”abduction” News

Child snatching for rituals on the rise in Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Child abduction for ritual killings is on the rise in the Nigerian city of Kano , say officials and
07 6 2009 1:07AM (...more)

Italian PM may be drawn into CIA abduction case

MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian judge could decide onWednesday to make Silvio Berlusconi the first head of agovernment to testify in criminal proceedings over secret CIAtransfers of terrorism suspects.
05 14 2008 6:38AM (...more)

Chile touts intergalactic ties with 'UFO trail'

SANTIAGO (AFP) - When it comes to attracting tourists to a remote region in central Chile, the town of San Clemente is aiming high -- playing up its reputed connection to visitors from outer space.
08 21 2008 7:24PM (...more)

Alien Abduction: Looking Back at America's First Case

The University of New Hampshire today is hosting a public forumsurrounding a new exhibition called the "Betty and Barney HillCollection." The Hills were an interracial couple in the 1960s, and theexhibit discusses
04 20 2009 9:48AM (...more)

Public skeptical that woman killed, raped girl

TRACY, Calif. – Callers have inundated the phone lines of Tracy police, saying it can't be. Veteran homicide and sex-crime researchers say they cannot recall a case quite like it. Even the investigators themselves looked at the evidence and initially said "no way." A woman was
04 19 2009 12:16PM (...more)

Man pleads not guilty in Nevada boy's abduction

LAS VEGAS – A man accused in the abduction of a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy last year pleaded not guilty Friday to plotting the drug-related kidnapping as retaliation against the boy's grandfather. 03 28 2009 2:08PM (...more)

Pirates: Police say Tabata not linked to abduction

BRADENTON, Fla. – Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Jose Tabata is not involved in any wrongdoing in a bizarre case in which his much-older wife is charged with abducting a 2-month-old baby girl from a Florida couple,
03 26 2009 6:06PM (...more)

2 charged in Nevada boy's drug-related abduction

LAS VEGAS – Authorities say two men have been charged in the kidnapping of a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy last year. U.S. Attorney for Nevada Greg Brower says 36-year-old Luis Vega-Rubio and 49-year-old Jose Lopez-Buelna are
02 27 2009 10:06PM (...more)

NY man linked to child abduction dies in jail

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – A convicted sex offender linked to the notorious case of a girl who was kidnapped and hidden in a dungeon more than a decade ago collapsed and died Saturday at a jail after refusing medical treatment, officials said. Sal Inghilleri, 55, collapsed at a jail in
02 25 2009 12:53AM (...more)

Qaeda claims abduction of Canadians in Niger: report

NIAMEY (AFP) – Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed the abduction of two Canadian diplomats and four European tourists in its first incursion into the West African state of Niger .
02 21 2009 7:24PM (...more)