Kidnapping
Law enforcement officials say gunmen aboard a number of vehicles have staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.
4 more suspects held in Mexico border attack that killed 19

Jun. 24, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 20, 2021 file photo, floral tributes and messages are placed at the bandstand on Clapham Common in London. A British police officer on Tuesday June 8, 2021, pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London and whose body was found a week later in the woods. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman

Jun. 08, 2021 06:23 AM EDT

In this undated booking photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections is Juan Jose Figueroa Jr., 32, who is currently serving time at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility in Buena Vista, Colo., for his conviction in a Longmont sex assault case in 2017. The first grand jury convened in Boulder, Colo., since the coronavirus pandemic began charged Figueroa on Friday, June 4, 2021, with murder and kidnapping in Rita Gutierrez-Garcia's death, relying in part on statements he allegedly made about the killing that were captured on a wiretap in the prison where he is serving a 93-year-to-life sentence. (Colorado Department of Corrections via AP)
Colorado inmate indicted in death of missing woman

By Colleen Slevin Jun. 04, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

Malaysia detains French conspiracist wanted for kidnapping

Jun. 03, 2021 03:21 AM EDT
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police said Thursday they have detained a French conspiracy theorist who is wanted back home on charges of organizing...

In this Saturday, May 15, 2021, photo, American Jeremy Hughes Manchester is escorted by police officers at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand. Police in Thailand said Thursday, May 20, 2021, that along with Manchester, they are pursuing more suspects in the alleged kidnapping of a Taiwanese businessman. The case involves a disputed business deal for the purchase of nitrile gloves, which are essential PPE supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo)
California ex-con entrepreneur arrested in Thai kidnap case

By Tassanee Vejpongsa And Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul May. 20, 2021 06:09 AM EDT

In this Nov. 2020, photo provided by the Scott County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office is Henry Earl Dinkins. Dinkins, a registered sex offender was charged last July, with violating sex offender registry requirements by failing to update his address, and having contact with minors. On Wednesday, April 5, 2021, authorities announced that Dinkins, who is still in custody, has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell, a Davenport girl who disappeared last July. (Scott County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Suspect in Iowa girl's murder had been paroled weeks earlier

By Ryan J. Foley May. 18, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

This photo provided by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office shows Joseph Morrison. A Michigan judge on Monday, March 29, 2021 ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her coronavirus restrictions. Jackson County District Court Judge Michael Klaeren ruled there was enough evidence and bound over Paul Bellar, Joe Morrison and Pete Musico to circuit court to stand trial. (Jackson County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

By Corey Williams Mar. 29, 2021 03:31 PM EDT

This August, 2020 photo, shows Ron Weiser, left, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, National Republican Committee chairwoman. Michigan Republicans, once the national model for the party's mainstream, have lurched sharply rightward in the past decade. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
Michigan GOP chair calls top Democratic women 'witches'

By David Eggert Mar. 26, 2021 02:31 PM EDT

Prison workers comfort each other after a news conference in front of the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Lorena Schulte, a nurse and Robert McFarland, a correctional officer were killed by an inmate in the infirmary during an escape attempt. An inmate was also injured in the assault. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP)
Police: Inmates killed 2 Iowa prison staff in escape attempt

By Ryan J. Foley Mar. 24, 2021 05:16 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by Lubbock County (Texas) Sheriff's Office shows Larry Lee Harris. Idalou, Texas police said Harris, an Arizona man who held 11 National Guard Soldiers transporting COVID-19 vaccines at gunpoint, was arrested Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Man accused of holding National Guard members at gunpoint

Mar. 23, 2021 03:15 PM EDT

A woman stands in Parliament Square holding a sign during a vigil to reflect on the murder of 33 year old marketing executive, Sarah Everard, in London, Monday, March 15, 2021. The British government is under pressure to do more to protect women and ensure the right to protest as Parliament prepares to debate a sweeping crime bill amid anger over the way police broke up a vigil for a young murder victim abducted on the streets of London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
UK police protest response stokes outrage before crime bill

By Danica Kirka Mar. 15, 2021 07:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2020 file photo, Jasb Hattab Aboud, father of the kidnapped protester Ali Jasb, cries as he holds his son's picture in his home un the town of Amara,Iraq. Aboud was shot to death Wednesday, March 10, 2021, a human rights monitor and security officials said. Jasb Hattab Aboud died of a gunshot wound to the head at 6 p.m. in the southern city of Amara, said Ali al-Bayati, a spokesman for the semi-official Independent Human Rights Commission and a security official. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Outspoken father of missing activist killed in Iraq's south

By Samya Kullab Mar. 10, 2021 02:07 PM EST

Bill Beecham is shown in this undated photo provided by his his wife, Fumiko Beecham. Beecham, a longtime bureau chief for The Associated Press in Salt Lake City who oversaw coverage of several major stories including the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, has died. He was 79. His son, Kevin Beecham, said his father died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 at the Highland Care Center in Salt Lake City, where he spent the last two years of life because of declining health.(Fumiko Beecham via AP)
Longtime AP bureau chief Bill Beecham dies at 79

By Brady Mccombs Feb. 17, 2021 03:13 PM EST

This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Willie B. Smith III. The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 ordered that 51-year-old Willie B. Smith III be put to death on Feb. 11 for the shotgun slaying of Sharma Ruth Johnson. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
Alabama seeks to be 1st state to execute an inmate this year

By Kim Chandler Feb. 11, 2021 12:49 AM EST

In this image from video released by Malaysian Judiciary, Meabh Quoirin and Sebastian Quoirin, center frame, mother and father of missing schoolgirl Nora Anne Quoirin, attend the verdict for inquest into the death of the Irish-French teenager, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. A Malaysian coroner ruled Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 the death of the French-Irish teen, whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on holiday, was most likely a misadventure that didn't involve other people. (Malaysian Judiciary via AP)
Malaysia coroner: No foul play in death of French-Irish teen

By Eileen Ng Jan. 03, 2021 11:24 PM EST

Police officers escort Arzoo Raja, background center, after her appearance in Sindh High Court, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Nov. 3, 2020. Raja was 13 when she disappeared from her home in central Karachi. The Christian girl’s parents reported her missing and pleaded with police to find her. Two days later, officers reported back that she had been converted to Islam and was married to their 40-year-old Muslim neighbor. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam

By Kathy Gannon Dec. 28, 2020 02:28 AM EST

In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Whitmer's administration on Friday lifted a prohibition on in-person instruction at Michigan high schools and said movie theaters and other entertainment venues can reopen with capacity restrictions following a decline in coronavirus cases. Universities and colleges can let students return to campus next month, with a request to wait until Jan. 18 to restart face-to-face classes. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Gov. Whitmer reflects on a divided year for Michigan

Anna Liz Nichols Dec. 22, 2020 05:02 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2020 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. In an indictment released Thursday, Dec. 17, a federal grand jury charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists angry over her policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
6 men indicted in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor

By John Flesher Dec. 17, 2020 10:31 AM EST

Federal execution nears for man who killed Texas teenager

By Jim Salter Nov. 18, 2020 04:53 PM EST
The latest inmate set to be put to death as part of the Trump administration's resumption of federal executions was condemned for kidnapping and raping a 16...

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2019, file image made from a video, Meabh Quoirin, mother of then missing Nora Anne Quoirin, reads a statement at a news conference in Seremban, Malaysia. The mother of an Irish-French teen whose body was found in 2019 near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation said Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, that evidence may have been lost because police were slow to act on the possibility that her daughter could have been abducted. (AP Photo)
Teen's mom: Daughter, found dead in Malaysia, was abducted

By Eileen Ng Nov. 11, 2020 03:42 AM EST