Kidnapping

Three U.N. observers released unharmed between Syria and Israel

2013-05-17 11:34:00

BEIRUT -- Three United Nations observers posted in the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights were seized by armed anti-government forces and held for five hours this week before being released unharmed, the U.N. said. It...

Daughter of Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: He preyed on my friends

2013-05-17 09:33:00

One of the daughters of the man accused of holding three women prisoner for about a decade in Cleveland says her father preyed on her friends. Two of the women held prisoner went to school with two daughters of Ariel Castro, the former school bus driver...

Man who raped unconscious woman gets life in prison

2013-05-16 16:32:00

A 36-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for kidnapping a Burbank woman in 2006 and raping her in a Glendale hotel room, officials said. Edward Nikolayan must also serve six to eight years concurrently for the additional charges of...

Judge orders trial for man accused in 1979 slaying of N.Y. boy

2013-05-15 14:58:00

NEW YORK -- A man who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 34 years ago remains one of the nation's most baffling missing-persons cases, will stand trial for the boy's murder, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley's...

O.J. Simpson says he didn't know his Las Vegas cohorts had guns

2013-05-15 13:31:00

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson finally took the stand as the star witness in his bid to receive a new trial on the kidnapping and robbery charges that sent him to prison for up to 33 years. Gently coached in about 2 1/2 hours of testimony Wednesday...

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial

2013-05-15 12:19:00

LAS VEGAS -- Appearing confident but sometimes emotional, O.J. Simpson testified Wednesday that he did not know guns were involved in a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers that led to his conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping, and a...

Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro to plead not guilty

2013-05-15 09:20:00

Ariel Castro, facing kidnapping and rape charges in connection with the Cleveland case of three women held prisoner for about a decade, will plead not guilty, his lawyers said Wednesday. The announcement, made on national television, is part of the...

Ohio officials: Ariel Castro fathered baby born in captivity

2013-05-10 08:40:00

Ariel Castro, accused of kidnapping and raping three women held captive for years in his Cleveland house, is the father of the child born in captivity to one of the victims, officials said Friday morning. State officials received a DNA sample from...

Cleveland prosecutor: Ariel Castro could face death penalty

2013-05-09 14:33:00

Ariel Castro might face new charges that could lead to the death penalty, the Ohio prosecutor in charge of the case said Thursday. Hours after Castro, 52, was arraigned on rape and kidnapping charges in connection with holding three female prisoners for...

Ohio kidnapping victim Michelle Knight released from hospital

2013-05-10 12:03:00

Michelle Knight, one of the three Cleveland women kidnapped and held captive for about a decade, has been discharged from the hospital where she had been receiving care. In a statement emailed to reporters Friday, MetroHealth Medical Center said...

Ariel Castro's bail set at $8 million in Cleveland abduction case

2013-05-09 09:00:00

Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver, was arraigned Thursday on rape and kidnapping charges in connection with the disappearance of three Cleveland women, and his bail was set at $8 million. It was the first court appearance for Castro, 52. He did...

Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: A troubling portrait emerges

2013-05-09 07:00:00

When three young women emerged from a Cleveland home Monday evening after being held captive for about a decade, neighbors were thunderstruck. Ariel Castro, 52, who owns the home and who faces kidnapping and rape charges, was known as a sunny face,...

This mug shots courtesy of Cuyahoga County Jail shows suspect Ariel Castro in Cleveland, Ohio. Unemployed US bus driver Ariel Castro was ordered held on an eight-million-dollar bond on May 9, 2013 on charges he kidnapped and raped three women and held them in his home for a decade.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Ariel Castro(at podium) is arraigned at Cleveland Municipal Court in front of judge Lauren Moore in Cleveland, OH. Castro appeared in court Thursday to faces charges that he kidnapped and raped three young women and held them in his home for a decade.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Pedro Castro stands with his public defender, Kathleen DeMetz, during his arraignment for an open container charge from 2011 on May 9, 2013 in Cleveland, OH.

2013-05-09 00:00:00