Adam Mayes is wanted in the deaths of a mother and daughter, and the kidnapping of two young sisters. Authorities raised the reward in the case to $175,000.

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Murder, kidnap suspect ‘most wanted’

Police arrested the wife and mother of Adam Mayes, the suspect in the kidnapping of Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters. Bain and her oldest girl have been found dead.

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Police arrest kin of kidnapping suspect

Almost five years have passed since the British toddler vanished while on vacation with her parents in Portugal.

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Britain Reopens the Madeleine McCann Case

Ransom kidnapping has long been a problem in Pakistan, but the increased involvement by the Taliban and its allies adds a new and disturbing element.

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Pakistani Taliban Turn to Kidnapping to Finance Operations

The illegal and denounced practice of “baad,” the giving of girls as payment for offenses committed by their relatives, is pervasive in parts of Afghanistan, according to human rights workers.

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Afghan Girls Are Penalized for Elders’ Misdeeds

Gunmen stormed a bus in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, kidnapping two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide, Egyptian officials said.

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Two Americans Kidnapped in Egypt Are Released, Officials Say

As many as 83,000 South Korean civilians were kidnapped by North Korean troops during the Korean War, and relatives of the abductees are still struggling to learn their fate.

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Abductee’s Daughter Speaks of Korean War Kidnappings

Nephra and Shanel Payne said they abducted their eight children from foster care because they learned they were to be put up for adoption.

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Parents Who Abducted Their 8 Children Say They Feared Adoption Plans

On Tuesday, Wilson Ramos pulled on his Aragua Tigers uniform in Maracay, Venezuela, and took batting practice, a mundane act that had taken on new significance. During the lowest points of his kidnapping ordeal — the time he spent in captivity between his abduction the night of Nov. 9 and rescue 51 hours later — Ramos wondered if he would ever play baseball again. Read full article > >

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Venezuela baseball attracts MLB players despite Wilson Ramos kidnapping

Wilson Ramos, a catcher for the Washington Nationals who was abducted two days ago, was found alive in nearby mountains by Venezuelan security forces in an airborne operation.

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Ramos, Abducted Catcher, Is Rescued in Venezuela

A disabled French national who is believed to have been seized by Somali gunmen has died in captivity, the French government said.

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French Woman Abducted in Kenya Dies

GARISSA, Kenya — Gunmen kidnapped two Spanish women working for the aid group Doctors Without Borders at a refugee camp in Kenya on Thursday, the third abduction in a month of westerners in the country by attackers linked to Somalia. Kenyan police said they suspected that Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents were behind the kidnapping and added that security forces had chased the abductors toward the border between the two countries, which has been sealed. Read full article > >

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Gunmen kidnap two Spanish aid workers from Kenyan camp

A group apparently dragged a wheelchair-bound French woman out of bed before speeding away in their boat.

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Somali Gunmen Grab Wheelchair-Bound French Tourist in Kenya

Eight children abducted from foster care in Queens during a visit with their mother last week were found in good condition in Pennsylvania, the police said.

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Abducted Foster Children Found in Pennsylvania, Police Say

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

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