old boy kidnapped and murdered by law student Magnus Gäfgen. Von Metzler was kidnapped for ransom, but murdered before the ransom was paid. Gäfgen was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2003. [43] 6 October 2002 Shawn Hornbeck: Michael J. Devlin: Richwoods, Missouri, US 11 Rescued Hornbeck was kidnapped while riding his bicycle near ...