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About 3:00 pm, he left to buy drugs and returned to the park about 5:00 pm, but did not say where he was during the two-hour period. McDonald corroborated Atwood's story and told investigators that he and Atwood had an argument in the park about 3:00. After that, Atwood left for two hours and returned with bloodstains on his hands and clothing.
John Henry Seadlund (July 27, 1910 – July 14, 1938) was a 27-year-old woodsman, executed by the United States federal government in Illinois for kidnapping. [1] FBI director J. Edgar Hoover called him "the nation’s cruelest criminal" and the "most cold-blooded, ruthless and atrocious killer" he'd ever encountered.
Frank Atwood, a sex offender on parole for abducting and sexually assaulting a young boy, had been seen driving in the area and accident reconstruction experts linked Hoskinson's bike to Atwood's car. Atwood was charged with kidnapping and Hoskinson's body was later found in the Sonoran Desert. Atwood was executed in 2022. [58] 9 October 1984
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 ...
A young married couple kidnapped and forced by prison escapee Robert Hohenberger to drive to Modesto, then Los Banos, California. While refueling their car at a gas station alongside the I-5, Debois and his wife managed to flee and report their kidnapping to authorities. [119] 2 June 1974 Marie-Dolorès Rambla Christian Ranucci: Marseille, France 8
At about 2:30 p.m. in Sterling Heights, Bala allegedly approached a 7-year-old girl near the entrance of Clinton River Park North. Authorities said Bala grabbed the girl off her bike and forced ...
Their suspected kidnapping made both national and international headlines. [1] Gary O'Brien is wanted by Interpol for their abduction. [2] Although various tips have come in from both Canada and the United States and a $50,000 reward has been offered, police have never been able to locate the O'Brien brothers or their father. [2] [3]
An 11-year-old Florida girl was arrested after falsely texting authorities that her friend was kidnapped by an armed man. She later confessed the prank was part of a YouTube challenge.