Shavon was kidnapped from a relative’s residence in Lancaster about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and the Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert.

According to the announcement from the AG's office, Biehl first became aware of the needs of victims and the inadequacies of the criminal justice system after a stranger kidnapped her at gunpoint from a post office at the age of 20.

On his most recent trip from Honduras to Mexico, Darlin was kidnapped by a gang for four days.

That same year, she and her chauffeur were kidnapped .

In Yemen, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks, the pair received word that an American child about 10 years old had been kidnapped and was in the country.

Till was kidnapped and killed because 21 year-old Carolyn Bryant claimed Till whistled at her in the Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market.

A Colorado man was convicted Thursday of kidnapping an intoxicated exchange student in Pacific Beach during New Year’s celebrations and raping her at knifepoint in his pickup.

An Untamed State, a novel that in some ways parallels Gay’s own experiences, follows a protagonist who is brutally kidnapped and then raped.

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Origin and Etymology of kidnap

probably back-formation from kidnapper. from kid + obsolete napper thief