Kidnapping

law

A kidnapping case is an example of a serious felony defined by the unlawful taking or movement of a person against their will, typically involving force, fraud, or coercion. Thi...

Crime & Criminal Justice

In 2018, rapper Tekashi69 (Daniel Hernandez) reported that armed individuals kidnapped him outside a Los Angeles filming location. The incident involved multiple suspects, a phy...

true-crime-biography

Books about Elizabeth Smart provide context for her 2002 kidnapping, survival, and subsequent advocacy, while examining media dynamics and legal reforms. This reference guide di...

TV & Film

The following table summarizes essential, verified details about Jemmy’s storyline on Outlander.

Crime

In July 2017, British model Chloe Ayling was unlawfully taken in Milan, Italy, and held by two individuals claiming to be part of a criminal network. She was detained in a priva...

Crime

On June 10, 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in Meyers, California, while walking to a school bus stop near her home. She was taken by Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy Ga...

Crime & Investigation

In 1974, Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped near her home in Lafayette, Louisiana. The abduction was tied to a prior murder and cash robbery, carried out by multiple local offenders wh...

television

On the television series Scandal, Olivia Pope is kidnapped in Season 5, Episode 9 titled "The Man on the Street." This evergreen profile explains which episode features the kidn...