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News Articles: kidnapping

Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016.

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She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison

Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016, triggering a three-week multi-state search. When she resurfaced, she told authorities an elaborate lie about being abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women.

September 20, 2022
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Armed forces secure the area where Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a memorial to independence hero Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Haitian police are working with U.S. officials and are in contact with the kidnappers who abducted a group of U.S.-based missionaries on Saturday.

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What we know about the 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti by a notorious gang

Sixteen members of Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries are U.S. citizens, including 5 children. The 400 Mawazo gang that took the group specializes in mass kidnappings and seeks a $17 million ransom.

October 19, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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30 Students Missing In Northwest Nigeria In Country's Latest School Kidnapping

More than two dozen students were taken from Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, marking the fourth kidnapping of students in the country since December.

March 12, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
An image from the book <em>Bring Back Our Girls. </em>The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon.

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What The Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Have To Tell Us

Seven years after the kidnapping of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, a new book shares insights into their survival strategies — and looks at the mixed blessing of the 'Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.

March 03, 2021
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  • Diane Cole
A man stands in the deserted school dormitory after gunmen invaded and took away more than 270 girls in Jangebe in northwest Nigeria, on Feb. 26. The girls have all since been returned.

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Nigerian Schoolgirls Released After Armed Kidnapping

The kidnapping of the 279 girls from their school last Friday is the latest in a string of similar incidents.

March 02, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Jennifer Montana and Joe Montana are seen in Berlin in 1991. The Montanas thwarted the kidnapping of their grandchild Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

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Joe And Jennifer Montana Foil Attempted Kidnapping Of Their Grandchild

The Montanas were in their Malibu, Calif., home when a woman walked in and snatched the 9-month-old child from a playpen, officials say. Jennifer Montana had to pry the child from the intruder's arms.

September 28, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz

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