kidnapping
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
child abduction
unauthorized removal of a minor from the custody of the child's natural parents or legally appointed guardians
Hello Kitty murder
1999 kidnapping and murder of a night club hostess in Hong Kong
Faraday School kidnapping
mass kidnapping committed in Victoria, Australia
murder of April Jones
child homicide in Wales
Niigata girl confinement incident
case of child kidnapping in japan
kidnapping of Colleen Stan
kidnapping that happened between 1977 and 1984
Kidnapping of David Rohde
2008 kidnapping in Afghanistan
Raid of Ruthven
Political conspiracy in Scotland, 1582
stabbing of Suzanne Bombardier
American cold-case kidnapping, rape, murder
kidnapping of Jayme Closs
Kidnapping and double homicide in Barron, Wisconsin in October 2018
murder of James Bulger
murder of James Bulger on 12 February 1993 in England
North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea from 1977-83
Lindbergh kidnapping
Kidnapping and murder of 20 month old Charles Lindbergh Jr
Daniel and Paulina Brolin
1998 kidnapping of Swedish misionary couple in Dagestan, Russia
Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews
2008 crime in West Yorkshire, England
kidnappings of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight
21st-century kidnappings
Kidnapping of Edward Bremer
American kidnapping case
kidnapping of Joaquim Jorge Neto Valente
2001 criminal case in Macau
Kidnapping in Nigeria
national organized crime challenge
express kidnapping
abduction where a small immediate ransom is demanded, often by the victim being forced to withdraw money from their ATM account
Alexander family hostage crisis
1997 crime in Taiwan
George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
1935 kidnapping in the United States
Kidnapping of Alan Johnston
kidnapping of a British journalist
Murder of Holly Jones
2003 murder of ten year old girl in Canada
gooning
form of legal kidnapping, occurring predominantly in the United States
Shanghaiing
form of kidnapping people to become sailors
Abduction of Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell and Marc Gonsalves
Kidnapping of American contractors in Colombia
murder of Jacob Wetterling
1989 murder in the United States
murder of Sarah Everard
March 2021 kidnapping and murder of a woman in South London, England
Kaduna kidnapping
2021 kidnapping event in northern Nigeria
case of Anna and Olivia
murder case in Spain
Abduction of Russian diplomats in Iraq
2006 kidnapping and murder in Iraq
Toyama-Nagano consecutive female kidnapping murder case
Serial murders in Toyama and Nagano, Japan in 1980
Murder of Ilan Halimi
2006 kidnapping, torture, and murder of a young man in France
Abduction of Chloe Ayling
2017 crime in Italy
Nir Oz attack
Hamas-led massacre in Israeli kibbutz on 7 October 2023
Elizabeth Smart kidnapping
child abduction
Venlo Incident
German capture of British intelligence agents in 1939
Kidnapping of Tanya Kach
kidnapping