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K&R News

2014-03-20 | Alleged head of gang that kidnapped Australian, massacred 10 Badjaos falls to CIDG
The police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Thursday said it had captured the alleged leader of a kidnap-for-ransom gang responsible for the 2011 abduction of Australian Warren Rodwell and the Christmas massacre that killed at least eight Badjao fishermen.

2014-03-19 | Woman preparing to bury daughter discovers it’s not her
A woman asked to see her daughter’s body at a Lakewood funeral home. Shock and relief washed over her when she realized that the person in the casket was not her daughter. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office admitted Wednesday that it made a mistake in identifying the body.

2014-01-07 | The Places You’re Most Likely to Get Kidnapped
Unless you’re the kind of person who heads to the swamps of Nigeria for a little R&R, it’s unlikely you’ve given much thought to the threat of kidnapping when planning your trips. But kidnapping has boomed over the past decade, thanks to the growing socioeconomic divide around the globe and the spread of radical groups. While kidnappers used to target rich locals, and the abductions were largely confined to a handful of countries, these days foreign business executives and tourists are now just as likely to be the victims, and the abductions can happen virtually anywhere. Public policy groups estimate there were more than 100,000 kidnappings around the world last year, including locals and foreigners.

2012-11-19 | Kidnapped teens found dead
He identified the victims as Robert Solis Mena, 17, and Dario Javier Benavides Hernandez, 18, and said they were killed even though their families paid a ransom of 12 million pesos ($6,500).

2012-11-19 | Reeling under Kidnappers' onslaught
In ‘the Eastern Heartland’ the fear of kidnappers is the beginning of wisdom as people dread being abducted almost anywhere and their families forced to pay huge ransoms for heir freedom, which ,unfortunately, is not guaranteed. Almost anyone can be kidnapped : medical doctors,journalists, politicians, top civil servants, traditional rulers and even women have fallen prey.

2012-11-19 | NYC seeking to ID Potter's field bodies with help of DNA
(AP) NEW YORK — On a wind-swept island off New York City, the remains of 850,000 people rest in pine boxes in a grid of covered trenches — but many are not resting in peace. They are the unidentified or unclaimed dead who have been found around the nation's largest city — often with little hope of a loved one ever knowing their fate.

2012-09-02 | New York seeks to identify unnamed dead, give families closure
NEW YORK — On a wind-swept island off New York City, the remains of 850,000 people rest in pine boxes in a grid of covered trenches but many aren't resting in peace. They are the unidentified or unclaimed dead who have been found around the nation's largest city — often with little hope of a loved one ever knowing their fate.

2012-09-02 | Burned Car Led Police to Abducted Nevada Teen
A burned car found near Sunrise Mountain was traced to an address at a Las Vegas apartment complex, where authorities served a search warrant early Saturday morning, police said.

2012-09-02 | Police rescue kidnapped 17-year-old girl in Las Vegas
RENO, Nev. – Police rescued a 17-year-old Henderson girl early Saturday morning to end her 21-hour kidnapping ordeal, and arrested her two alleged abductors.

2012-09-01 | Somali pirates claim to kill hostage over ransom delay
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest a delayed ransom payment, a pirate leader said. This is believed to be the first time Somali pirates have killed a hostage because of a delay in ransom.