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Couple accused of abducting kids returned to Florida, placed under arrest

Police say Joshua Hakken tied his mother-in-law up around 6:00 a.m. last Wednesday in Tampa and drove off with the two children, who were still in their pajamas. After ditching a black pickup truck that was later recovered by police, the Hakkens apparently boarded a blue 25-foot sailboat and left John's Pass Marina in Madeira Beach, Fla., bound for Cuba.

 

Boy abducted in 1994 found living under new name

Richard Wayne Landers, Jr.

A boy abducted from northeastern Indiana by his paternal grandparents 19 years ago has been found in Minnesota... Richard Wayne Landers Jr. was just 5 years old when he and his paternal grandparents, who were upset over custody arrangements, disappeared from Wolcottville, a town about 30 miles north of Fort Wayne. Nineteen years later, news that he has been found living under an assumed name in Minnesota left his mother overjoyed and "jumping up and down," her husband said Thursday shortly after police announced the break in the case.

 

Mother, kidnapped son back together after 5 years

A mother and her 7-year-old son have been reunited five years after the boy was kidnapped by his father and taken to Mexico, authorities said.

 

Infertile after rape at age 8, she’s now miracle mom-to-be

Left infertile after being abducted and raped as an 8-year-old back in 1990, Jennifer Schuett despaired of ever having a normal life – and a baby of her own. Schuett’s fallopian tubes had become blocked as a result of an infection she caught from her rapist, and her only hope was very expensive in-vitro fertilization.

 

Ex-cop convicted in 1957 murder of Ill. girl, 7

Maria Ridulph

A 72-year-old man was convicted Friday in the slaying of a 7-year-old Illinois girl snatched from a small-town street corner 55 years ago. Judge James Hallock pronounced Jack McCullough guilty of murder, kidnapping and abduction in one of the oldest cold-case murders to go to trial in the United States.

 

Watch: 10-year-old girl fights off kidnapper in Philadelphia

The attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia was caught on a security camera and now police are offering a $10000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.

Senh: Brave girl. It makes a parent afraid to let their kids walk by themselves in their own neighborhood.

 

Mom: 2 kids abducted by would-be good Samaritan

Child Abduction

Authorities in the Atlanta area searched Wednesday for two children who were reported kidnapped by a stranger who offered to help the family when their car broke down on the side of an interstate highway.

 

FBI: 3-Year-Old's Disappearance Considered Crime- Coast-to-Coast Search for Missing Oregon Cyclist

Federal investigators say the disappearance of a 3-year-old West Virginia girl is now considered a crime, the Charleston Daily Mail reports.

 

8 Children in Foster Care Were Abducted by Their Mother, Police Say

The children, who were divided among three foster homes, were taken on Monday from an authorized group visit with their mother.

 

Five-year-old girl abducted from her bed and assaulted

A 5-year-old girl was abducted from her Springfield house while she was sleeping early Saturday morning and assaulted outside the home before she returned, police said. Police were called to a townhouse in the 7000 block of Brocton Court shortly after 4 a.m. Detectives determined that an unknown man broke into the house sometime after midnight, went upstairs and took the girl from her bed. The victim’s parents and 1-year-old sibling were in the home at the time of the abduction, according to Fairfax County police spokesman Officer Don Gotthardt.

 

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